Primary Schools a history

Please note this listing only covers state schools.

Alma
Built by Enfield School Board in 1897 as an elementary school. After World War II the senior boys department became the Ponders End Boys Secondary Modern School. This closed in 1967 when the pupils transferred to Kingsmead (see below).
Bowes
Built by Edmonton School Board in 1901 as an elementary school. The senior departments formed the nucleus of Arnos School in 1938 (see below under Broomfield School).
Brettenham
The first elementary school built by the Edmonton School Board. Opened in 1882. Part of the building was used as the offices of the Edmonton School Board.
Brimsdown
Opened 1939.
Bush Hill Park
The first elementary school built by the Enfield School Board, opened 1896. The building was extended in 1899 and again in 1908. After the 1944 Act the senior departments became a mixed secondary modern school which closed in 1967 when the pupils transferred to Kingsmead (see below). For some years after 1967 part of the building was used as an annex to the Holy Family Convent School (see below).
Capel Manor
Opened in 1958.
Carterhatch
Opened in 1949.
Chase Side
Opened in 1901 by Enfield School Board as an elementary school. It replaced the former British School in Chase Side (opened in 1838). The senior boys department became a boys secondary modern school after the 1944 Act and moved to a new building in 1956 (see below under Chace School).
Chesterfield
Opened in 1897 by Enfield School Board to replace the former Royal Small Arms Factory School. The building was badly damaged by a German bomb in 1944.
Churchfield
Construction of the present building started in 1974. It replaced the former Croyland Road School, built by Edmonton School Board as an elementary school in 1884.
Cuckoo Hall
Opened in 1948.
De Bohun
Opened in 1936.
Eastfield
Opened in 1909 as an elementary school.
Eldon
Opened in 1899 by Edmonton School Board as an elementary school. After the 1944 Act the senior departments formed a mixed secondary modern school which eventually formed part of Salisbury School (see below).
Eversley
The infants school opened in 1954, followed by the junior school in 1957. The children were previously accommodated at the Oakwood School in Chase Side (see below under Southgate School).
Firs Farm
Opened in 1954, extended in 1967.
Fleecefield
Opened in 1957 to enable infants and juniors to be moved out of the former Montagu School (opened in 1904).
Forty Hill (Church of England)
Opened in 1851. Enlarged in 1868. Further extended after World War II.
Galliard
Opened in 1937.
Garfield
Opened in 1974 to replace the former building in Garfield Road (opened by the Edmonton School Board in 1883.
George Spicer
Opened in 1912 as an elementary school. The senior department became the Enfield Central School in 1921. This closed in 1967 when the pupils were transferred to Kingsmead (see below). The school was named after a former chairman of the Enfield School Board.
Grange Park
Opened in 1951.
Hadley Wood
Opened in 1965.
Hazelbury
Opened in 1931/32. The senior girls became a girls secondary modern after the 1944 Act. This subsequently became part of Aylward School (see below).
Hazelwood
Opened in 1908.
Honilands
Opened in 1953.
Houndsfield
Built in 1903 by Edmonton School Board as an elementary school. A new wing for juniors was added in 1935. After the 1944 Act the senior departments became a mixed secondary modern. This subsequently merged with Salisbury School (see below).
Lavender
Opened in 1910 as an elementary school. After the 1944 Act, the senior girls department became a secondary modern. This moved in 1962 to a new building in Rosemary Avenue (see below under Enfield County).
Merryhills
Opened in 1940.
Oakthorpe
Opened in 1937. Two extra classrooms were added in 1939.
Prince of Wales
Opened in 1950.
Raglan
Opened in 1928. The infants school was added in 1934. The senior department became a mixed secondary modern after the 1944 Act. In 1960 this moved to Rowantree School (see below under Edmonton School).
Raynham
Built by Edmonton School Board in 1896 as an elementary school. The senior departments became a mixed secondary modern after the 1944 Act. The former Higher Grade School began life here in 1927, moving in 1937 to a new building in Wilbury Way (see below under Aylward School).
Southbury
Opened in 1905 as an elementary school. After the 1944 Act the senior girls department became a girls secondary modern. This closed in 1967 with the pupils being transferred to Kingsmead (see below).
Suffolks
Opened in 1934. (For details of the senior school see below under Bishop Stopford).
Tottenhall
Built in 1914 but not opened. The building was used during World War I as a temporary war hospital. From 1919 to 1924 the building housed a mixed grammar school. This moved to Southgate House in 1924 and was re-named Minchenden. The Tottenhall Road building then became an infants school.
Walker
Opened in 1953.
Wilbury
Opened in 1953.
Winchmore
Opened in 1914. The senior departments became a mixed secondary modern after the 1944 Act, moving in 1956 to a new building on the opposite side of Highfield Road.
Worcesters
Opened in 1954.
© Graham Dalling 2006

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