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WEST ACTON SCHOOL.
On Saturday, 20th March, 1937, the West Acton School,
Noel Road, was officially opened by His Worship the Mayor,
(Councillor H.G. James, J.P.).
The school is built on a level site of 5 acres, and has been
planned on open air lines. It is constructed of brick, the walls being
built with a cavity.
On entering the school, there is a through lobby, and opening
off it on the right is the school hall. This is a large, airy, light
room, with a stage at one end, decorated very pleasantly in light
colours. On the left of the lobby are the Head Mistress's room, the
Staff room, and the medical inspection rooms.
The lobby is continued through a door to an open verandah
with a glass roof, and all the classrooms open off this corridor.
The classrooms are 5 in number, 24 feet by 21 feet in size. Each
has its own cloakroom. All floors are finished in wood blocks. The
last room of all on the corridor is a nursery classroom, 24 feet by
24 feet in size, and floored with rubber laid on concrete.
The walls of all the classrooms are plastered and distempered
in cheerful colours and the furniture also is painted to harmonise.
Each classroom is provided with drinking water direct from the
mains and there are drinking fountains in the playground. The
lavatory basins are provided with hot and cold water. All latrines
are of modern construction and are approached under cover.
The window frames are of metal fitted into wood, and in
the classrooms on the south side the windows are 12 feet wide and
can be opened back to their full width.
The school is heated by means of a low pressure hot water
system, the boiler being coke fired by a mechanical stoker. The
playground and is in course of construction, part being asphalt with
interposing flower beds. There is a sandpit for the babies, and
swimming and see-saws for the older children. The Caretaker's house
is built separately from the school but designed to harmonise with it.
The school takes many children from the neighbourhood who
used to attend Acton Wells School, a very long journey in some
cases and is designed to accommodate approximately 300 children.