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Firfield Community School
Address
Map
Firfield Road, Blakelaw

Newcastle upon Tyne
,
Tyne and Wear
,
NE5 3HU

England
,
United Kingdom
Coordinates54°59′46″N 1°39′58″W / 54.9960°N 1.6660°W / 54.9960; -1.6660
Information
TypeCommunity school
Established1998 (Fresh Start)
Closed2002
Local authorityNewcastle City Council
Department for Education URN131985 Tables
HeadteacherRuss Wallace
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18[1]
Enrolment410[2]
Capacity700[3]

Firfield Community School was an 11 to 18 mixed, community secondary school in the Blakelaw ward of Newcastle upon Tyne, in the English county of Tyne and Wear.[1] It received prominence in the media as the first school to relaunch under the Fresh Start programme; a government initiative where failing schools reopen with renovations and new names, staff and headteachers. Firfield reopened in September 1998, replacing the failed Blakelaw Comprehensive School,[4][5] which had been considered by Channel 4 and the government to be "the worst school in Britain".[6][7] The school closed in 2002 after a financial deficit and decline in student numbers.[8][1]

  1. ^ a b c "Firfield Community School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  2. ^ "LEA: Newcastle Upon Tyne". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Fresh Start school may face closure". The Northern Echo. 16 November 2000.
  4. ^ Smithers, Rebecca (9 May 2000). "Fresh start school threatened with closure". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  5. ^ Crace, John (16 November 1999). "A school with no easy fix". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Tales of the Unexpected? A Poststructural Exploration of Journeys from 'the Worst School in Britain' to University and Beyond". University of Bristol. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  7. ^ Hope, Bradley (9 April 2009). "The universal thinker". The National. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Heading in the right direction". ChronicleLive. 9 February 2002. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

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