was opened by Sir Peter Duffell. It was now the Junior School we know today, for boys aged seven to ten. It was called the Junior Department and had six forms. Thelma Price was made head upon opening but was never called the Head of the Junior School. Penny Horsman was appointed as head in 1998 and she was called the Head of the Junior School. Since the new building was constructed, the Junior School has thrived, with an ever increasing number of pupils. So many pupils, in fact, that the Junior School has taken over four of the classrooms in the Lower School ’ s 1957 extension. One of these is an Informatics suite, whilst the other three are being used as Year Six classrooms. This was also fuelled by the rise in the number of forms per year, from two to three (the same has happened at DUCKS, but only in more recent years) due to the rise in pupils outlined before. The Junior School has its very own library, full of books with two floors, reading areas and places to draw, complete jigsaw puzzles and to relax.
Some time in the future, the Junior School ’ s hall will be extended as part of the plans to renew the Lower School, to house even greater numbers of pupils.
Plans for the new Junior School Building, May 1992
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