Temple Ewell Church of England Primary School
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Temple Ewell Church of England Primary School is a mixed Church of England
primary school in Temple Ewell
, Kent
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It is a voluntary controlled school
, which takes children from the age of 4 through to the age of 11. The school has approximately 140 pupils.
Temple Ewell School lies in the centre of the village of Temple Ewell
and adjacent to St.Peter and St.Paul Church and the George V
Playing Field.
The school dates back to 1871. Previously the children were educated in the Church itself and the old buildings you can see where build through the commitment of the Reverend C H Lipscombe. The main building was finished in 1871 at a total cost of £900.00. It consisted of a large classroom that at times held over one hundred children aged 7 – 14 years. After the money for building was raised from several sources, the Lord of the Manor then contributed £10.00 to making the school lane, with two of the managers agreeing to find enough stones for the road!.
Gas lighting was substituted for oil lamps in the school in 1902. Electric lighting did not appear for another fifty years, until 1952.
In the mid 60's three additional classrooms were added. The Millennium Hall funded and jointly owned by both School and Church was added in October 2000, along with a smaller mobile classroom and with the school hall and school house, make up Temple Ewell School as it is today.
Although the George V Playing Field is owned by the Parish Council, the school has full use of it during the day for break and lunchtimes and for sporting activities.
The school was the inspiration for the poem "The Tracks and the Tombstones" by Brian Moses
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Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
primary school in Temple Ewell
Temple Ewell
Temple Ewell is a civil parish and historic village in the county of Kent, England. The village is part of the Dover district of Kent, and forms part of the Dover urban area, it is situated three miles North West of the town of Dover....
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
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It is a voluntary controlled school
Voluntary controlled school
A voluntary controlled school is a state-funded school in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in which a foundation or trust has some formal influence in the running of the school...
, which takes children from the age of 4 through to the age of 11. The school has approximately 140 pupils.
Temple Ewell School lies in the centre of the village of Temple Ewell
Temple Ewell
Temple Ewell is a civil parish and historic village in the county of Kent, England. The village is part of the Dover district of Kent, and forms part of the Dover urban area, it is situated three miles North West of the town of Dover....
and adjacent to St.Peter and St.Paul Church and the George V
George V
George V was king of the United Kingdom and its dominions from 1910 to 1936.George V or similar terms may also refer to:-People:* George V of Georgia * George V of Imereti * George V of Hanover...
Playing Field.
The school dates back to 1871. Previously the children were educated in the Church itself and the old buildings you can see where build through the commitment of the Reverend C H Lipscombe. The main building was finished in 1871 at a total cost of £900.00. It consisted of a large classroom that at times held over one hundred children aged 7 – 14 years. After the money for building was raised from several sources, the Lord of the Manor then contributed £10.00 to making the school lane, with two of the managers agreeing to find enough stones for the road!.
Gas lighting was substituted for oil lamps in the school in 1902. Electric lighting did not appear for another fifty years, until 1952.
In the mid 60's three additional classrooms were added. The Millennium Hall funded and jointly owned by both School and Church was added in October 2000, along with a smaller mobile classroom and with the school hall and school house, make up Temple Ewell School as it is today.
Although the George V Playing Field is owned by the Parish Council, the school has full use of it during the day for break and lunchtimes and for sporting activities.
The school was the inspiration for the poem "The Tracks and the Tombstones" by Brian Moses
Brian Moses
Brian Moses was born in 1950 and is a French poet. He mainly writes for children, has over 160 published works and is a well known children's poet. Brian was asked to write a poem for the Queens 80th birthday....
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