Day St Andrew’s closed its doors

Staff worked through the half term holiday to make sure everything was ready for the beginning of November 1988.

Maureen Pearce, then head teacher of St Andrew’s said: “In a way we are very sorry to be going because this old school in some respects is part of the town’s history. It’s a very warm, cosy and welcoming place, and of course, it has got a lot of memories for children, their parents and even their grandparents.”

While the new school was no larger, it was fully equipped to take the lower school into the 21st century, as the old Victorian building was described as “not really built to be a school in the 1980s and 90s”.

A special feature of the Brunts Lane site was an adventure playground bought by the PTA and one of the first in the county.