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D5512 - Central School for Girls, Homelands School and the Village Community School, Normanton, Derby - 1919-2001

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5512
Title	Central School for Girls, Homelands School and the Village Community School, Normanton, Derby
Date	1919-2001
Description	Homelands School (formerly Central School for Girls, later Village Community School): log books 1925-1973, admission and leaving registers 1919-1938, staff minute books 1967-1988, prefects’ minute books 1965-1975, school magazine 1961-1975, speech day and drama programmes 1943-1973; governors’ minutes and papers 1989-2001, development plans 1989-2000, reports 1993-2000, newsletters 1993-2001, photographs, other
Extent	4 boxes
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Central School for Girls, Homelands School and the Village Community School, Normanton, Derby
Administrative History	The Central School for Girls, a selective girls' secondary school, was founded in the early years of the 20th century on a site in Hastings Street, Derby. The school moved to a purpose-built site in Normanton by Derby in 1938 and re-opened under the name Homelands School. It became a grammar school following the 1944 Education Act. In 1972 the school merged with Normanton Secondary Modern School and became a co-educational comprehensive. Reorganisation in the Derby education system led in September 1989 to the school's reopening as the Village Community School with the leaving age reduced to 16. The school closed in July 2001 as part of a further reorganisation and drive to reduce surplus places. The pupils were transferred predominantly to Bemrose and Sinfin schools.
Custodial History	The records were deposited by the Headteacher of the Village Community School in July 2001
Organisation Sub-Type	Schools
Related Material	punishment book 1973-1981 (D4715) reports, other 1943-1948 (D3350)

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Place (click for further details)	Type
Derby
Normanton by Derby

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