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Edgware Council School.
The Education Committee have approved in principle plans
for the re-organisation of this school. The scheme provides for
the demolition of the existing old building and the erection of an
entirely new building for 450 Junior and Infant children. With
regard to the existing Senior School it is proposed to enlarge this
building by the addition of the following:—four additional Classrooms;
Science Laboratory; Arts and Crafts Room; Medical
Inspection and Waiting Rooms; Wood and Metal Stores, etc. The
scheme also provides for the provision of a gymnasium with
changing rooms.
Woodside Park Estate.
The Board of Education have approved the proposal to erect
a new School to serve the needs of this Estate and neighbouring
areas. Plans and estimates are at present being prepared for
the erection of a School to accommodate 400 Junior and Infant
children.
School Site.
Negotiations are in progress for the acquisition of a site at
Edgware for the erection of an Elementary School in due course.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The inspections carried out in the schools of the Borough consisted
of:—
1. Routine Inspections.—
(a) Entrants—all children admitted to school for the first time
during the year.
(b) Intermediates—all children of approximately 8 years of
age.
(c) Leavers—children of 12 years and over.
2. Non-Routine Inspections.—
(a) Special Inspections—these are carried out at the health
centres and are generally of children referred to the School