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Location: Fryerns School Photographer: P.G.C. Year of photo: 11/11/2004 Copyright: Basildon History Online Comments: Fryerns School signboard photographed from Broadmayne. |
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Location: Fryerns School Photographer: Bix Year of photo: 30/11/2002 Copyright: Basildon History Online Comments: |
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Location: Fryerns School Photographer: P.G.C. Year of photo: October 2001 Copyright: Basildon History Online Comments: The playing fields now fenced off from the school buildings. |
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Location: Fryerns School Photographer: Bix Year of photo: 30/11/2002 Copyright: Basildon History Online Comments: |
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Location: Fryerns School Photographer: P.G.C. Year of photo: 11/11/2004 Copyright: Basildon History Online Comments: |
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Location: Fryerns School Photographer: P.G.C. Year of photo: 11/11/2004 Copyright: Basildon History Online Comments: |
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Fryerns School was the first 'new' secondary school to be opened in Basildon. This was in 1956
when Basildon was a new town and very much in its infancy.The Pattiswick Square site was built close to the former Fryerns farm that gave the area and school its name. Fryerns originally opened as a Grammar and Technical, the first of two in Basildon when Barstable opened in 1962, and remained so until August 31st 1968, when local education was reorganised, the result of which saw a merger with nearby Craylands County Secondary. The schools name remained Fryerns following the change, though it was now downgraded to comprehensive status. Years later for term 1994/1995 the name was changed to Fryerns Community School, and despite accommodation for up to 600 pupils, after a number of years of falling numbers the Governments Secretary of State for Education, on recommendation, approved closure as of 31st August 1999. The older building was first opened on September 9th, 1935 as Craylands Senior Council School for Girls and its Boys' counterpart and stood in Timberlog Lane, Nevendon. From 1st September 1949 the two schools were merged to become Craylands County Secondary, with pupil intake beginning on 5th September, and this lasted to 1968 and the aforementioned merger with Fryerns Grammar and Technical. During the mid to late 1950s the first carriageway of Broadmayne was constructed, and this bisected Timberlog Lane and the eastern section through to East Mayne was later renamed Craylands, which it remains today. Some time in the late 1980s/early 1990s Social Services relocated to the original Fryerns site with a new access road - Ely Way - from Broadmayne constructed. As of 2007 the school playing fields have been earmarked for future housing development which could also include the demolition of the remaining buildings. Text written 2006 with revisions 2006-2007. Copyright © 2006-2007, Basildon History Online. All rights reserved. |
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