Bishop Barrington School
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Bishop Barrington School is a co-educational comprehensive school
in the town of Bishop Auckland
, Co Durham, England
. The school has around 700 students and is a specialist Sports College
and Mathematics and Computing College
. It was established in 1810 in the town's market place and named after, the then Bishop of Durham, Shute Barrington
, who was a notable patron of education. Today the school is based on Woodhouse Lane opposite St John's RC Comprehensive School
and Bishop Auckland College
.
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
in the town of Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in north east England. It is located about northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham at the confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless...
, Co Durham, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The school has around 700 students and is a specialist Sports College
Sports College
Sports Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, PE, sports and dance. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Sports...
and Mathematics and Computing College
Mathematics and Computing College
Mathematics and Computing Colleges were introduced in England in 2002 as part of the Government's Specialist Schools Programme which was designed to raise standards in secondary education. Specialist schools focus specifically on their chosen specialism but must also meet the requirements of the...
. It was established in 1810 in the town's market place and named after, the then Bishop of Durham, Shute Barrington
Shute Barrington
Shute Barrington was an English churchman, Bishop of Llandaff in Wales, as well as Bishop of Salisbury and Bishop of Durham in England.-Life:...
, who was a notable patron of education. Today the school is based on Woodhouse Lane opposite St John's RC Comprehensive School
St John's RC Comprehensive School
St John's RC Comprehensive School is a voluntary aided Roman Catholic Comprehensive school in the town of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England. The school is a specialist technology college. The school currently has around 1300 pupils between the ages of 11 and 19, making it the town's largest...
and Bishop Auckland College
Bishop Auckland College
Bishop Auckland College is a further education college located in the town of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England...
.