Donnison School

It opened in 1798 to provide a free education to girls, funded by a bequest from Elizabeth Donnison.

Students from the ages of 7 to 16[5] were taught needlework, spinning, sewing and knitting in addition to reading and writing.

[10][11][4] The school closed at some point between 1905-1910[10] and the buildings became the caretaker's cottage to the Church of the Holy Trinity.

In 2001 it was purchased by the charity Living History North East from the Church of England.

[12][13] Five years later, the charity received a grant of £287,000 from Sunderland City Council and the National Heritage Lottery Fund to repair and refurbish the school.

several brick buildings on the left hand side of the photograph with a row of bollards dividing the photo in half horizontally. Very faintly, one can see a sign above a door of one of the brick buildings reading 'The Donnison School'
An external view of the Donnison School in March 1944.