Bishop Barrington School

Infobox UK school
name = Bishop Barrington School


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established = 1810
type = Comprehensive
religion = None
president =
head_label = Headteacher
head = Mr V B Guthrie
chair_label = Chair of Governors
chair = Mr R A Smith
founder = Shute Barrington
specialist = Sports College, Mathematics and Computing College
street = Woodhouse Lane
city = Bishop Auckland
county = Co Durham
country = England
postcode = DL14 6LA
LEA = Durham
ofsted = 114301
staff = 65
enrollment = 702
gender = Coeducational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 16
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website = http://www.bishopbarrington.net

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 placecite web
last =Laurie
first = Barbara
title = A Short History of Bishop Auckland
publisher = Bishop Auckland Town
url = http://www.bishopaucklandtown.org/history1.asp?HistoryId=15
accessdate = 2007-08-20 ] and named after, the then Bishop of Durham, Shute Barrington [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=50769 Astrop - Auckland, Bishop] , A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 108-12. Retrieved on 2007-08-21.] , 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.

References

External links

* [http://www.bishopbarrington.net Official Site]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=summary&id=114301 Record at Ofsted]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/06/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/840_4681.stm Results tables at BBC News]