all of which are organised jointly by the Town Council and the 2000 Committee. Governance An electoral ward of the same name as the town exists. This ward has differences to the parish of Ferryhill, and has a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 8,942. Newspaper Ferryhill has a free community newspaper, The Ferryhill and Chilton Chapter Community Newspaper, which is distributed to all households in Ferryhill and the neighbouring community of Chilton. The paper has its own website where the latest issue, and archive issues going back to 2005, can be viewed. Education There are four primary schools in Ferryhill: Broom Cottages Primary School, Dean Bank Primary School, Cleves Cross Primary School, and Ferryhill Station Primary School. Ferryhill has one secondary school, Ferryhill Business and Enterprise College. It is a specialist Business and Enterprise College, which used to be known as Ferryhill Comprehensive School. Sport Over £1 million in funding was secured by Ferryhill Town Youth, in partnership with Ferryhill Town Council, to develop a new sports facility for the town. It includes new changing rooms, a recreation area, and six football pitches in Dean Bank Park and the adjacent former Ferryhill Athletic football ground. The facilities are to be used by the town's thriving football clubs, Ferryhill Town Youth in particular. The nearby Dean Bank Park is maintained by Ferryhill Town Council, and belongs to the welfare fund for the former Dean and Chapter Colliery of 1968. The Town Council purchased the former Ferryhill Athletic ground at auction in 2004, which was then provided to improve recreation facilities in the area, after the land could not be sold on. Notable people Sid Chaplin (1916-1986), Novelist and Poet who lived in Ferryhill from 1941 to 1953 John McManners (1916-2006), Clergyman and Religious Historian Jack Scott (1923-2008), Weatherman for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 for 20 Years Alan White (1949-2022), was the drummer of Plastic Ono Band and Yes Eric Gates (born 1955), Footballer who played twice for England as well as Ipswich, Sunderland and Carlisle Phill Nixon (1956-2013), Darts Player, World Championship Runner up in 2007 Pauline Murray (born 1958), Lead singer of punk rock band Penetration Fred Barber (born 1963), Footballer who played over 400 Football League appearances Howard Linskey (born 1967), Crime Novelist References External links Ferryhill and Chilton Chapter Community Newspaper Towns in County Durham Civil parishes in County Durham