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On 4th September 1944 Miss J. F.
Barnes became the assistant teacher in the school.
1945 saw the end of the War. The school was given
two days holiday (8th & 9th May) for V.E. celebrations. In
this year there was much discussion and correspondence12
on the future status of the school, the main problem being where
the new school would be sited. In 1946 it was estimated that the
new buildings (which had not yet arrived!) would cost about £1000.
They were to be built on the existing site, which was to be
extended. The building programme was to cover the period
1948-49.13
In January of 1946 at a combined meeting of Ash,
Fawkham and Hartley School Managers it was |
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unanimously agreed by all that these schools
should be reorganised as primary schools under the 1944
Education Act. This was to take effect at the beginning of the
Summer term 1946. The senior school, from this date was going to
the secondary school at Northfleet.
The last Diocesan report on the school before
taking on Primary status was excellent, as the inspector himself
wrote: ‘A very credible result was shown on the whole syllabus
submitted for inspection.’14
12 Minutes of
Meetings of school Managers 1945.
13 Kent County Council – Development plans
for Primary
and
Secondary Education – July 1946.
14 Inspectors Report. 1st February 1946
– Rochester
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