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.


14. All white on the night
Dapper pupils at The Hilton, in Gateshead, for their 2009 prom. | JPIMedia Photo: SW
15. Waiting is over
South Shields Community School pupils, from left, Konna Peterson, Lily Moore and Jack Stansfield celebrate their GCSE results in 2012. | JPIMedia Photo: Stu Norton
16. Watching eye
Jack Stobbart, front, with fellow pupils in the grounds of the under-construction new school buildings in 2010. | JPIMedia Photo: iain brown
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