Swannington Primary School

Swannington Primary School

Prior to the opening of the school building children had been taught in a barn.  The school was built in Main Street on land donated by Wyggeston Hospital.  It opened in 1862 and is still educating the children of the village today.

When cataloguing the Archive we came across this fascinating story of the school raising £200 for the building in 1913, things don’t change much do they?

Appeal for £200 in 1913

Appeal Subscriptions promised

Appeal £130 still to be found

Prior to the opening of the school building in 1862 children had been taught in a barn in Main Street.  Below are articles in “Now and Then”, the Trust members’ magazine describe life in the early days of the school.  To receive the magazines become a member of the Trust.

Schooling comes to Swannington a synopsis by Denis Baker

Samuel Phillips May the life of the former headmaster who spent 12 years at the school 1885-1897 by Lesley Hale

Schoodays in the Twenties reminiscences by Ray Fowkes

Schoodays in the Thirties reminisences by Eric Bullen (see the 1940 class 1 photo)

How school pupils looked back on 150 years Denis Baker’s account

If you attended the school, could you record your memories?  It would be great to have an account of each decade.