Salisbury Road Primary School

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Salisbury Road Primary School
Address
Salisbury Road Plymouth , Devon England
Information
Type	Academy
Established	27 April 1903
Local authority	Plymouth City Council
Department for Education URN	143615 Tables
Head teacher	Simon Spry
Gender	Coeducational
Age	4 to 11

Salisbury Road Primary School is a coeducational primary school located on Salisbury Road in Plymouth, Devon, England. The school served as a major military hospital during the First World War.

History

The school building was designed by Henry John Snell (1843–1924), who was responsible for a number of Plymouth's 19th century buildings.^[1] It was officially opened by Sir George Kekewich on 27 April 1903.^[1] The school had capacity for 512 infants, 480 girls and 430 boys.^[1] During the First World War, the building was requisitioned by the War Office to create the 4th Southern General Hospital, a facility for the Royal Army Medical Corps to treat military casualties.^[2]

The girls school closed in the 1980s^[3] and the infants school amalgamated with the junior school to create the current primary school in 2008.^[4]

Previously a community school administered by Plymouth City Council, in November 2016 Salisbury Road Primary School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Learning Academies Trust.^[5]

References

1. "Salisbury Road Board Schools". Old Plymouth. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
2. "World War I". QNI Heritage. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
3. "Single Sex Schools". Hansard. 8 January 1990. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
4. "Salisbury Road Primary School". Gov.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
5. "Learning Academies Trust". Salisbury Road Primary School. Retrieved 7 December 2020.