WHEATLEY HILLS HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS RECORDS

Comprising: log book 1972-1978; admission registers 1955-1979; accounts 1973-1977; plans 1953-1960; Festival of Britain display 1951; photograph albums 1956-1965; other records 1956-1978

Wheatley Hills Secondary Modern School for Boys took in its first pupils in September 1955, and was officially opened on 5 May 1956. Situated on Hills Lane, the school catered for 450 boys aged 11-15. It was included in the Doncaster Local Education Authority's plan to supersede the former boys school in Beckett Road. The name of the school changed to Wheatley Hills High School for Boys at sometime during 1961 or 1962. In 1978, as part of a reorganization of school provision in Doncaster, it became a middle school, accommodating about 500 girls and boys mainly of the age 9 to 13 years. The name of the school was changed to Wheatley Hills Middle School. Most of the School's pupils went on to attend Danum School and the two schools formed a pyramid or complex with Wheatley Middle School and Intake Middle School. During the years 1978-1980 the school housed both Middle School pupils and also pupils of the former High School.

The collection is divided into eight series as follows:

SR136/1: Log Book

SR136/2: Admission Registers

SR136/3: Accounts

SR136/4: Plans

SR136/5: Other Records

SR136/6: Festival of Britain, 1951

SR136/7: Photograph Albums

SR136/8: Reorganisation of Education

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For the records of Wheatley Hills Middle School see SR154