It's the year when you made computer games, began thinking seriously about future careers and learned plenty of life skills.
Year 12 is the next academic year to get our retro attention.
Here are 9 photos from the Sunderland Echo archives and they span scenes from St Aidan's, St Anthony's, St Robert of Newminster, Durham High School for Girls and St Leonard's.
Your next task is to browse through it all and then get in touch with your own memories.
Here are 9 photos from the Sunderland Echo archives and they span scenes from St Aidan's, St Anthony's, St Robert of Newminster, Durham High School for Girls and St Leonard's.