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Let us hope others discover this blog and keep it going; and apologies to David Littleproud in not correctly crediting him for the teachers names. How did you remember so long ago? amazing, I can’t remember what day of the week it is!

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Let us hope others discover this blog and keep it going; and apologies to David Littleproud in not correctly crediting him for the teachers names. How did you remember so long ago? amazing, I can’t remember what day of the week it is!

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My goodness … stumbled on this blog from Cyprus one balmy evening in November. So many names, so many memories, not many that good unfortunately. No good at rugby or opera so that left me a bit of an outsider. Fortunately could run fast so managed to avoid the ‘holly bush’ initiation!
Now just about retired but hanging in there to keep my brain ticking over. Still in touch with Tony ‘Tufty’ Hall after all these years. Any ‘Old Surbs’ in Cyprus?

I arrived in September 1964, was allocated to Villiers House and a form room in the “new” science block. We all decamped to Long Ditton in September 1965 and a new and progressive Head to go with the wonderful new buildings.
Dave Littleproud’s list of staff brought back some memories…to add a few more…

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I arrived in September 1964, was allocated to Villiers House and a form room in the “new” science block. We all decamped to Long Ditton in September 1965 and a new and progressive Head to go with the wonderful new buildings.
Dave Littleproud’s list of staff brought back some memories…to add a few more…

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Re “I’m not so sure if parents of children at Maple Infants would welcome a move to Ewell Road”

I don’t think that the extra distance from maple Infants to the back of Surbiton station is a huge obstacle. Its certainly pales into insignificance when considering the distance from Chenye Hill / Hill Avenue to Malden manor or Knollmead.

The reality is that the Maple Infants site can not be expanded to meet the extra demand that exists in the locality. It has outlived its usefulness.

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Re “more be done with money raised locally in Section 106 planning agreements to provide extra places in Surbiton schools. Grand Avenue was one which had been mentioned from the floor of the meeting.”

Hopefully the intellectual agitilty exists to realise that we have two separate issues here:

1. Provision of extra places in time for Sep 2009, located closest to the areas of unmet demand(ie Surbiton & Berrylands).

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It beggars belief that RBK Schools Admission section has now unilaterally declared that Surbiton, Berrylands, Tolworth and Knollmead are all now located in Surbiton.

For when they say that local places are being provided for Surbiton children, what they really mean is that places are being provided 4km (or one and a half hours round trip, if you prefer) away in Knollmead.

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Me thinks you are rather too cavalier with the educational needs of the youngest Surbiton residents, however.

The concerns most commentators have raised with me are that
(a) RBK officers and councillors have allowed a situation to develop whereby Surbiton can not provide sufficient school places for Surbiton children.
(b)it is either too costly or time consuming or both for parents to get to Knollmead from various parts of Surbiton and Berrylands ON A DAILY BASIS (ie not sporadically as per hospital vistis).

On second thoughts, the Rose theatre is actually a hell of a lot closer to Surbiton than Knollmead - let’s convert the Rose into a primary school.

Re the questions at the neighbourhood meeting.

The reports I received were that NOT ONE COUNCILLOR could look the worried parent in the eye when he challenged them as to what they proposed to do about RBK’s outrageous decision to force Surbiton and Berrylands kids as far as Knollmead to get an education.

Lots of furtive downward glances and incoherent mumbling when the questioner then highlighted that only a couple of councillors had even bothered replying to emails on the issue.

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Not a penny more until RBK provides enough primary school places, close enough to where demand is located.

Schools not lovies!

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I agree with you about renaming of car parks, but the Lib Dems would have it changed, hence it was changed.

I also agree with you about the need for primary school places, though I’m not so sure if parents of children at Maple Infants would welcome a move to Ewell Road. However the places issue was raised at Neighbourhood twice on Wednesday, latterly by me suggesting that more be done with money raised locally in Section 106 planning agreements to provide extra places in Surbiton schools. Grand Avenue was one which had been mentioned from the floor of the meeting.

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Surbiton is screaming out for primary school places, not medical facilites.

Kingston hospital is only 20/25 minutes away by the K2 bus which goes straight to the hospital front door.

Develop a new primary and nursery school on the hospital site.

Move Maple Infants and the Surbiton Childrens Centre to the new site.

Sell Maple Infants for private development.
Develop social housing on the SCC site.

Simple.

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no idea why but just googled Surbiton County Gramar school, and up popped this blog. Was there from ‘52-59. A few memories still remain, and thanks to John Walters now again the teachers names.

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