Gillbrook Academy Explained

Gillbrook Academy
Coordinates:54.5661°N -1.1621°W
Motto:To make our best better
Established:1955
Closed:2014 (became Hillsview Academy)
Type:Academy
Address:Normanby Road
City:Teesville
Middlesbrough
County:North Yorkshire
Country:England
Postcode:TS6 9AG
Ofsted:yes
Dfeno:807/4002
Urn:137709
Enrolment:460
Gender:Mixed
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:19
Colours:Black, sky blue and navy
Publication:Gillbrook Gusto Newsletter

Gillbrook Academy (formerly Gillbrook College) was a mixed academy and sixth form in Teesville, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire. It merged with neighbouring Eston Park Academy in September 2014[1] and now forms part of a new single Hillsview Academy.[2]

Location

The academy was to the south of Eston Sports Academy on Normanby Road just off the trunk road (A1085) intersection, in the Anglican parish of Christ Church, with both Eston Park Academy, whose playing fields were adjoined, and Redcar & Cleveland Council Town Hall nearby.

Gillbrook

Its students came from Normanby and Teesville, neighbouring towns and villages, and nearby Eston with the latter taking a sizeable part in the school enrolment, which before closure was around 1250, including 400 in the sixth form.

History

Grammar school

It opened in September 1955 as Eston Grammar School in Teesville with 650 boys and girls. The school motto was Sapera Aude (dare to know).

Comprehensive

It became known as Gillbrook School in 1973, then Gillbrook Technology College, then Gilbrook College. Between 1994 and 2006, it was a technology college, and in 2009, it became an arts college.

Notable former pupils

Gillbrook School

Eston Grammar School

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Two Eston academies to merge from September . . 16 May 2013 . Maddison . Lee.
  2. Web site: Hillsview Academy Letter . 12 September 2013 . Eston Park website . PDF . 9 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131021234202/http://www.estonpark.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hillsviewLetter12-09-13.pdf . 21 October 2013 . dead .