Vernon Schools Unite
By Helen Marston
Jan 3, 2008, 21:43
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| Head Joanne Glimmerveen with Vernon Primary School pupils Mia and James. |
On 1st January 2008 Poynton’s Vernon Infant and Junior Schools amalgamated to become a combined primary school, Vernon Primary School. Joanne Glimmerveen, formerly Head at the Infant school, has been appointed Headteacher to the new school.
Mrs Glimmerveen said “I am absolutely thrilled to have been appointed Headteacher at Vernon Primary School. Both the Infant and Junior schools have enjoyed an excellent reputation. The amalgamation of the two successful schools will allow us to build on our strengths and successes, to benefit our children and the community of Poynton.”
Initially, the school will operate on the current adjacent sites on Bulkeley Road and Clumber Road Poynton.
Mrs Glimmerveen added “We have a superb team of staff, with so many skills and talents. It is an extremely exciting time for us all!”
The original Vernon Primary School on Park Lane first opened in 1838. It was built by George John Warren, the fifth Lord Vernon, and was a very small one-room school. Very few village children attended at first as parents expected children to work at home or in the mines. Once established the school proved increasingly popular as parents realised the benefits of education. The school had been extended several times over the next hundred years. By the 1930’s the school site was not big enough to accommodate all the pupils so in 1938 Cheshire County Council built a new school on Clumber Road. Alongside the primary school the Council built a high school. The old school continued to be used by the village and in recent years has developed into a very active Community Centre.
Poynton expanded rapidly during the 1950’s and 1960’s. In 1965 a new high school opened on Yew Tree Avenue; Poynton High School. The primary school then split into separate Infant and Junior schools. The Infants moved into the building the high school had used.
Since the mid 1990’s the primary school population in Poynton has been gradually falling and, as part of a County Council review of schools in the local area, the two schools have now amalgamated to re-establish the primary school.
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