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((Short description|Academy in South Tyneside, England))
((Use dmy dates|date=September 2019))
((Use British English|date=February 2023))
((Infobox school
 | name                    = Harton Academy
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 | motto                   = Tradition, Innovation, Excellence
 | established             = 1885 (as South Shields High School)
 | closed                  = 
 | type                    = [[Academy (English school)|Academy]]
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 | head_label              = Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
 | head                    = Sir Ken Gibson
 | r_head_label            = Headteacher
 | r_head                  = Jon Skurr
 | chair_label             = Chair of the Board of Directors
 | chair                   = Scott Duffy
 | founder                 = The Illuminare Multi Academy Trust (created from Harton Technology College)
 | address                 = Lisle Road
 | city                    = [[South Shields]]
 | county                  = [[South Tyneside]]
 | country                 = [[England]]
 | postcode                = NE34 6DL
 | local_authority         = [[South Tyneside]]
 | trust                   = The Illuminare Multi Academy Trust
 | ofsted                  = yes
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 | enrolment               = 1,367 ((As of|2023|10|lc=on))
 | gender                  = [[Mixed-sex education|Mixed]]
 | lower_age               = 11
 | upper_age               = 18
 | houses                  = 
 | colours                 = Royal blue, yellow
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'''Harton Academy''', formerly ''Harton Technology College'' or ''Harton Comprehensive School'', is a [[Mixed-sex education|mixed]] [[secondary school|secondary]] and [[sixth form]] [[Academy (English school)|academy]] located in [[South Shields]], [[South Tyneside]], England.

In March 2022, Ofsted rated Harton Academy’s overall effectiveness as ‘requires improvement’. This was over ‘issues in record-keeping’. The leadership and management was rated as ‘requires improvement’. The quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development and 6th form provision were rated as ‘good’.<ref>((Cite web |date=21 June 2022 |title=School inspection: Requires Improvement |url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50186364 |website=Ofsted))</ref>

In February 2024, Ofsted rated Harton Academy’s overall effectiveness as 'good'. The personal development and 6th form provision were rated as 'outstanding'. The quality of education, behaviour and attitudes and leadership and management were rated as 'good'.<ref>((Cite web |date=21 March 2024 |title=School inspection: Good |url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50242522 |website=Ofsted))</ref>

== History ==
Harton was rated as 'outstanding' by Ofsted in 2006 and 2013,<ref>((cite web |date=28 March 2019 |title=2013 Outstanding Ofsted Report |url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/108726))</ref> received 3 Government Achievement awards, featured in the 'top 50 most improved specialist schools' in the UK and identified as one of twelve outstanding schools serving disadvantaged communities.<ref>((cite web |date=24 February 2009 |title=Twelve outstanding secondary schools – Excelling against the odds |url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/twelve-outstanding-secondary-schools-excelling-against-odds |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128003509/http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/twelve-outstanding-secondary-schools-excelling-against-odds |archive-date=28 November 2011 |access-date=23 February 2011 |publisher=Ofsted))</ref>

In 2010, £25,000,000 worth of construction was completed<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.ryderarchitecture.com/projects/harton-technology-college.htm|title=Harton Technology College))</ref> on a new 6th form block and the refurbishment of the 1936 block. In 2015, the swimming pool was redeveloped at the cost of £400,000.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.ncs-uk.com/harton-technology-college-swimming-pool-refurbishment/|title = Harton Technology College Swimming Pool Refurbishment – NCS))</ref> 

In 2011, the DfE awarded Harton with Teaching School status, allowing the academy to lead training and professional development of staff.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.harton-tc.co.uk/htsa/ |title=NCTL announcement |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504235219/http://www.harton-tc.co.uk/htsa/ |archive-date=2014-05-04 ))</ref>

In 2017, Harton Technology College was granted multi-academy status by the DfE and is now known as Harton Academy, part of The Illuminare Multi Academy Trust.<ref>((Cite web |title=Harton Academy ((!)) The journey to becoming a MAT |url=https://harton-tc.co.uk/the-journey-to-becoming-a-mat/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=harton-tc.co.uk))</ref>

In November 2023, the Illuminare Multi Academy Trust announced the appointment of a new Headteacher, Jon Skurr. In January 2024, Skurr took over from the previous Acting Headteacher, David Amos. Skurr is the eighth Headteacher in the school's history. The previous Executive Headteacher, Ken Gibson, remains as the Chief Executive Officer of the Illuminare Multi Academy Trust.<ref>((Cite web |title=Harton Academy ((!)) New Head Teacher – Mr Jon Skurr |url=https://harton-tc.co.uk/harton-academy-news/new-head-teacher/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=harton-tc.co.uk))</ref><ref>((Cite web |date=25 March 2024 |title=Key Information |url=https://harton-tc.co.uk/year-7-11/information/key-information/ |website=Harton Academy))</ref>

