Recent School Visit

A block - showing recent extension on the end, and also a covered walkway linking A and B blocks along the bottom end of the old 'tennis courts' (apparently too boggy to do much sport on these days!).

Reception - now light, airy and with a friendly desk and casual seating area in the corridor! You can also see scaffolding outside around the front door and portico. Unfortunately I failed to take a photo of this from the outside, but then I don't suppose it would be that interesting anyway....

Reception from front entrance - looking the other way. Pupils are currently barred from passing through the reception area while work on the entrance is in progress.

Rear view, showing the rugby goal posts - though rugby was not on the curriculum in our day, even the girls play now.

Oak tree and A block - please look at this one, then scroll down to my explanation below. You really must see this, rather than reading about it!

Menu - school dinners as we knew them are obviously a thing of the past....

Lunch servery - part of the kitchens is now a self-service area.

Dining Room - as it now is. Same place, different look.

Library - looking from near the entrance, down towards the next classroom, which has now been incorporated into the library as an IT area - you can just see the open door on the right of the photo.

Library with PCs - again taken from near the entrance, but down to the windows overlooking the '6th form terrace'.

Hall - now with tiered seating.

Corridor from front entrance - down past the 'staff room' as was. The 'heads of years' offices' are now there.

Girls showers - yes, we poked our noses in everywhere! All girls will no doubt be as relieved as I am to learn that communal showers are a thing of the past! However, Steve says the boys still have to jump in together... but I didn't get a photo of that!

Now... promise you have already looked at the Oak tree and A block photo? OK then, you can scroll down...

Oak tree and A block - the Oak Tree was split apart in the Great Storm of 1987 and the school was unable to save it - eventually it had to be felled. 'A' block huts were gradually removed, although some lasted into the '90's... so much for temporary buildings!

Elaine