South Shields Community School is located in South Shields

South Shields

South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne to Tyne Dock, and about downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne...

, Tyne and Wear

Tyne and Wear

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, England

England

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, with pupils aged from 11-16.

The school opened in its present buildings in McAnany Avenue in South Shields in April 2007, is part of the South Tyneside and Gateshead Building Schools for the Future Programme and will be moving into a new £20M building in 2011.

The headteacher is Dr W J Frain.