Burnside College Explained

Burnside College
Postcode:	NE28 7LQ
Dfeno:	392/4032
Urn:	108640
Ofsted:	yes
Enrolment:	1069
Lower Age:	11
Upper Age:	18
Head:	Mr D Jamieson
Motto:	Pride Respect Achievement
Website:	https://www.burnsidecollege.org.uk/

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

History

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.

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.

Notable former pupils

• 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, former rugby league player and current coach of Newcastle Thunderr
• Micky Ward
• Steve Watson, footballer

Wallsend Grammar School

• 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

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Notes and References

1. http://www.hotcourses.com/uk-courses/All-courses-at-Burnside-Business-And-Enterprise-College/hc2_search.adv_search_do/16180339/0/z/75186/page.htm Courses
2. https://www.burnsidecollege.org.uk/information/about-us/ Burnside Business & Enterprise College About Us
3. Belfast Telegraph Monday 12 February 1968, page 6
4. Belfast Telegraph Wednesday 15 September 1965, page 3