Wellfield School

Wellfield School is a coeducational secondary school located in Wingate, County Durham, England.[1]

Wellfield School
Address
North Road East

Wingate

County Durham
,
TS28 5AX

England
Coordinates54.73133°N 1.37729°W / 54.73133; -1.37729
Information
TypeCommunity school
Local authorityDurham County Council
Department for Education URN114315 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherSarah Hammond
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 16
Enrolment868 as of May 2022
Websitehttp://www.wellfieldschool.net/

It is a community school administered by Durham County Council.[2] Wellfield School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.[3]

History

The original school was opened by Councillor Peter Lee JP on Saturday 22 March 1930. The school was named The A.J Dawson Secondary School after the Director of Education who was well known in the area as he often visited schools. In subsequent years and reflecting changes to educational policy the school has been known as A.J Dawson Grammar School, Wellfield A. J Dawson Grammar School, Wellfield Comprehensive School, Wellfield Community School and now simply Wellfield School.[4]

Wellfield Comprehensive School started as an amalgamation of three schools, Wellfield Grammar School (previously AJ Dawson), Wingate Secondary Modern School and Wheatley Hill Secondary Modern School. Then Yohden Hall School closed in the 1980s and pupils and staff from this school also joined Wellfield.[4]

Wellfield has been judged as a “good” school by Ofsted in 2014 and 2018.[4]

Wingate Secondary School Headteachers
Mr W A Moyes 1963 1973
Mr D Haigh 1973 1980

A J Dawson Grammar School Headteachers
Mr J Ingram, BSC 1930 1946
Mr G A Carr, MC, MA 1946 1959
Mr S Steward, MA 1959 1971
Mr T H Dennis, BSC 1972 1980

Wheatley Hill Secondary School Headteachers
Mr A Harris, MBE 1953 1975
Mr E Ward 1975 1978
Mr G Adams 1978 1980

Wellfield School Headteachers
Mr T H Dennis, BSC 1980 1985
Mr G B McHugh 1985 1989
Dr J Jordan, BEd, PhD 1990 2000
Mrs J F Elliott, BA, NPQH 2000 2011
Mrs L Rodham, MA, NPQH 2012 2021
Mr G Potts 2021 2022
Ms S Hammond 2022 Current

References
  1. "Home". Wellfield School.
  2. "Wellfield School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
  3. "Curriculum".
  4. "School History".
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