Easington Academy
school in Durham, UK
Easington Academy is a secondary school with academy status located in the village of Easington, County Durham, England.
History
The school was first created as Easington Comprehensive School in 1978, as a result of a merger between Easington Secondary Modern School and Murton Secondary Modern School. The school was later renamed Easington Community School, and then Easington Community Science College in January 2007 after becoming a specialist science college.
The school has become an academy school, and is now known as Easington Academy.
In 2019, the Academy joined the North East Learning Trust.
House system
The school's house names are based on the family surnames most affected in the 1951 Easington Colliery pit disaster; points are allocated in school assemblies, performances, etc.
They Were Named
Brenkley
Dryden
Porter
Seymour
Wallace
As Of June 2021 They Are Called
Evolution
Ambition
Integrity
Synergy
Buildings
Currently, Easington Academy is made up of five buildings used for teaching:
The Main Building (Music, Science and Technology)
H-Block North (Geography, History, Religious Studies, as well as Mathematics)
H-Block South (English, ICT, Modern Foreign Languages)
Art Studio (Art and Photography)
Sports Hall (Sports Studies and Physical Education)
Option subjects such as Health & Social Care and Travel & Tourism may be taught across multiple different buildings and don't have a fixed area on the site.
Subjects Taught
Year 7, 8 and 9 students are taught the following subjects: English, Maths, Science, French, Geography, History, Religious Education, PSHE (branded as "World Ready"), Music, Drama, ICT and Physical Education.
In year 9, students choose up to four GCSE options to take up until year 11. Students meeting their targets in French, or are close to their targets must take GCSE French - in line with guidelines surrounding the English Baccalaureate.
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