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Blyth Grammar School on Tynedale Drive became Tynedale High School.
This building was closed and quickly demolished in August 2000 when a new school at the other side of the sports field was completed.
The Blyth Academy or Blyth Community College as it was named when it opened in September 2000 is located on Chase Farm Drive.
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The school which replaced Tynedale High School was built at the top of the old schools playing fields and was named Blyth Community College. It has since changed it's name to The Blyth Academy and is located on Chase Farm Drive.
Newlands Secondary School which became Ridley High School
Ridley High School closed at the same time as it's neighbour in cowpen. Both Tynedale and Ridley were combined when the Blyth Community College opened in 2000.
The amalgamation didn't last long and the schools once again became separate entities in 2009.
The Bede Academy was built on the site of Ridley high.
The Bede Academy
PLR - Princess Louise Middle School.
PLR was located on Princess Louise Road, the school closed in 2008, after closure the building had various uses including a brief stint as a magistrates court. The site is now the Victoria Mews housing development.
PLF - Princess Louise First School.
PLF was right net door to it's neighbour above and like PLR, it closed in 2008. The site has stood empty since the building was demolished but a new school is set to be built on the site.
Wellesley Nautical School.
Originally a naval barracks for service personnel in the first world war, the site was then bought by The Wellesley school which ad previously been located in Tynemouth.
Sunderland social services then acquired the building and used it as a residential home for slightly misguided children.
The school closed in 2006.
The site is now part of the South Shore housing development.
The figure, which had stood in the grounds of the school for many years was a representation of Admiral Boscawen. He was rescued after demolition and now stares proudly out to sea from a private garden overlooking the beach.
Wensleydale Middle School
Located at the end of Dent Street, the school opened in 1978. Despite being one of the best middle schools in the area it closed in 2009 after a reorganisation of the counties education system.
The building stood empty for a while and was completely destroyed in an arson attack in 2011.
The area is now used for housing and a sports pavilion.
The school closed in 2010 and was demolished quite quickly.
The site is now a playing fields used by the near by Bede Academy.
Delaval Middle School
Opened in 1912 as Blyth Grammar School, this was a fine old building.
Until it became a grammar school in the 1940's, it was more or less a private school as a fee was payable for attending.
Although the school catered for boys and girls, they were taught separately and had their own play areas.
Many of the local children will have learned to swim here as most schools in the area made use of the baths that were added in the sixties.
The grammar school moved to a new site in Cowpen in the 1970's and the building became Delaval Middle.
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