South Shields Community School is a coeducational secondary school located in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, with pupils aged from 11-16.The school opened in its present buildings in McAnany Avenue in South Shields in April 2007, is part of the South Tyneside and Gateshead Building Schools for the Future Programme and moved into a new £20M building in 2011. The headteacher is Dr J W Frain