The Hermitage School

From the collection of

The North East Film Archive, based at Teesside University, save and celebrate the screen heritage of the North East of England. At the heart of their collection are films made by, and for, local people, reflecting and representing the communities, places and distinctive identity of the region. Together with their sister archive in Yorkshire they form the Yorkshire and North East Film Archive, a unique pan-regional resource with over 75,000 moving image artefacts, part of York St John University. They unlock the collections for artists, academics, curators, programmers, researchers, and producers to reveal compelling stories from the vaults. www.yfanefa.com

The Hermitage School

North East Film Archive
Chester-Le-Street
1996
Sound

The students of the Hermitage Comprehensive school will go a long way to excel, but what's taking them all the way to Korea?

Educating the North East

Schools and colleges make the most of the fresh opportunities the new millennium brings.

For generations schools in the North East have prepared young people for careers in heavy industry, coal mining or the merchant navy. But with a change in the employment landscape towards the end of the 20th century educators have had to innovate to find new ways to prepare students for unpredictable futures and broader horizons.

10 videos in this collection

It's Your Life

Middlesbrough
1995

The Power of Partnership

North Shields
1996

Apprenticeships Return to Tyneside

Wallsend
1996