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The School was
founded in the 1880s from three cottages granted to the Vicar and Church
Wardens by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of Bath and Wells. The
cottages were rebuilt and altered. Initially the girls and
boys sections were run as totally separate parts and then put back
under one head in 1898. Children as young as two went to school.
The school was then in two departments, infants and juniors.
In 1926 the school was transferred to the Methodist Rooms while it
was altered.
During the 2nd World War there were many evacuees in Combe but
they went to separate buildings in the parish for lessons.
In 1946 a school canteen was built in the school field that is
situated at the junction of Combe Wood Lane and Combe Wood. This
was demolished in 1995.
An Elliott building
was erected in the playground to provide an additional
classroom. Since 2009 this has been used by Combe Pre-School who
had previously used the
Methodist Church for their classes.
In 1966 new inside toilets were built. A further classroom was
built in 2001 and attached to this was a toilet block shared
with church.
During 2007/8 a
new building,
the Stuart May Centre,
was erected and opened
in April 2008.
It was officially
opened on June 30th by the Bishop of Taunton, the Right Reverend
Peter Maurice. It has a very large classroom that can be partitioned to make a large and a
smaller teaching area. It has its own toilets, a kitchen, storage space for all our
gymnastic equipment, an office/storeroom and a wet/practical area
etc.
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