Wood End Primary school is a Primary School in Wood End, North Warwickshire

North Warwickshire

North Warwickshire is a local government district and borough in Warwickshire, England. The main town in the district is Atherstone where the council is based...

 it opened in 1911 The current head teacher is Miss D Moorey.

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The School starts in nursery and goes up to year 6 where then the students go on to The High School

Kingsbury School, Warwickshire

Kingsbury School is a comprehensive school in the village of Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England. Its main catchment area is Kingsbury, but students also attend from a number of neighbouring villages, such as Hurley and Whitacre Heath, Picadilly, Wood End, Bodymoor Heath and Middleton.The school...

 in Kingsbury

Kingsbury, Warwickshire

Kingsbury is a large village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England....

. the school has students from other villages such as Baxterley

Baxterley

Baxterley is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire in England. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 335. The village is about two miles west of Atherstone.-History:...

 and Piccadilly

Piccadilly, Warwickshire

Piccadilly is a small Village in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England. It is located near to the larger village of Kingsbury, and is four miles south of Tamworth.-History:...

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Original Building

The school opened in 1911 and originally only went up to year 2 it had several small classrooms and a school hall and it remained unchanged until the 1960s when it was expanded with a new reception block.

1995 Expansion

The Primary School was extended in 1995 as part of the County Councils Age of Transfer re-organisation scheme for the schools in the area this included 3 new classrooms and a nursery room. the expansion opened for the new 1995 school year, the students at the time nicknamed the new building became the new bit and the Edwardian part became known as the old bit.

1998 Fire

on 13 August 1998 at around 11:00 BST, during maintenance work on the roof of the school hall the 1911 building caught fire, nobody was in the school at the time because of the time of year but 200 people had to be evacuated from nearby homes for fear of explosion. The fire destroyed 40% of the school, the new part and the 1960s block were undamaged but the 1960s block was later demolished.

Replacement

A temporary building was constructed on the playground while rebuilding took place. a new building opened for the new 2000-01 school year it was larger than the old building to fit new regulations and uses the same brick work as the 1995 building.

External links

• Official Website