Greenfield School Community and Arts College
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For schools of a similar name, see Greenfield School
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Greenfield School Community and Arts College is a mixed public school on the suburbs of Newton Aycliffe
. It was opened in 1974 and it has been visited by Tony Blair
a reasonable amount of times. It has been awarded specialist status as an Arts College
. Despite claims that Greenfield is rivals with Woodham, both the schools have managed to maintain a peaceful atmosphere as they both participate in activities and courses which both schools may benefit from e.g. engineering, YA health etc.
The school also has over 400 networked computers, and a large well-stocked library.
Greenfield encourages creativity and individuality by allowing students to choose the colour of their uniform in year 11. The current year 11 of 2009/2010 have chosen Purple. The new colour of year 11 2010/2011 is red. However, students are requested to follow strict uniform rules, such as having plain black shoes, tailored trousers, and for girls - subtle make-up only.
The school has gone to great lengths to help special needs students and their parents whenever possible. To do this, they have hired extra teachers and launched REACH (for parents) and ICAN (not only for children of special need, but also for children who have problems and would like to share them).
The school also has an arts centre which holds after school clubs and activities; most are free but some charge a small price.
Mike Thornton, the previous headmaster, left in 2006 to pursue his dream of travelling and in his honour the school has named the new sports centre "The Thornton Centre". His successor is Mr D. Priestly who was an RE teacher at the school.
Greenfield also has the system of prefects. The year 11 students choose whom they want to become head boy, deputy, head girl and deputy head girl.
At the beginning of 2011/2012 year, the uniform changed to blazers, ties, white shirts, jumper (optional) and black trousers.
Greenfield School
- Primary schools :*Greenfield Park Primary International School, Quebec*Greenfield Center School, Massachusetts*Greenfield Elementary School, California*Greenfield Primary School, South Yorkshire, England*Greenfields School, East Sussex, England...
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Greenfield School Community and Arts College is a mixed public school on the suburbs of Newton Aycliffe
Newton Aycliffe
Newton Aycliffe is a town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1947 under the New Towns Act of 1946, it is the oldest new town in the north of England.-Geography:...
. It was opened in 1974 and it has been visited by Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
a reasonable amount of times. It has been awarded specialist status as an Arts College
Arts College
Arts Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, the performing, visual and/or media arts...
. Despite claims that Greenfield is rivals with Woodham, both the schools have managed to maintain a peaceful atmosphere as they both participate in activities and courses which both schools may benefit from e.g. engineering, YA health etc.
The school also has over 400 networked computers, and a large well-stocked library.
Greenfield encourages creativity and individuality by allowing students to choose the colour of their uniform in year 11. The current year 11 of 2009/2010 have chosen Purple. The new colour of year 11 2010/2011 is red. However, students are requested to follow strict uniform rules, such as having plain black shoes, tailored trousers, and for girls - subtle make-up only.
The school has gone to great lengths to help special needs students and their parents whenever possible. To do this, they have hired extra teachers and launched REACH (for parents) and ICAN (not only for children of special need, but also for children who have problems and would like to share them).
The school also has an arts centre which holds after school clubs and activities; most are free but some charge a small price.
Mike Thornton, the previous headmaster, left in 2006 to pursue his dream of travelling and in his honour the school has named the new sports centre "The Thornton Centre". His successor is Mr D. Priestly who was an RE teacher at the school.
Greenfield also has the system of prefects. The year 11 students choose whom they want to become head boy, deputy, head girl and deputy head girl.
At the beginning of 2011/2012 year, the uniform changed to blazers, ties, white shirts, jumper (optional) and black trousers.