==Gallery== 
<gallery>
File:Harton Technology College - Old Block.jpg|Harton Academy Old Block: built 1930s, totally renovated 2012. Houses English, humanities, ICT, MFL and art
File:Harton Technology College Aerial view.jpg|Aerial view (looking east) of Harton Academy showing new sixth-form block
</gallery>

==Notable former pupils==
((alumni|date=August 2021))((clarification needed|article does not explain history or give all these former names for the school|date=December 2023))

===South Shields High School (1885–1936)===
* [[Sir Robert Chapman, 1st Baronet]], MP for Houghton-le-Spring, Territorial Army officer 
* [[Harry Eltringham]], entomologist
* [[Robert Cooke Fenwick]], aircraft designer
* [[Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford]]
* [[Francis Scarfe]], poet

===Westoe Secondary School (1890–1936)===
* [[Jack Brymer]], clarinettist
* [[James Kirkup]], controversial poet

===South Shields High School for Boys (1936–1953)===
* [[John Erickson (historian)|John Erickson]], historian 
* [[Ron Fenton]], footballer
* [[James Mitchell (writer)|James Mitchell]], writer of ''[[When the Boat Comes In]]'' and ''[[Callan (TV series)|Callan]]''
* [[David Phillips (chemist)]], professor of physical chemistry from 1989–2006 at Imperial College, and gave the 1987 [[Royal Institution Christmas Lectures|Christmas Royal Institution lecture]]
* [[Donald Pickering]], actor
* [[David Alan Walker]], Professor of Biology from 1970–84 at the [[University of Sheffield]]
* Sir [[Robert Wilson (astronomer)]]

===South Shields Grammar-Technical School for Boys (1953–1974)===
* [[Barry Clarke (engineer)|Barry Clarke]], professor of civil engineering geotechnics since 2008 at the [[University of Leeds]], and of civil engineering from 1998–2008 at Newcastle University, and president from 2012–13 of the [[Institution of Civil Engineers]]
* [[Robert Colls]], professor of English history at the [[University of Leicester]]
* Ian Michael Davison, [[PLO]] terrorist – for which [[Pan Am Flight 73]] was hijacked on 5 September 1986 to free him<ref>[http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/plane-hijacked-tyneside-man-1547992 Chronicle]</ref> from serving life imprisonment in a Cyprus prison for the murder of three Israelis
* [[John Gray (philosopher)]], School Professor of European Thought from 1998–2007 at the [[London School of Economics|LSE]]
* [[Kevin Maguire (journalist)]], ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' main political journalist (at the comprehensive from 1974)
* [[John F. Pollard]], historian
* [[Edward Wilson (actor)|Edward Wilson]] – actor

===Harton Comprehensive (1974–2001)===

* [[Dave Wilson (rugby union)|David Wilson]], rugby union player<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.rfu.com/SquadsAndPlayers/EnglandElite/DavidWilson.aspx |title=David Wilson – Official RFU England Profile |publisher=Rfu.com |access-date=18 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914083222/https://www.rfu.com/SquadsAndPlayers/EnglandElite/DavidWilson.aspx |archive-date=14 September 2011 ))</ref>

===Harton Technology College (2001–2017)===
* [[Kane Avellano]], [[Guinness World Record]] for youngest person to circumnavigate the world by motorcycle (solo and unsupported) at the age of 23 in 2017.<ref>((Cite news|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/414566-youngest-circumnavigation-by-motorcycle-male|title=Youngest person to circumnavigate the globe by motorcycle (male)|work=Guinness World Records|access-date=2018-02-11|language=en-GB))</ref>
* [[Joe McElderry]], [[The X Factor (British TV series)|''The X Factor'']] 2009 winner.<ref>((cite web|date=8 October 2009 |url=http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/local-news/support_for_x_factor_joe_is_top_class_1_1246665 |title=Support for X Factor Joe is top class – Local News |publisher=Shields Gazette |access-date=18 September 2011))</ref>

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*((Official website|http://www.harton-tc.co.uk))
* [http://www.boyshighschool.co.uk Site for old pupils, history of the school]

((Schools in Tyne and Wear))
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[[Category:Education in South Shields]]
[[Category:Academies in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside]]

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