THE Bishop of Durham, the Rt Rev Michael Turnbull, has officially opened a new computer centre at Durham School.
The Bishop unveiled the ICT centre during the school's annual speech day and prize-giving last Saturday.
The centre, housed in two classrooms, was funded with a bequest by Wilfrid George Oakley, a pupil at the school between 1918 and 1923 who became a consultant at King's College Hospital in London. It will be named after him. His son Dr Nigel Oakley attended the ceremony with his wife.
Headmaster Neil Kern said: "The centre, which until September 1999 housed two small ageing classrooms, was completely refurbished during last summer holidays and now provides state-of-the-art ICT facilities with 47 terminals in two classrooms."
He added: "The centre has been in use for the past year and has proved a huge success.
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