Park Grove Primary School

Park Grove Primary School
Established 1869
Type Community primary school
Headteacher Miss Jo Sawyer
Location Park Grove
York
North Yorkshire
YO31 8LG
England Coordinates: 53°58′02″N 1°04′27″W / 53.96729°N 1.07417°W
Local authority City of York
DfE number 816/2012
DfE URN 121280 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender mixed
Ages 5–11
Website Official website

Park Grove Primary School is a primary school located in York, in the English county of North Yorkshire.

History

The Groves Wesleyan School was opened in the Groves in 1869 at a cost of £2,435. this building was closed in 1893. York School Board immediately leased and re-opened the building as Brook Street Temporary Board School whilst commissioning Walter Brierley to build the new Park Grove Board School which opened in 1895.

The press of the time described the new building as "offering the facilities to rival Eton or Harrow". It was built to house 1,393 children (70 in a class!) and in 1897 the average attendance was 1,115. The younger children were moved back to the Brook Street School building in 1899 because of overcrowding.

There were three departments in 1932; senior mixed with an average attendance of 223, junior mixed with 249, and infants' with 215. By 1956 the senior school was for boys only and 250 were enrolled; there were 210 enrolled in the junior and 100 in the infants' schools.

In 1982 Park Grove Secondary Modern Boys' School, which occupied the top floor of the building, was closed. The building then housed a primary school on the ground floor and York Staff Development Centre on the upper floor. On 28 February 1997 the building suffered a catastrophic fire which left only the Victorian brickwork standing. The building re-opened in September 1999 after a complete rebuild and the whole building is now occupied by Park Grove Primary School with accommodation for 260 children aged 5 – 11.

The original Wesleyan School building is now part of York St John University.

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