Catalogue description Queen's Park Secondary School, Brighton

Queen's park Secondary School, Brighton, East Sussex

The Park Street Boys' School and Park Street Girls' School started life in 1827 as the Warwick Street Branch School of the Brighton Central Schools. In 1873 responsibility for the management and finance was transferred to the incumbent of St George's and the schools became the St George's and St Matthew's CE Schools. When the schools moved from the Warwick Street premises to disused buildings in Eastern Road in 1881 they became known as the Eastern Road British Schools (although they were not the same as the school of the same name which had previously occupied the premises, 1828-c1858 see E/MA/16). In January 1884 the management of the schools was transferred to the Brighton and Preston School Board and they were then called the Eastern Road Board Schools. On 8 November 1889 the boys' and girls' schools moved into new purpose built accommodation (which included an Infants' School, see E/SC/271) and were renamed the Queen's Park Board Schools. The Brighton CB Education Committee issued a notice on 23 July 1909 stating that owing to the confusion arising from name of schools, that in future they were to be known as the Park Street Council Schools. By February 1920 they were known as the Park Street Boys' School and Park Street Girls' School. The national school system was reorganised in September 1928 and the schools became Park Street Senior Boys' School and Park Street Senior Girls' School. In September 1940 the two senior schools were amalgamated to form Park Street Senior Mixed School. From April 1945 it was renamed Queen's Park Secondary School; this school closed in July 1975 and the pupils were transferred to the new Stanley Deason High School

For title deeds of the site (including Tramore Lodge) which was purchased in Dec 1888 by the Brighton and Preston School Board from Stephen Soames, 1842-1909, see R/C 4/218; for plans of the boys', girls' and infants' schools by Thomas Simpson, architect, 11 Dec 1888, see DB/D 7/2564 and for plans of the caretaker's house by Simpson, 11 Jun and 2 Jul 1889, see DB/D 7/2605; for minutes of the Brighton and Preston School Board, 1884-1903 see R/E 2/1/11-30; for a Brighton LEA statistical file, 1928-1950 see R/E 2/43/23; for annual reports of the Brighton National Schools, 1845-1849, see E/SC/16/5; for the minutes of the governing body, 1897-1937 see E/MA/21/1-3; for block plan, 1901 see DB/D 46/680a; for plan of additions, 1930 see DB/D 46/1073; for plans of the school, 1946 see R/A 12/10-11; for an attested copy of conveyance of the infants' school by the Trustees of the Brighton Central National Schools to the Rev F W Anderson, 1888 see HOW 33/2; for draft abstract of title, 1829-1887, draft conveyances, 1876, 1888 and 1903 see HOW 33/3

Headteachers of the Boys' School and Senior Boys' School

Charles A Reeks, c1878 - Oct 1889

Charles Mitchell, Nov 1889 - Sep 1918

A J Metcalf, Sep 1918 - Jul 1921

A V Morris, Aug 1921 - Sep 1928

W T Kennard, Sep 1928 - Sep 1940

Headteachers of the Girls' School and Senior Girls' School

Miss Martin, ? - { Dec 1866

Miss M Daw, Jan 1867 - ?

Mrs Rebecca J Ealden, ? - Sep 1870

Mrs Crocker, Oct 1870 - Dec 1870

Miss Sarah Jane Puttick, Jan 1871 - Dec 1872

Miss Martha Higgs, Jan 1873 - ?

Miss Jane Smith Purdon, { Jan 1880 - Dec 1886

Miss Mary Dunk, Jan 1887 - Jul 1894

Miss F E Rawling, Sep 1894 - May 1896

Miss E M Watkins, Jun 1896 - Dec 1928

Miss C Tidy, Jan 1929 - Sep 1940

Headteachers of the Senior Mixed School and Secondary School

Miss C Tidy, Sep 1940 - Jul 1950

George Alfred Richardson, Sep 1950 - Jul 1975