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Fairlight Primary School, Brighton
Catalogue reference: E/SC/221
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This record is about the Fairlight Primary School, Brighton dating from 1926 - 1981.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- E/SC/221
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Title (The name of the record)
- Fairlight Primary School, Brighton
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1926 - 1981
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<p>For minutes of the Brighton School Board, 1876-1903 see R/E 2/1/8-30; for minutes of the governing body, 1897-1937 see E/MA/18/1-6; for title deeds of the site of the school, 1848-1875 see R/C 4/271-273; for a statistics file, 1929-1968 see R/E 2/43/15; for plans of polling stations at the school, 1889 see DB/D 46/469-470; for plans, 1929 see DB/D 46/1035; for plan of alterations, 1930 see DB/D 46/1055; for plan of the school, 1946 see R/A 12/4-5</p>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- East Sussex Record Office
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Fairlight Primary School, Brighton, East Sussex</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 series
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Records transferred 16 Jan 1991 (ACC 5630)
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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From 27 January 1873 children up to 7 years of age, under the Headmistress Miss H Weekley, were educated in a room in the Lewes Road Congregational Chapel. The site for the new school at Fairlight Place was compulsorily purchased after fierce local opposition and the new school opened for the infants' and girls' departments on 17 January 1876; the boys' department moved in on 27 March 1876. The school was also known as the Lewes Road Schools
The school was enlarged in 1883 and 1901, and rebuilt in 1932. In 1928 the school was reorganised: infants', junior mixed and girls' departments were formed, the boys' department was closed and the pupils moved to the Central Schools (E/SC/16)
The girls' department, which from September 1947 was known as Fairlight County Secondary School, was closed in 1962 and amalgamated with Elm Grove County Secondary School (E/SC/20). The junior mixed became Fairlight Middle School and then Fairlight Junior School
In July 1992 the junior school merged with Fairlight Infants' School to form Fairlight Primary School
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/c8988feb-501f-482e-b8d7-4e8348b57a1e/
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This record is held at East Sussex Record Office
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EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
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SCHOOL RECORDS
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Fairlight Primary School, Brighton