Gillbrook Academy

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 and now forms part of a new single Hillsview Academy.

1. 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.

1. 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.

1. History


1. = 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).

1. = 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.

1. Notable former pupils


1. = Gillbrook School =

Martin Daniels and his brother Gary, sons of Paul Daniels

1. = Eston Grammar School =

Professor Harry Elderfield FRS, professor of ocean geochemistry and palaeochemistry since 1999 at the University of Cambridge John Elderfield, art historian, and curator at the Museum of Modern Art, New York from 1975 to 2008 Professor Keith Gull CBE, FRS, professor of molecular microbiology since 2004 at University of Oxford, and principal since 2009 of St Edmund Hall, Oxford Professor Robert Sugden FBA, professor of economics since 1985 at the University of East Anglia

1. References


1. External links

Evening Gazette | Thousands to help schools in Redcar and Cleveland BBC News | Work starts on sixth form centres Evening Gazette | Meeting held on controversial school plans

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Cleveland (county)

Cleveland was a non-metropolitan county in North East England between 1974 and 1996. It was a two-tier county and had four boroughs: Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough and Langbaurgh-on-Tees. The county town was Middlesbrough, where Cleveland County Council met. The county was named after the historic area of Cleveland, Yorkshire. Its area is now split between the ceremonial counties of North Yorkshire and County Durham, but remains wholly within the North East England region. The county was abolished in 1996, with its constituent boroughs becoming unitary authorities. Hartlepool and the part of Stockton-on-Tees north of the River Tees became part of County Durham, and the remainder became part of North Yorkshire. Some public bodies continue to cover the area of the former county, such as Cleveland Police and Cleveland Fire Brigade. Cleveland bordered County Durham to the north and North Yorkshire to the south, with a coastline on the North Sea to the east. It had a total area of 225 square miles (583 km2).

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Outwood Academy Normanby

Outwood Academy Normanby (formerly Hillsview Academy) is a secondary school with academy status, located in the Teesville suburb of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It has a mixed intake of boys and girls ages 11–16, with 766 pupils on roll as of 2025. The school is operated by Outwood Grange Academies Trust, and the current principal is Dr Mark Robinson.

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Teesville

Teesville is an area in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. It is part of Greater Eston, which includes the area and the settlements of Eston, Normanby, South Bank, Teesville and part of Ormesby.

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Eston Park Academy

Eston Park Academy (formerly Eston Park School) was a mixed academy and sixth form in Teesville, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It merged with neighbouring Gillbrook Academy in September 2014 and now forms part of a new single Hillsview Academy. The new merged academy is run by the Academies Enterprise Trust (as were the two former schools). It had five houses: Durham, Lincoln, Ripon, York and Normanby (the house for the Sixth Form).

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