Firfield Community School | |
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Address | |
Firfield Road, Blakelaw , , NE5 3HU England , United Kingdom | |
Coordinates | 54°59′46″N 1°39′58″W / 54.9960°N 1.6660°W |
Information | |
Type | Community school |
Established | 1998 (Fresh Start) |
Closed | 2002 |
Local authority | Newcastle City Council |
Department for Education URN | 131985 Tables |
Headteacher | Russ Wallace |
Gender | Mixed |
Age | 11 to 18[1] |
Enrolment | 410[2] |
Capacity | 700[3] |
Firfield Community School was an 11 to 18 mixed, community secondary school in the Blakelaw ward of Newcastle upon Tyne, in the English county of Tyne and Wear.[1] It received prominence in the media as the first school to relaunch under the Fresh Start programme; a government initiative where failing schools reopen with renovations and new names, staff and headteachers. Firfield reopened in September 1998, replacing the failed Blakelaw Comprehensive School,[4][5] which had been considered by Channel 4 and the government to be "the worst school in Britain".[6][7] The school closed in 2002 after a financial deficit and decline in student numbers.[8][1]