Darren Hankey

There is no biographical profile of the Principal on the College's website. This detail is from the 2021 profile article on the Northern Echo website.

Darren Hankey, principal of Hartlepool College of Further Education, left school with the equivalent of three GCSEs to enter the world of work.

He returned to education aged 19, doing four years of night school before going to Sunderland University and later training as a teacher.

Mr Hankey has been at Hartlepool College since 2001 and became principal 12 years ago.