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The buildings in Hazelbury Road were opened on September 24th, 1910.
The Headmaster is Mr. R. Ashworth, B.A. Lond. The site of six acres cost
£1,500. A portion of the site surrounding the buildings is tar-paved for the
purpose of exercise and drill, whilst the remaining portion (nearly 5 acres) is
used as playing fields. A caretaker's cottage consists of ground and first
floors. The school buildings themselves consist of the ground floor only,
and whilst lacking the imposing air which height would give, the internal
disposition provides all the essentials of an up-to-date school. The accommodation
has been extended from 75 boys and 75 girls between the ages of 10 and
16 years, to 175 boys and girls up to 18 years of age. This has been made
possible by transferring the manual training work to the Technical Institute.
There were at the end of 1913, 184 boys and girls on the rolls, and 25 pupils in
a preparatory class (between 8 and 10 years of age), who are taken at the
Technical Institute on the site of the old school. The lighting is by inverted
incandescent gas, the ventilation "natural," and the heating by hot water
radiators.
The school year is divided into three terms of about thirteen weeks each.
The fees are £1 2s. 6d. per term, but special terms of £1 11s. 6d. are accepted
from parents who live in the ancient parish of Edmonton. The school has a
liberal supply of scholarships ; besides those provided by the County Council,
there are also others which are provided by the ancient endowments, which
will increase in value as time goes on.
A precept for £bi 7s. 9d. for higher education was issued by the Council
on the Overseers on 16th June and again on 1st November.
The school, as you will see, is making rapid progress in efficiency and
numbers. It has been inspected during the year by the London University.
The question of enlargement is under consideration.

"These figures are unreliable.