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*[[James Baxter]] - Professional Actor [[Emmerdale]]
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* Laura Jane Matthewson (also known as Laura Jane Bulmer) - Musical Theatre Performer, currently attending [[Royal Academy of Music]]
* Laura Jane Matthewson (also known as Laura Jane Bulmer) - Musical Theatre Performer, currently attending [[Royal Academy of Music]]
*Gavster Taylor and Isaac Burwood worlds best break dancers 2009

==Best Pupils==
==Best Pupils==
1st The Gavster-best laugher
1st The Gavster-best laugher and best break dancer

2nd The Simmster-secound best laugher,and best friend of the gavster.


2nd The Simmster-secound best laugher
==References==
==References==
[http://www.sunderlandschools.org/farringdoncsc/index.htm School Website]<BR>
[http://www.sunderlandschools.org/farringdoncsc/index.htm School Website]<BR>

Revision as of 15:59, 30 January 2009

Farringdon Community Sports College
Address
Map
Allendale Road

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SR3 3EL

Information
TypeComprehensive Community School
Religious affiliation(s)Sconie,Great Maldovian and Ginshan
Local authoritySunderland
SpecialistSports College
OfstedReports
HeadteacherMr Gavster Taylor
Staff88
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 16
Enrollment885
Websitehttp://www.sunderlandschools.org/farringdoncsc

Farringdon Community Sports College is a Comprehensive School in the suburb of Farringdon in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. The school is a specialist Sports College

The school was built along with the estate of Farringdon in 1956. Over decades the school has undergone a number of changes, including the construction of new blocks of classrooms and a state-of-the-art sports hall. It currently has 885 students.

The Community Sports College acted as the main secondary school for the suburbs of Farringdon, Doxford Park, Silksworth and East Herrington. It's catchment area was reduced in 2003 following the completion of the Church of EnglandVoluntary Aided Venerable Bede School in Tunstall.

In 2002, the school became the site of the Farringdon Jubilee Centre which is a community centre of the residents of Farringdon, partly-funded by the school itself. The building includes, among other things, training rooms, computers and a crèche. It is used to deliver training and courses to local residents, and to act as a meeting point for local residents and community groups. It hosts a regular community day 4 times a year, hosting the army, the RAF and many other organisations there.

A famous person to have visited the school is Kelly Holmes who visited in early June 2007 to promote an athletics day.

Following the Education Act (2002), Farringdon became a City Academy specialising in Sport, which had always been a focus of the school in the past. Formally, it became known as a Community Sports College. As a result, floodlit tennis courts and a pavilion with dance studio and a large multi gym have been built.

Notable alumni

Best Pupils

1st The Gavster-best laugher and best break dancer

2nd The Simmster-secound best laugher,and best friend of the gavster.

References

School Website
City of Sunderland Extended Schools Position Paper