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| The Phoenix Primary School |
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Location: Leinster Road Photographer: Stuart Wilson Year of photo: 2006 Copyright: Stuart Wilson Source: Stuart Wilson Comments: Phoenix primary school. |
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Location: Leinster Road Photographer: Bix Year of photo: 27/07/2003 Copyright: Basildon History Online Comments: Taken just prior to removal of the Bluehouse nameboards. |
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Location: Leinster Road Photographer: Bix Year of photo: 27/07/2003 Copyright: Basildon History Online Comments: Taken just prior to removal of the Bluehouse nameboards. |
| The Phoenix Primary School |
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The Phoenix Primary School opened in September 2003,
following the decision to amalgamate and rename Bluehouse County Infant and Junior School. The school
had originally opened as Bluehouse County Infant/Junior school in the 1960s to serve the
new Laindon 1, 2 & 3 and future Five Links housing estates then being built close by, parts
of which were occupied by 1966. The original name of the school was to have been Laindon East Primary School but by 1964 during early construction had become Bluehouse after a local farm that once stood nearby, and whose farmhouse was still residential until the early 1970s, before being demolished around 1974. Initially pupil numbers were low, and in 1968, many 1st year Junior intake were transferred from nearby Janet Duke to increase numbers. The first infant school headmistress was Mrs Wilson and the first junior school headmaster was Mr H.C. Goodwin, who had previously held the same post at Vange County Primary School. A traditional house point system operated comprising: Danes (blue), Normans (yellow), Romans (red) and Saxons (green). A later house system in use during the 1980s with names taken from english castles was Arundel, Colchester, Dover and Rochester. An early feature of the playing field between the infant and junior school were some elm trees, which were later removed in the early 1970s possibly as a result of a national outbreak of dutch elm disease. Swimming lessons were held at nearby Nicholas school, with some swimming examinations being taken at Hutton, though Basildon's Gloucester Park was soon used for both lessons and examinations. During the early 1970s, demountable classrooms appeared as intake expanded when the Five Links estate was completed. A caretakers house was built in the 1990s. The last junior school Head Teacher was Mr Peter Minter who left in July 2002. For the final year, 2002/2003, Mrs Mabel Butcher, Head Teacher of the infant school, became acting Head Teacher of Bluehouse junior, with her deputy becoming acting Head Teacher of the infant school. Following the official closure of Bluehouse on 31st August 2003 Mrs Butcher was appointed Head Teacher of The Phoenix Primary School. Some junior school teachers from the 1960s and 1970s include Mrs Olive Willcock, Mrs Greg, Mr Mitchell, Mrs Jones, Mr Parry, Mr McGoldrick, Mr Addicote, Mr Gifford, Mr Eaglin, Mr Drummond, Mr Evans, Mr Salmon, Mr Flaxman, Mrs Audrey Choules, Mrs Liddament and Mrs Jefferies. Famous former pupil: Martin Gore - Depeche Mode member 1980 → (guitarist/singer/songwriter/keyboards) Text written 2006 with revisions 2006-2008. Copyright © 2006-2008, Basildon History Online. All rights reserved. |
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