Headteacher Miss Gaunt had been born in 1901 in Rochester Kent and was at Briertyon from 1958 until retirement in 1965. She studied at Ripon Training College, taught at Elwick Road Secondary school and was previously Head of St Aidan's Girls' School. She died in Hartlepool in 1987.
Date (of image) : 1959
Donor : Miss Gaunt/ Hartlepool Library
Location
Brierton School. The boys' department was officially opened in March 1958 and the girls' in March 1959.
The building became part of Brierton Comprehensive School in 1973 before closing in 2009. Children were absorbed into other schools. It was in the main demolished in 2013 although a small part remains and extensive all weather football pitches stand in front of it beside Catcote Road.
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