South Shields Community School is sadly expected to shut its doors in the summer of 2020 after a lengthy battle to save it from closure. Formed by the merger of Brinkburn and King George schools in 2007, here we look back at just some of the many happier moments in the school’s brief history.
5. Arms aloft
South Shields Community School pupils with their Friends Against Bullying award in 2014. | JPIMedia Photo: Tim Richardson
6. Read all about it
South Shields Community School pupils, left to right; Cassidy Moyse, Abbie Bonar, Danielle Hall, Laura Gallagher and Heather Dickson with a 2014 donation to Book Aid to Africa. | Other 3rd Party Photo: Picture by Peter Berry
7. Smile please
The school's 2011 prom at the town's Littlehaven Hotel. | JPIMedia Photo: Tim Richardson
8. Mock trial
South Shields Community School take part in the Community Mock Trial Competition held at Sunderland Magistrates' Court. | JPIMedia Photo: Picture by Peter Berry