Introduction
We are a small but very proud community. Our aim is to provide a warm, friendly and industrious atmosphere in which each individual can prosper. The staff and governors believe in setting high standards in all aspects of school life, including discipline and achievement.
Education is very much a partnership and we look forward to working with you to provide your child with a good academic, social, moral and physical education. We value your support greatly.
We welcome parents to the school and are always pleased to answer your questions or address your concerns, should you have any.
If you would like to have the opportunity to visit the school, please call to make an appointment, we would be delighted to show you around.
History of the former school, Church Lane
On November 14th 1874, Mr. R. Pannet was asked, ‘to produce a plan and estimate for a school house 60ft x 18ft x 10ft, high to the spring of the roof and also for converting the present school house into a suitable residence for a school master and mistress to include the removal of the two old cottages and erection of necessary conveniences.’
Mr. Pannet was a builder who lived in Haywards Heath and had been involved in building the Asylum. With the plans in place, the Vestry had to decide whether the school should be a voluntary one or one run by a Board. They chose the latter. One of the main aims of the new school was the integration of the Chapel children and the Church children of Wivelsfield.
The Board School was built in 1875 and opened in 1876. During the 1890’s, Mr. A.L. Matta was the schoolmaster in charge, earning a salary of £78 per annum. His wife, Mrs. E.E. Matta, the schoolmistress, earned £42 a year. Mr. Oram, the school cleaner, was paid 4 shillings a week and Miss Skinner, a needlewoman, received 3 shillings a week, presumably to teach needlework. The money needed to run the school was made up, in part, by a government grant, the rest came from local ratepayers. The government grant was based upon attendance and examination, a system known as payment by results. Ten shillings a year per child was paid in Wivelsfield, an average attendance of 81 pupils for the year thus producing a grant of £40 10s 0d. Today we need a little more.
(with thanks to the Wivelsfield History Society for allowing us to use information from their book; Wivelsfield The History of a Wealden Parish. Pier Point Publishing/WHSG 1994 )
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