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Front Street School
Whickham Front Street Infant School and Whickham County Mixed School were opened together in August 1909 and were governed by Durham County Council. The Infant School catered for about 90 children aged 5 to 7 years, while the County Mixed School housed another 270 children from 7 to 14 years. A few pupils were admitted to Blaydon Secondary School at 11 or 12 years of age. This pattern prevailed until 1962, when most of the children over 11 years transferred to the new Whickham Secondary Modern School, which became Whickham Comprehensive School.
The County Mixed School eventually became Whickham Front Street Junior School. In April 1974, when local boundaries reorganisation came into effect, the schools came under the jurisdiction of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council.
The school buildings were extended in spring 1950 with the opening of a dining room and the prefabricated classrooms. In September 1980 the Nursery Unit was added. In September 1986, the two schools, which had opened together 77 years earlier, were at last amalgamated as Whickham Front Street Primary School, under the headship of Mrs Pat Farrell (later to become Mrs Pearson).