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 | name                    = Hummersknott Academy
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 | motto                   = "Striving Supporting Succeeding"
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 | head                    = Nicholas Merifield<ref name="GIAS">((cite web |title=Hummersknott Academy |url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/136838 |website=Get Information about Schools |publisher=Gov.UK |access-date=31 August 2023))</ref>
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'''Hummersknott Academy''' is a [[secondary school]] in [[Darlington]] in the north east of [[England]]. It schools approximately 1,250 pupils aged eleven to sixteen.

It has specialist [[Language College]] status. Since 2005 and holds accreditations for Artsmark Silver, Eco-schools Silver, the [[Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents]] silver award for Health and Safety and an International School Award.

==History==
The school began as the '''Darlington High School''' in 1955, a girls' [[grammar school]]. It was officially opened by the [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Duke of Edinburgh]] on 15 November 1955. In 1968 it was reorganised by the then Darlington County Borough to form one of six 11–16 co-educational comprehensive schools, with the Boys' Grammar School becoming a [[sixth form college]] nearer the town centre and near to the College of Technology, now known as QE (Queen Elizabeth).

===New build===
In July 2007 a £15 million scheme to demolish and replace some school buildings and renovate others was initiated. The bulk of the funding was provided by national government, with the local council providing £2.7m, and the school £0.7m. Work began on the school building during the summer of 2007, although plans for the new design were drawn up a year earlier.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6910752.stm Work starts on £15m school scheme] BBC.co.uk 22 July 2007</ref> The work was completed in 2010 and the refurbished school was 'reopened' by the [[Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester|Duke of Gloucester]] in September 2010. The main hall was refurbished and new lighting and stage area was included in the refurbishment.

===Academy Trust===
The school became a self-governing academy, under the name Hummersknott Academy on 1 July 2011.  It is operated by the Hummersknott Academy Trust, a company limited by guarantee.

On 1 February 2013, the Hummersknott Academy Trust was reconstituted as a multi-academy trust when it took over the newly formed [[Skerne Park]] Academy (a converting primary school) in the town.

===House and college reform===
Originally, when a grammar school for girls, the school had six houses into which all pupils were distributed and these houses competed against each other in sporting and music competitions for the honour of winning the House Shield. The shields of each house can be seen above the doorways on the front of the school building. These houses were: Barrett, Bede, Caedmon, Carroll, St Hild and Wycliffe. The house system was changed in the late 1980s and the school played host to four houses: Dunelm, Edinburgh, Starmer and Trinity.

In July 2006 these were phased out and replaced by a system of colleges.

===Colleges===
Pupils are divided into five colleges named after a variety of cultural and local aspects of life, across [[Darlington]] and the wider [[North East England|north east of England]]:((cn|date=February 2023))

*Cuthbert (college colour – yellow), was named after [[Cuthbert|St Cuthbert]]. Cuthbert is the humanities section of the school (Geography, History, RE). 
*Ketton (college colour – purple), was named after the [[Durham Ox|Ketton Ox]]. Ketton does PE and Science.            
*Quaker (college colour – green), was named after the [[Quakers]] religious group, who were prominent inhabitants of Darlington. Quaker is Languages and Business Studies.             
*Stephenson (college colour – red), was named after [[George Stephenson]]. Stephenson is the Maths corridor, ICT and DT department.  
*Wyvern (college colour – blue), was named after the [[Wyvern]] dragon. Wyvern is Music, Drama, English and Art.

==Notable alumni==
* [[Jenny Chapman]], Darlington MP<ref>((cite news |last1=James |first1=Erwin |title=The would-be minister with inside knowledge of the prisons beat |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/25/would-be-minister-jenny-chapman-prisons-beat |accessdate=11 September 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=25 Feb 2015))</ref>
* [[Philippa Langley]] ((post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE))  – discovered the remains of Richard III in a car park in Leicester in 2012<ref>((cite book |last1=Langley |first1=Philippa |author-link1= |last2=Jones |first2=Michael |author-link2= |date=2013 |title=The Lost King (previously titled: The King's Grave: The Search for Richard III) |publisher=St. Martin's Press |asin=B011T7KE4Y))</ref><ref>((cite book |last1=Ashdown-Hill|first1=J. |author-link1= |last2=Johnson |first2=D. |author-link2= | last3=Johnson|first3=W.|author-link3= |last4=Langley|first4=P. |author-link4= |editor-last1=Carson |editor-first1=A.J. |editor-link1=|date=2014 |title=Finding Richard III: The Official Account of Research by the Retrieval and Reburial Project |publisher=Imprimis Imprimatur |isbn=0957684029 ))</ref><ref>((cite news |title=Can new evidence clear the name of Richard III? |url=https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/19831110.can-new-evidence-clear-name-richard-iii/ |access-date=18 September 2022 |work=The Darlington and Stockton Times |date=8 January 2022))</ref>
* [[James Morrison (footballer)]]<ref>((cite news |title=Boro kids halfway to glory |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/6994394.Boro_kids_halfway_to_glory |accessdate=11 September 2018 |work=The Northern Echo |date=16 April 2004))</ref>

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* ((Official website|http://www.hummersknott.org.uk))

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