Teesside Steelworks South Bank coke ovens and the BOS plant at Lackenby closed in 2015. The Teesside Beam Mill and some support services still operate at the Lackenby part of the site. Steel production on Teesside begins when Bolckow, Vaughan & Co Ltd, formerly Bolckow, Vaughan, opens the Cleveland Steelworks in Middlesbrough. Using the Bessemer process, the works have 3 blast furnaces. Albert John Dorman enters into a partnership with Albert de Lande Long taking over the West Marsh Ironworks in Middlesbrough. Dorman Long is founded. Bolckow, Vaughan & Co Ltd. acquire the Southbank Steelworks. The firm is also persuaded by Sydney
Teesside High School become fully co-educational. Children can start the school’s Little Diamonds Nursery at the start of the term in which they turn three years old, attending on a full-time or part-time basis. The school is a registered provider of the Early Years Provision for three and four year olds and accepts all employer nursery voucher schemes. Teesside High School Sixth Form is a provider of post-16 education. The school unveiled its new Sixth Form block in May 2014. Teesside High School was named in the Top Ten North East Independent Schools by The Sunday Times in 2015. The school achieved 100%