Stratford Primary School In the Beginning

During 1950 the Cocoa scheme was introduced to the school. A 1953 entry in the Log Book kept by the principal states that “5005 cups of cocoa (at a penny a cup) were sold at lunch times. For at least 22 years cocoa did not exceed a penny a cup.”

1954 saw the roll of the school rise to 730. With a staff of only 17 (including the Principal), this would have meant that class sizes would have been well over 40 pupils!

In 1957 SPS celebrated it’s 75th Jubilee. However, 200 pupils had already transferred to the newly opened Stratford South School (Avon). SPS was left with a roll of 519 and 16 teachers, which would have reduced class sizes considerably!