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Whitley and Monkseaton High School. References in the Whitley Seaside Chronicle include :-
Ratepayers' public meeting calls for secondary school. WSC 12.12.1908
proposed secondary school for Whitley Bay discussed by Northumberland County Council. WSC 15.5.1909
secondary school design prepared; Duke of Northumberland gave an acre of land. WSC 16.9.1911
Northumberland County Council agrees contracts for secondary schools at Whitley Bay and Wallsend; Whitley Bay let to Joseph Newbold of North Shields. WSC 27.7.1912
Miss E. C. Highton appointed headmistress 27.3.1914; Mr H. B. Widdows headmaster 28.3.1914. WSC 4.4.1914
High School re-named Whitley and Monkseaton County Grammar School; new Education Act offers entrance by examination only. WSC 27.4.1945
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