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Longbenton High School is a large secondary school located in Benton, North Tyneside, England. Operating under the two-tier system in North Tyneside, the school takes students from age 11-18. It was a specialist Technology College, and has advanced ICT facilities and a City Learning Centre with some facilities for non-LBCC students.Longbenton High School was part of the North-West Cluster, which also includes George Stephenson High School and Seaton Burn College. The school was known as Longbenton Community College until September 2016 when a complete new build was opened in the middle of the existing site. At this time the name changed back to Longbenton High School which is what it had been back in the 1980s. All of the old buildings have been demolished and the new school has state of the art facilities, offering a full and varied curriculum.The school serves its local community but attracts students from across the north west of North Tyneside and the east of the city of Newcastle. The school has a strong reputation for academic excellence and high standards within performing arts. The new facilities in the new school include all newly laid sporting pitches; the old LCC struggled with poorly drained and uneven fields.HistoryThe school was originally built in, and opened officially for the new year in September 1953. It was originally named after Thomas Addison 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.