Timeline

YEAR EVENTS AT GREAT BARTON SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL LEGISLATION
Representation of the People Act (1832)
1833 Education in Great Barton available at Sunday School (131 pupils) and 1 day school (32 pupils) Education Act (1833)
1840s Schoolroom built by Sir Henry Bunbury at the end of School Lane School Sites Act (1841)
1845 Susan Kerry appointed as village schoolmistress
1851 Mary Last listed in census as a teacher
1850s Schoolroom built at the junction of School Road and Mill Road
1850s Susan Kerry – headmistress of Charles Bunbury Girls’ School in School Lane Revised Code (1862)
1850s William Plummer – headmaster of Charles Bunbury Boys’ School in School Road
1860s Boys’ Schoolhouse built at end of School Road
1860s Girls’ Schoolhouse built at end of School Lane Representation of the People Act (1867)
1871 James Handley appointed  headmaster of Charles Bunbury Boys’ School Elementary Education Act (1870)
1874 John Dorling appointed  headmaster of Charles Bunbury Boys’ School Elementary Education Act (1876)
1870s Adjustments to school accommodation for 150 pupils (new desks, rearrangement of furniture) Elementary Education Act (1880)
1886 James Daine appointed  headmaster of Great Barton Boys’ School Representation of the People Act (1884)
1891 School fees abolished Elementary Education Act (1891)
1892 Emma Daine appointed  headmistress of Great Barton Girls’ and Infants’ School Elementary Education (Blind and Deaf Children) Act (1893)
1893 James Killick appointed  headmaster of Great Barton Boys’ School Elementary Education (School Attendance) Acts (1893 and 1899)
1897 Robert Evans appointed  headmaster of Great Barton Boys’ School Education Bill (1896)
1897 Robert Evans organised Evening Continuation classes at the school Elementary School Teachers (Superannuation) Act (1898)
1899 Infants’ classroom built as an extension at Girls’ School Education Act (1899)
1900 Bunbury family move out of Great Barton
1902 Schools are named Great Barton Boys’ School and Great Barton Girls’ and Infants’ School Education Act (1902)
1905 Church Institute built (school no longer social centre of village) Education Bill (1906)
1905 Pupils obtain places at king Edward VI Grammar School, Bury St Edmunds Education (Administrative Provisions) Act (1907)
1914 Barton Hall destroyed by fire
1914 First World War began –  Archibald Barnett joins British Army
1915 Sale of Barton Estate including both schoolhouses
1917 Florence Pickworth appointed headmistress of Great Barton Girls’ and Infants’ School
1918 Tenancy agreement signed between Sir Henry Charles Bunbury and the school managers Representation of the People Act (1918)
1918 Boys’ and Girls’ and Infants’ Schools merge to become Great Barton Voluntary Mixed School with Robert Evans as head teacher Education Act (1918)
1918 Alterations to both school buildings to provide accommodation for 158 pupils Education Act (1921)
1923 Cecil Frank Channell appointed head teacher of Great Barton Voluntary Mixed School Representation of the People (Equal Franchise)  Act (1928)
1923 Teachers’ pay cut by 5%
1933 Ernest Edward Reed appointed head teacher of Great Barton Voluntary Mixed School Education Act (1936)
1939 Second World War began – Ernest Reed in Royal Navy
1939 Monica Legge became acting head teacher of Great Barton Voluntary Mixed School
1939 64 evacuees joined Great Barton Voluntary Mixed School during next 6 years
1941 Mrs E Winsall became acting head teacher Great Barton Voluntary Mixed School
1942 Zoe Esther Ward became acting head teacher Great Barton Voluntary Mixed School
1943 Ernest Reed resumes duties as head teacher of Great Barton Voluntary Mixed School
1944 School lunches provided at the Church Institute Education Act (1944)
1948 School became a Church of England Voluntary Controlled (CEVC) school Education Act (1946)
1948 Pupils transfer to secondary school at the age of 11 Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (1948)
1949 Mr Bartholomew appointed as acting head teacher of Great Barton CEVC Primary School
1950 Elsie Evelyn Carter appointed head teacher of Great Barton CEVC Primary School
1960 Rene (Ron) Ceurstemont appointed head teacher of Great Barton CEVC Primary School Education Act (1964)
1967 New school building opened in School Road
1968 Swimming pool opened
1973 School becomes part of two tier system – pupils transfer to middle school at age of 9 Education Act (1976)
1978 John Dawkins appointed head teacher of Great Barton CEVC Primary School Education Act (1979)
1984 First computer acquired by the school – RM Nimbus PC-186 Education Act (1980)
1986 Suffolk Small Schools’ Review Education Act (1981)
1990 Introduction of Local Management of Schools Education Act (1986)
1990 Sue Spiller appointed head teacher of Great Barton CEVC Primary School Education (School Teacher Appraisal) Regulations (1991)
1990 Introduction of the National Curriculum Education (Schools) Act (1992)
1991 Year 2 pupils assessed by Key Stage 1 SATs Education Act (1993)
1995 First OFSTED inspection
1995 Building of the Rainbow Room Education Act (1994)
1997 Introduction of the National Literacy Strategy Education Act (1996)
Education (Schools) Act (1996)
1999 Introduction of the National Numeracy Strategy Education (Schools) Act (1997)
2000 Millennium celebrations and Queen’s Jubilee Education (School Performance Targets) (England) Regulations (1998)
2000 Second OFSTED inspection
2000 School computers connected to the internet Education Act (2002)
2004 Sarah Rees appointed head teacher of Great Barton CEVC Primary School Education Acts (2005)
2006 Third OFSTED inspection
2009 Fourth OFSTED inspection
2013 School becomes part of two tier system – pupils transfer at age of 11
2015 School became Great Barton Church of England Primary Academy (Thedwastre Education Trust) Education Acts (2011)