Paulsgrove Primary School
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Paulsgrove Primary School, situated to the north-west of Portsea Island
, was built to serve a new housing development made necessary by the number of people made homeless through bombing during the Second World War. Built at the onset of the Cold War
it was designed so that in the event of an enemy attack on the nearby naval base it could double up as a field hospital. Today it is a Full Service Extended School serving the same-named community, and stands on the site of three schools built in 1950. Opened by the Lord Mayor of Portsmouth
(England
), Sir Denis Daley on 24 October that year it originally consisted of an infant school and two junior schools,one for boys and one for girls . In 1967 the boys and girls primary schools became co-educational but still maintained their individual names with half of the pupils of each school moving to the other school. Between 1975 to 1993 the schools changed their age of transfer from 7 to 8 and 11 to 12. In 1993 the three schools amalgamated to become Paulsgrove Primary. The school now includes a Children's Centre and the current head teacher is Mr Andrew Olive. His predecessors include Mr Darren Nickerson Mrs Sue Tunmore, Mrs Anna Curtis, Miss Jill King, Mr Len Vine and Mrs Cleal.
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Portsea Island
Portsea Island is a small, flat and low lying island just off the south coast of England. The island is totally within, and contains a large proportion of, the city of Portsmouth. It has the third-largest population of any island in the British Isles, after the mainlands of Great Britain and...
, was built to serve a new housing development made necessary by the number of people made homeless through bombing during the Second World War. Built at the onset of the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
it was designed so that in the event of an enemy attack on the nearby naval base it could double up as a field hospital. Today it is a Full Service Extended School serving the same-named community, and stands on the site of three schools built in 1950. Opened by the Lord Mayor of Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island...
(England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
), Sir Denis Daley on 24 October that year it originally consisted of an infant school and two junior schools,one for boys and one for girls . In 1967 the boys and girls primary schools became co-educational but still maintained their individual names with half of the pupils of each school moving to the other school. Between 1975 to 1993 the schools changed their age of transfer from 7 to 8 and 11 to 12. In 1993 the three schools amalgamated to become Paulsgrove Primary. The school now includes a Children's Centre and the current head teacher is Mr Andrew Olive. His predecessors include Mr Darren Nickerson Mrs Sue Tunmore, Mrs Anna Curtis, Miss Jill King, Mr Len Vine and Mrs Cleal.
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