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The school reopened as a Primary School on 29th
April 1946. Miss Davies was still Headmistress with Miss Barnes
in charge of the infants, and 34 on the roll. Miss Davies left
on the 20th February 1948, and until Mrs Muller took up her
duties as Headmistress in June of the same year, Miss Staines,
Mr Rooney and Mrs Longly successively acted as head of the
school.
These four years (1946 – 1950) are mainly taken
up with the decision as to whether the school should become
aided or controlled under the 1944 Education Act. There are many
letters from Rev Vigo to the Rochester Diocesan Education
offices on this subject.1 By 1947 the Managers had
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to apply for ‘Aided’ status, which the
K.E.C. and the Diocesan Education Office agreed to, but
when it was pointed out to the Managers that should Ash
voluntary school become aided, then they, as the managers, would
be expected to find around 50% of the cost to bring the school
to the standards set by the Ministry of Education, which would
cost around £20,000, and the managers would have to find £10,000.
They reversed their decision2 and decided to apply
for ‘controlled’ status. The sealed order to this effect was
received from the Ministry of Education dated 22nd July 1949 and
read:
1 Rochester Diocesan Archives.
2 Minutes of Meetings of School Managers, 10th
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