Nine pictures from Sunderland's Grange Park Primary, the school with exceptional pupils

Stage shows, breakfast club and kitchen scenes

By Chris Cordner

Published 9th Jan 2024, 15:08 BST

What an inspirational school Grange Park Primary is in Sunderland.

It featured in the Echo this week when Ofsted inspectors came to Wearside and judged it to be an integral part of the community.

It got us thinking about the great retro photos of the school in the Echo archives and here are 9 of them.

Join us as we look back at class scenes from as far back as 1998 and as recently as 2014.

9 school day photos from Grange Park Primary as we take you back through memories from 1998 to 2014.

1. Great at Grange Park

9 school day photos from Grange Park Primary as we take you back through memories from 1998 to 2014.

The school's production of Oliver Twist in 1998.
It starred Carra Dennis, Sarah Ogelby, Kate Dixon, Sean Dunn, Katie Sanderson and Shareen Mitchell.

2. Stage stars from 1998

The school's production of Oliver Twist in 1998. It starred Carra Dennis, Sarah Ogelby, Kate Dixon, Sean Dunn, Katie Sanderson and Shareen Mitchell.

Shadow Cabinet Minister Andy Burnham was surrounded by a group of Roman soldiers when he visited the school in 2011.

3. Andy gets a great reception

Shadow Cabinet Minister Andy Burnham was surrounded by a group of Roman soldiers when he visited the school in 2011.

Pupils from every year at the school celebrated the centre's outstanding Ofsted report in 2011.

4. Outstanding in 2011

Pupils from every year at the school celebrated the centre's outstanding Ofsted report in 2011.

Sunderland Schools Nostalgia

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