West Hove Junior and Infants' Schools, Hove

<p>For minutes of the Hove School Board, 1896-1903 see R/C 37/4-6; for minutes of the governing body, 1946-1959 see E/MA/191/1; for HMI reports, 1904-1932 seeR/E 5/3/70 and for (junior), 1996 see R/E 1/15/117; for plans of the school, 1896 see R/E 5/1/29; for photographs of extensions to the school, 1961 see C/A 4/138; for file concerning the School Library Service including an appreciative letter from pupils at this school, 1938-1952 see C/L 6/20; for sales account book of the Portland Road Girls' School and West Hove Girls' Schools, 1927-1935 see E/SC/103/4/1; for plans, 1896 see R/E 5/1/29 and for plans of proposed alterations, 1967 see R/E 5/5/63</p>

Records transferred 4 Jun 1993 (ACC 6102), 10 Jan 1994 (ACC 6223)

The Portland Road Schools were originally Board Schools set up under the Hove School Board. The school was built on the north side of Portland Road, approximately 250 yards west of the Aldrington National School (built in 1888) and immediately before the turning for Grange Road. Plans had been drawn up in 1896 and the school opened on 29 August 1898 for junior mixed and infants. In 1903, following the 1902 Education Act, the school came under the control of the Education Committee of the Borough of Hove. In 1906 the junior school was reorganised to form separate schools for boys and girls and it was not until September 1951 that the departments were again combined. By 1946 the schools were known as the West Hove Junior and Infants' Schools. From 1955 the managers' minutes again refer to the school as Portland Road Junior Mixed and Infants' School, and from 1957 as Portland Road Primary School. The schools are now (June 1993) known as West Hove Junior and Infants' Schools