The Junior School By Kit Fisher
When the New College was opened in 1870, the Senior and Junior schools moved to the new buildings, while what was known as the Lower School stayed in the Old College in the Village. Back then, classes were not arranged by age, but instead by ability. This meant that there was one class with two nine - year - olds and a fifteen - year - old, as shown in the roll of May 1877.
In 1947 W. C. Thomas was made Head of the Junior School and a separate building was opened in 1948 by Frank Dixon, Chair of the Estates Governors. It had ten classrooms and two floors. In 1951 the name ‘ Junior School ’ was dropped, and it was made into two years – JA, which was the equivalent of modern - day Year 6, and JB/JC, which was the equivalent of modern - day Year 5. Ralph Starr was made Head in 1955 and in 1957, an extension to the existing building was opened which housed a new year. It was named JD, the equivalent of modern - day Year 4. It looked like this:
In 1960 John Gwilliam became Head, followed by Derek Akers in 1963, Terry Walsh in 1969 and Chris Field in 1978. Since Chris Field, the Heads have been Tim Price, John Devlin, Ian Scarisbrick and Sameer Tanna. The College began to accept boys aged eight and over in 1981. The Junior School was moved to a new building in 1993, which
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