The History of Lancing Schools by George Forrest

This is a page given to me by the late George Forrest, He set out the development of Schools in Lancing

History of Freshbrook School.

1859 - There was no South Lancing School. The only school in Lancing was North Lancing School. Children had to walk to this school.

1914 - There was a new school in North Road. It was called Lancing Council School. It had three classrooms, a corridor and a cloakroom. There were 61 children on the books.

1930 - More children attended the school. The number of children increased to 114. The school was extended; there were four new classrooms.

1932 There was an official opening of the extended school. This is now the Year 3 building.

1935 The school was very overcrowded. Oakfield School opened. It was called Irene Avenue. The senior children transferred.

1936 The school numbers went up. There were 380 children. A new hall was built in the playground. This is the hall that we have our PE lessons in today. It was not used for PE at the time. The school was very crowded, so it was used for two classrooms.

1938, The new infant school was built. This is where Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are taught today.

1939 Two schools from London were transferred to this school. They were war evacuees. This made the school very crowded. The Lancing children were taught in the classroom in the morning, and the evacuee children were taught in the afternoon.

1950, A canteen was built on the field. The children were served school dinners at lunchtime. This building was demolished in the 1990s. It was where the staff car park is currently situated.

1958 Miss Cates retired. She had been the headmistress for 26 years.

The school has changed a lot since then. The school became known as South Lancing School. Then it changed to Freshbrook School.

The uniform changed from the colours of green and yellow to red.

There are now mobile classrooms in the playground, and a nursery has been added.

In 2008 the school will officially close. The children of South Lancing will attend "Seaside Primary School".

Sources:

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Copyright Ray Hamblett
North Lancing School

Copyright Ray Hamblett
FreshBrook Primary School
Formerly South Lancing School