We looked at the history of St Jude's. Here are selections of our work.

Class 6
Old St. Jude’s

St. Jude’s C.E. Primary School was built because the old primary school on Railton Road had become too full. We believe the children even had to walk over the tables to get to the other side of their classrooms. Until the year 1834, St. Jude’s was on Railton Road, next to the old church.

The first headmaster at St. Jude’s was Mr.R.W.Elliot. We also found out that a man named Mr. Brixton was living in our school he was the school keeper. There were also 299 children on roll. The average attendance during the Spring Term in 1965 was 94%.

We also saw many pictures of old St. Jude’s. My group and I, found many pictures of Mr. R.W. Elliot (headmaster) in one of them he was building the school a music room with the school keeper Mr. Briston.

Members from St. Jude’s, went to see Princess Diana at the Railton Road Methodist Church on 5th October 1992. In the photographs that we saw, she greeted Ms. Lilywhite and Ms. Wilson (current headteacher).
Class 5  
Before After
Mr. O’Neill’s house was not on the school premises.

There was not a garden in the junior playground.

Children wore no uniform.

There was no grass in the junior playground.

There was no music room.

There was not a grassed area from the hall to the music room.

 Mr. O’Neill’s house is a part of the school.

There is a nature garden now.

Children now wear school uniform.

There is a garden in the junior playground.

There is now a music room.

There is concrete in the junior playground now.

Fencing is all the way round the junior playground.

Class 4
St. Jude’s school building was once on Railton Road. The space inside the school and the classrooms was not enough, so the building had to move to where it is now, Regent Road.

I worked as a team with my friend, Nadine, and this is what we found out:

On roll 299- at time of inspection.

In June - 290-1965.

Average attendance - 94%

9 classrooms

Built in 1834

Class 1 - 35 children - 10 Jamaican

Class 2 - 39 children - 12 Jamaican

Class 3 - 34 children - 10 Jamaican

Class 4 - 36 children - 9 Jamaican

Class 5 - 39 children - 8 Jamaican

Class 6 - 36 children - 22 Jamaican

Class 7 - 30 children - 15 Jamaican

Class 8 - 35 children - 18 Jamaican

Class 3R 15 children - 15 Jamaican

Playground - 25 yards.

Headmaster - Mr R.W. Elliott

Secretary - Mrs. E. Rivett

School - Mr. J. Bristol.

Class 1
OLD ST. JUDES

Using some of our original sources

At old St. Jude’s in 1914 many children left the school because of the war. One girl died. Many children left school at 12 and 14 to go to work.