Longbenton Community College
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Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne
Benton is a district to the north east of Newcastle upon Tyne. A section of this district is administratively part of the City, but the greater part, which lies inside the Parish of St Bartholomew, Long Benton, is within North Tyneside....
, North Tyneside
North Tyneside
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. Operating under the two-tier system in North Tyneside
North Tyneside
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, the school takes students from age 11-18. It is a specialist Technology College
Technology College
Technology College is a term used in the United Kingdom for a secondary specialist school that focuses on design and technology, mathematics and science. These were the first type of specialist schools, beginning in 1994. In 2008 there were 598 Technology Colleges in England, of which 12 also...
, and has advanced ICT facilities and a City Learning Centre (see below) with some facilities for non-LBCC students.
Longbenton Community College is part of the North-West Cluster
Tyne and Wear North-West Cluster
The Tyne and Wear North-West Cluster is the consortium of schools in North-Tyneside that work together to improve the educational opportunities for their students...
, which also includes George Stephenson High School
George Stephenson High School
George Stephenson High School is a large secondary school in the English town of Killingworth, North Tyneside.-Admissions:The school provides education to pupils from Killingworth, Backworth, Shiremoor, West Moor,and West Allotment....
and Seaton Burn College
Seaton Burn
Seaton Burn may refer to:*The Seaton Burn, a stream that flows through South-Eastern Northumberland and reaches the North Sea at Seaton Sluice, after running through Holywell Dene;...
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History
Thomas Addison
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and the girls and boys were kept separate. What is now East was the girls' side, and what is now West was the boys' side. What is now the HMT block was the girls canteen. At some point, likely in the 1960s, the school was turned into a mixed college and became known as Longbenton High School.
Some time ago the school decided to reach out into the community and started adult teaching classes, often outside of school hours. It then became known as Longbenton Community High School. Eventually that became Longbenton Community College.
City Learning Centre
City Learning Centre
A City Learning Centre is a facility in the United Kingdom which provides state-of-the-art ICT-based learning opportunities for the pupils at the host school, for pupils at a network of surrounding schools and for the wider community...
here in 1998. The building lies between the West and East blocks, and was officially opened in 2003. The main room is e-learning; other rooms include Discovery, a conference room, the e-Media computer lab, and the library
Library
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E-learning
E-learning is the main room in the CLC. It has over 50 computerComputer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
terminals with software suitable for all levels of ICT knowledge, and often used by other schools from the area. The 4 plasma screens clearly present the work displayed on the main PC, as does the projector.