Gillbrook College
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Gillbrook College is a secondary school situated in Teesville
Teesville
Teesville is an area in the Middlesbrough agglomeration in the north east of England, and part of the Unitary Authority of Redcar and Cleveland and in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. It has a population of approximately 7,000 residents...

, Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland
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, England
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.

Location

It is situated just south of Eston Sports Academy on Normanby Road near the A1085
A1085 road
The A1085 is a road that runs from Middlesbrough to Marske-by-the-Sea in the former county of Cleveland. There is a long straight part of the road whilst it passes the former ICI Wilton plant towards Redcar, this part of the road is the main road towards Redcar from the west and towards...

, and round the corner from the Redcar & Cleveland Council Town Hall and Eston Park School
Eston Park School
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, whose playing fields adjoin the school. It is in the Anglican parish of Christ Church, Eston.

Grammar school

It opened in September 1955 as Eston Grammar School in Teesville
Teesville
Teesville is an area in the Middlesbrough agglomeration in the north east of England, and part of the Unitary Authority of Redcar and Cleveland and in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. It has a population of approximately 7,000 residents...

 with 650 boys and girls. The schoolmotto was Sapera Aude.

Comprehensive

It became known as Gillbrook School in 1973, then Gillbrook Technology College, and finally Gilbrook College. It became a Technology College
Technology College
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 in 1994 until 2006 and an Arts College
Arts College
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 in 2009.

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