Hand written history of Marks Tey school from Bryan Ambridge’s school project, page 2 of 2.

School

In 1887 severe snowstorms closed the school for two days.

In 1898 - 149 children on the books but still only two classrooms.

1900 - school cleaner appointed

1911 - a boy knock down by a car - broken leg.

1919 - children picked 1,093 pounds of blackberries for the Ministry of food

1926 - Nurse inspects children to see if they were clean and healthy.

1956 - flush toilets installed

1963 - school one hundred years old

The school was then moved to a new site on the new housing estate (costains) and the old school was demolished to make room for the Stanway by-pass

I went to Marks Tey primary school from 1980-1987. The subjects and content of my lesson were different from pupils of previous years in that we had centrally heated, clean building to work in, we also used paper and pencils rather than slates and chalk. Some subjects were similar, but many had changed as ideas had changed and also the way in which they were taught.