It’s 60 years and counting for a Sunderland school which has had changes of names but is still going strong.
Thornhill Comprehensive School was built in 1964 and it was meant to be a replacement for the existing West Park Technical School for Girls. It was built on a site which was once Thornhill Farm.
The cost of the new school’s construction was £750,000 and it was planned that 1,920 girls would get an education there but a meeting of the Education Committee that same year came up with a different plan.
It was decided that it should be a mixed school for the same number of pupils and a 60-year history began when the school opened in 1966.
We have photos from the days of construction onwards but it is your memories of the school that we want and you can share them by emailing [email protected]
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1. Results day in 2025
GCSE results day at Thornhill Academy last year. School principal Liam Clark was pictured with top performing students Jonathan Poulton, Athena Whiteley, Oyinni Oluwajomiloju Olaifa, Syeda Anaya Ahmed and Maaz Ahmed. | Thornhill Academy
2. Style in abundance
Fantastically stylish in another great photo from Sunderland. Tell us if you were at the 2015 Thornhill prom. | se
3. Champions in 2008
Thornhill School won the Sunderland Schools Basketball League for the 3rd year in a row, in 2008. | se
4. Thornhill in 1982
Proudly holding the shield they won 42 years ago is the Thornhill Comprehensive Schools under-16 hockey team. | se