Fortunately the latter circumstances prevailed and today there are two buildings that are recognisable as previously being schoolhouses. One is on Sarsden Road, the site of Anne Walter's school and where the plaque (right) was mounted. The other is on the corner of Church Road and Junction Road. The plaque, currently housed in the Heritage Centre, records Anne Walter's bequest. |
The next Head was Mr Arthur Warland and he was followed in 1980 by Mrs Isobel Harman as Acting Headteacher. The school was now reduced to one teacher; such was the decline in pupil numbers. Only infants remained, juniors being sent to Kingham Primary School. Mrs Harman’s son was killed in a car accident in September 1980 and she no longer felt able to continue. The school closed at Christmas 1981, ahead of the planned date of July 1982. The buildings were sold to a developer for £146,000.
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