King Edward Primary School
| Established | 1903 |
|---|---|
| Type | Community School |
| Headteacher | Susan Bridges |
| Chair | Sandra Minich |
| Location |
St. Andrew's Street, Littleworth Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG18 2RG England Coordinates: 53°08′18″N 1°11′28″W / 53.138469°N 1.191115°W |
| Local authority | Nottinghamshire |
| Students | 408 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 3–11 years |
| Colours | Burgundy and gold |
| Website |
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King Edward Primary School is a community primary school in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in England.
History
King Edward Schools were opened on 15 April 1903, by Lady Fitzherbert, to serve the growing industrialised suburbs south of Mansfield town centre.
The schools were named after King Edward VII, who acceded to the throne following the death of Queen Victoria in 1901 and at the time when the school was being planned.
The School Boards were set up by the Elementary Education Act 1870, to provide compulsory education for 5 to 13 year olds. For the next 30 or so years, the School Boards simply oversaw provision through the existing day schools, some of them voluntary and many run by various church authorities or supported by local benefactors. However, a rapidly growing population meant that there were a much greater number of children needing to go to school than there were places for them and that many schools already had more pupils than they should really accommodate. Consequently, the School Board in Mansfield planned a number of new schools around the town to satisfy the demand. The elementary school population more than doubled in the period 1899 to 1925.
King Edward is the oldest remaining of the seven schools originally planned by the Mansfield School Board between 1899 and 1915.
King Edward was inaugurated as King Edward Schools because there were two school buildings, one for infants and one for juniors, each with their own head teacher and staff. They were usually referred to as King Edward Infants School or King Edward Junior School, although the term ‘Mixed’ was sometimes used for the Junior School. This continued to be the case right up to 1984, when the schools were amalgamated under one head teacher.
In 1974 Mansfield relinquished its role as the local education authority to Nottinghamshire County Council.
In September 1984 the school became King Edward First School under one head teacher, Mrs Maureen Speer.
Between about 1976 and amalgamation in 1984 the infants’ school seems to have been renamed Titchfield Park Infants School or Titchfield Park First School; the lower building is still referred to as the Park Building.
In 2002, all the schools in Mansfield were re-organised into ‘families’, each feeding into one of the comprehensive secondary schools in the area. King Edward became part of the Brunts Family, along with its surviving sister pre-WWI Board School Newgate Lane, and the post-WWI High Oakham. The school was partially refurbished and re-opened as King Edward Primary School for the occasion, with a dedication plaque being unveiled in the school hall. Outwardly, it still looks much the same today as it did then.
When the new nursery building was opened in 2004, the school became known as King Edward Primary School and Nursery.
Organisation
The school's traditional catchment area covers the area immediately surrounding the school, although many children travel from surrounding villages and across Mansfield to attend the school. Children are admitted to full-time school in the September of the academic year in which their fifth birthday occurs. Pre-school provision for children aged 3 to 4 is provided on-site by the school's Nursery. The school is part of the Brunts Family of Schools and works closely with all linked schools.
The school teaches the Early Years Curriculum for children in the Foundation Stage and the English National Curriculum for children in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.
Awards and academic standards
The school was judged to be 'Good' by Ofsted in its most recent inspection in June 2012.[1]