ABOUT a hundred past students of a Teesside school gathered to mark 120 years of the Former Students' Association.

They also joined current students on tours of Teesside High School, in Eaglescliffe, which was once home to the sprawling Woodside Hall.

The Former Students’ Association was founded on 24 June 1899 by Miss B L Browne, then Headmistress of Queen Victoria High School for Girls (QVHS). The former QVHS buildings no longer exist, but the site was once located on Yarm Road, Stockton.

Separately, The Cleveland School was a junior school founded in 1938 which moved to Woodside Hall in 1945. QVHS and The Cleveland School merged in 1970 and the present buildings on the Eaglescliffe site began their lives as Teesside High School.

Now fully co-educational, the school is led by Kirsty Mackenzie, who joined the group at the luncheon. She said the milestone would be celebrated again on Saturday with a 120th anniversary summer fair in the school.