Burnside College

Foundation school in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England

Burnside College

Location

Wallsend

Tyne and Wear

NE28 7LQ

England

Information
Type| Foundation school
Motto| Pride Respect Achievement
Local authority| North Tyneside
Department for Education URN| 108640 Tables
Ofsted| Reports
Head teacher| Mr D Jamieson
Gender| Coeducational
Age| 11 to 18
Enrolment| 1069
Website| https://www.burnsidecollege.org.uk/

Burnside College is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Wallsend, North Tyneside, England.[1]

## History[edit]

The school was opened on 15 July 1960 by the chairman of Parsons under the name, Wallsend County Technical School. It cost approximately £280,000 for the building work, the furniture and the equipment. On 3 September 1969, the school was renamed as Burnside High School.[2] The school took its current name when it moved into its new buildings in September 2004 that were later inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth II. These new buildings cost around £15 million.[citation needed]

In 2009, The Wallsend Sports Centre began moving into the school grounds, and another new building is currently under construction costing £7 million. Subsequently, the school facilities will improve - the fitness suite in the centre will be larger and a swimming pool will also feature inside the centre. In the Summer of 2010, the building was complete, creating a large swimming pool and fitness suite available for use of local people and students.[citation needed]

## Notable former pupils[edit]

* Michael Carrick, manager of Middlesbrough F.C. and former midfielder for  Manchester United and  England
* Vicky Pattison, former Geordie Shore star, and current broadcaster
* Robin Peers, former rugby league player
* Chris Thorman, rformer ugby league playe and current coach of Newcastle Thunderr
* Micky Ward
* Steve Watson, footballer
* Adam Pearson, youtuber

### Wallsend Grammar School[edit]

* Maurice Benn, 1500m runner at the 1968 Olympics
* Richard Gaddes, opera manager
* Brian Laws, professional footballer for Burnley, Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest; Manager of Grimsby Town, Scunthorpe United, Sheffield Wednesday and Burnley
* Sir George Leitch, CB, OBE, Permanent Secretary from 1974 to 1975 of the British Ministry of Defence
* Ian 'Walter' Fairbairn, musician
* William Fieldhouse CBE, Chairman from 1973 to 1981 of Letraset, and from 1980 to 1983 of Carrington Viyella
* George Rochester FRS, Professor of Physics from 1955 to 1973 at Durham University, discovered the V particles and the kaon or K meson, with Sir Clifford Charles Butler in the 1940s at the University of Manchester
* Group Captain Ivan Whittaker OBE DFC (9 September 1921 - 22 Aug 1979, from Sherburn, County Durham), who flew on the Dambusters Raid as a Flight Engineer with Lancaster AJ-P, with pilot Australian Air Marshal Sir Harold Martin; it was the third to hit the Möhne Dam (he was a Pilot Officer at the time); the mine veered to the left, and exploded at the side of the dam, with the aircraft returning safely; he left the RAF in 1974, being Station Commander from September 1965 to February 1968 of RAF Aldergrove[3][4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Courses
2. ^ Burnside Business & Enterprise College About Us Archived January 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ Belfast Telegraph Monday 12 February 1968, page 6
4. ^ Belfast Telegraph Wednesday 15 September 1965, page 3

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