The ends of both wings are single story. I think that the boys and girls toilets were probably single story with no rooms above them. A low wall divided the…
1919 Temporary Hut
Increasing pupil numbers necessitate construction of 'temporary' prefabricated hut accommodation – temporarily in use until finally demolished in 1967! What…
1930 Extensions to the School
Additions are begun to the School building (the roof is removed from both ‘wings’ of the building, new first floor rooms built and the roof replaced – the…
c.1939 Air Raid Shelters Constructed
These can be seen on old photos and are next to the canal bank. They also feature on many of the class photos because the grassy bank provided a natural tiered…
1949 New Canteen Built
This replaced the old kitchen in room 15 and canteen upstairs in rooms 13 and 14. The air raid shelters near the canal bank survive until at least 1953. Do not…
1952 - 1954 More Temporary Huts Built
Hut E to the left (West) and the one next to the brook is divided into two and known as C and D. Can anyone confirm this please?
From the Jubilee Book: Hut C…
1958 2 Storey Science Blook is Built
A new Science Block is built on what have been the school playing fields. The new modern building is ground & first floor only - a second floor is added some…
1967 Old huts A and B demolished and new Hut Built
Enabling works for the new school buildings to be built on the playing field. The old hut (A and B) is demolished and a new temporary hut is built at the back…
1968 New School is Built
1968 – A new Craft Block is built (later Technology and Art); also a new school hall, kitchens and sports hall and a new administration block. Another floor…
1978
A new purpose-built vocational education block is built near the canal on what is left of the old school playing field - this later becomes the Sixth Form…
2002 Internet Technology Block
Information Technology Block is built - a single-storey, two-room affair at the rear of the Technology block. It was equipped for, and exclusively used for, IT…
2006 All New buildings are demolished
A new school is built at Thoresby Road and the Lower School (at the Roper School site) and all the new buildings at the Tamworth Road site are demolished. The…