Hollington County Primary School and Hollington Junior School, Hastings

<span class="wrapper"><p>For Hollington School Board minutes, 1871-1897 see R/E 4/1/1-4 and for Hastings United District School Board minutes, 1897-1903 see R/E 4/1/31-33; for minutes of the governing body, 1897-1898, 1903-1939 see E/MA/96/1-4 and for 1898-1903 see E/MA/156/3-4; for plans of the girls' and infants' school, 1897-1902 see R/E 4/1/146, 158; for papers of Hollington School Board, including a list of teachers, 1878-1897 see R/E 4/1/181; for Board of Education scheme concerning appointment of trustees, vesting and the use of Hollington National School premises, 1951 see PAR 380/25/1; for notes concerning a new school room for the poor and the building of the vicarage, 1855-1866 see PAR 380/1/2/2; for title deeds of 172 Hollington Old Lane, St Leonards, purchased from Henry Ripley for the use of Hollington Council School (includes plans, specifications and papers for improvements to Hollington Board School, 1898-1903, printed byelaws of Hollington Board School, Apr 1873, licence for the use of the former Hollington Junior School for the reception and education of foreign students, Jul 1977), 1686-1981 see DH/B 83/84</p> <p>Hollington County Primary School: for HMI reports, 1995 see R/E 1/15/53 and for 1998 see R/E 1/15/243; for file concerning alterations to the girls' school in order to change it into a mixed school, 1915-1916 see R/E 4/25/17; for file on visit for partially hearing children at Hollington Infants' School, 1971-1979 see R/E 4/37/35</p> <p>Hollington Junior School: for HMI report, 1996 see R/E 1/15/96</p></span>

Records transferred Nov 1977 (ACC 2154), Apr 1978 (ACC 2233), Jun 1993 (ACC 6104), 28 Jun 1993 (ACC 6120), 17 Jul 1995 (ACC 6667)

Hollington County Primary School was originally a National School. Kelly's Directory of Sussex for 1862 states that 'a new school-house for boys and girls has lately been erected; it is a neat building of red brick and cost £320, which was raised by subscription'. In 1871 the school was taken over by Hollington School Board. In 1872 the Sunday School was taken over as Hollington Board Infants' School and the girls were also transferred there in January 1873. The boys remained at the National School until a new boys' department was opened in 1880. In October 1897 the Hollington School Board was abolished and the school came under the control of the Hastings United School Board. In April 1903, following the 1902 Education Act, the school was taken over by the Education Committee of the Borough of Hastings

Hastings Education Committee decided to reorganise the school and accommodate a special school for defective and epileptic children in the boys' department, due to the need to adopt the provisions of the Elementary Education (Defective and Epileptic Children) Act, 1914. The premises occupied by the girls and infants were converted into Senior Mixed, and Junior Mixed and Infants Departments with effect from 27 November 1916. In 1927, following a reorganisation of schools at Hollington and Silverhill, Silverhill became a senior mixed school and Hollington a junior mixed. The infants' school remained. The school was situated on the western side of Battle Road, between the Alberta Road and Parkfield Road turnings, next to the Royal Albert public house. Both the Junior and Infants' Schools remained on this site until the Infants' School moved to Quebec Road in the early 1950s. The trade directories list the Infants' School in Quebec Road by 1953, although it was still in Battle Road in 1950. The Junior School remained at Battle Road until September 1974 when it moved to its present site in Beauchamp Road

The infants and junior schools merged in September 1997. In July 1999 the old junior school building in Beauchamp Road was vacated, and the school moved into an extension at the infants' school, Quebec Road