Tanfield School
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| Motto | First Things First |
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| Established | 1912 |
| Type | Community school |
| Headteacher | Mr Steven Clough |
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Good Street Tanfield County Durham DH9 8AY England |
| Local authority | Durham |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Colours | Black, yellow and gold |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 54°52′37″N 1°42′25″W / 54.877°N 1.707°W
Tanfield School is a comprehensive school in Stanley, County Durham, England, by the border to Tanfield Lea. Tanfield houses both male and female students from the age of 11 to 16. Tanfield has had good Ofsted reports. It supports Anti Bully campaigns, and other causes including charity work and links with other countries.
In 2009, the school had the physical education block and dining hall refurbished.
On October 16, 1912, Tanfield Lea Higher Elementary School and Pupil Teaching Centre came into being. Five days later on October 21, it opened its doors to the first intake of pupils. Some of the pupils who arrived that day had transferred to the new premises from the old Pupil Teacher Centre. However, most of the new intake were twelve years old.
Mr. Hardy the first headmaster recorded in the school log that: "The Pupil Teacher and Preparatory pupils attending the Tanfield Lea P.T. Centre (53 in number) and their teachers Mr. Stringer, Mr. Crabb, Miss Clough came to the school and 174 pupils were admitted by examination from 329 candidates". The object of the school, as stated in the 1912 prospectus, was to: "provide education, between the ages of 12 and 15 years, for children who, having previously attended an ordinary public elementary school, give sufficient promise of being able to take up an extended curriculum of such a character as is here provided, and whose parents intend them to remain until they are at least 15 years of age. The previous education of the pupils will be continued and widened and a practical training in special subjects added. The education given is indeed intended to afford, in an essentially practical manner, an intelligent preparation for the duties which will be undertaken when school days are over".
In 1919, the school was re-christened "Alderman Wood School" and took on grammar school status. In the mid-1940s its name was changed to Stanley Grammar School.
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