Paulsgrove Primary School

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Wildlife Area and Clock Tower
Wildlife Area and Clock Tower
Looking north-east
Looking north-east

Paulsgrove Primary School, situated to the north-west of Portsea Island, was built to serve a new housing development made necessary by the number of people made homeless through bombing during the Second World War. Built at the onset of the Cold War it was designed so that in the event of an enemy attack on the nearby naval base it could double up as a field hospital. Today it is a Full Service Extended School[1] serving the same-named community [2] ,and stands on the site of three schools built in 1950[3]. Opened by the Lord Mayor of Portsmouth (England), Sir Denis Daley on 24th October[4] that year it originally consisted of an infant school and two junior schools,one for boys and one for girls [5], but in 1966 this was reversed to two infant schools (Hillview and Castle View) and one junior (Hillside). Between 1975 to 1993 the schools changed their age of transfer from 7 to 8 and 11 to 12. In 1993 the three schools amalgamated to become Paulsgrove Primary. The school now includes a Children's Centre and the current head teacher is Mr Darren Nickerson. His predecessors include Mrs Sue Tunmore, Mrs Anna Curtis, Miss Jill King, Mr Len Vine and Mrs Cleal[6].

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ For a definition see
  2. ^ See community web site
  3. ^ Voices from Paulsgrove: Lee,S & Stedman, J (Ed) (1992,Portsmouth City Council Leisure Department) ISBN 187041215X
  4. ^ List of Mayors of Portsmouth
  5. ^ Garlick,M: Memories of Wymering and Paulsgrove(1998, Hampshire WEA) HAM 30108
  6. ^ Paulsgrove Local History Project Brown, G Portsmouth, Paulsgrove Community Association,1979

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