|    The MINISTER OF EDUCATION in
                pursuance of subsection (2) of section 15 of the Education Act,
                1944, hereby DIRECTS that the Ash Church of England School, in
                the Parish of Ash, in the county of Kent, shall be a controlled
                school. Given under the official Seal of the Ministry of
                Education this 22nd Day of July 1949. (signed) Mervyn Longhurst.
 
 On 12th September 1949 at a meeting of the (former)
                school managers, this new status is accepted by them, as is the
                new system of school managers, laid down by the Ministry: In
                future the managers of Ash School will be appointed as follows:
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                Foundation Member.By the
                K.E.C.
 By Ash
                Parish Council.
 plus the
                local Rector  ex officio member
 of the managers.
 Thus in April 1950 Ash Church School becomes a
                Controlled Church of England Primary School,3 
                with Mrs M. J. Muller as head and Miss Barnes as assistant.
 Apart from the final acquisition of the Hut
                and the land on which it stands in 1958, and the alterations to
                the school toilets (mentioned earlier) in 1965, this is the
                state of the school as it is today.
 3 School Log Book, 14th
                April 1950.
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