Southwick Schools - A look at Southwick's many schools

The exhibition takes a look at the many schools that have operated in Southwick over the last two hundred years. Sunday School and Dame Schools, run by women in their homes, were the earliest forms of education. The National School, funded by the Church of England, was opened in 1844. In 1874 Southwick elected a School Board to build a new non-denominational school, which was opened in 1876. A National School was opened in Fishersgate in 1881 but taken over by the Southwick School Board in 1887 when it ran into financial difficulties. Alongside the Board Schools there were many private schools, The Grange, Merton House, Glenmore, St Clare, Lucy Rummage and Froebel School. A new Girl’s Secondary School was opened in 1934 on the site now occupied by Glebe Primary School and in 1952 Manor Hall Road School (now Eastbrook) was opened.