DRURIDGE BAY'S GOT TALENT WAS THE TITLE OF A CONCERT TO RAISE FUNDS FOR CHILDREN IN NEED IN 2008. GEMMA MURRAY AND MELLISANDE DALTON, SOPHIE HANDYSIDE, CAITLIN GRIFFITHS, SHANNON CATLING AND LAURIE MURRAY.

placeholder image — DRURIDGE BAY'S GOT TALENT WAS THE TITLE OF A CONCERT TO RAISE FUNDS FOR CHILDREN IN NEED IN 2008. GEMMA MURRAY AND MELLISANDE DALTON, SOPHIE HANDYSIDE, CAITLIN GRIFFITHS, SHANNON CATLING AND LAURIE MURRAY.

Druridge Bay Middle School remembered with 22 fantastic pictures from the 2000s

By Ian Smith

Published 23rd Jul 2025, 11:44 GMT

Did you go to Druridge Bay Middle School in Hadston?

It closed in 2011, along with Amble Middle School and Coquet High School, when it was rebranded as James Calvert Spence College.

Here are 22 Druridge Bay Middle pictures from our archive.

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DRURIDGE BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL, ROUNDERS, 2005. Photo: JC

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FIFTEEN YEAR 6 PUPILS FROM DRURIDGE BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL HAD THEIR POEMS SELECTED TO BE PUBLISHED FROM OVER 60,000 ENTRIES IN THE PLAYGROUND POETS COMPETITION IN 2005. Photo: CA

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DRURIDGE BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHS CHALLENGE, 2006. Photo: JC

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NATALIA AT DRURIDGE BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL, 2007. Photo: JC

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Druridge Bay Middle School remembered with 22 fantastic pictures from the 2000s

Did you go to Druridge Bay Middle School in Hadston?

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