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admission of pupils from the Beckenham area adjacent to the School
site. The actual demand for places from this area is not known,
but it is expected that the maximum accommodation will be fully
taken up for the next four or five years, in consequence of the bulge
in the post-war birth rate, but thereafter the numbers may gradually
decline.
There are no other Primary School developments contemplated
at present, as the emphasis is now on the provision of new Secondary
School accommodation.
Secondary Education.
Hayes Mixed Secondary School.
Plans have been prepared for this school to be erected on land
adjoining the "Gadsden" premises. Accommodation will be provided
for 600 boys and girls of 11 plus who will take a course
extending eventually for five years.
The pupils will include admissions from the Biggin Hill and
Cudham area, who at present attend Burnt Ash Secondary School
for Girls and Quernmore Secondary School for Boys.
It is expected that the first instalment of the new building will
be ready for occupation at the beginning of the educational year
1958-9, when girls will be admitted. In the meantime, as from
September, 1956, the nucleus of the boys' side will be accommodated
in the " Gadsden " premises.
Technical School for Boys.
Work is now proceeding on the erection of this School on the
Oakley Playing Field site. Accommodation will be provided for
660 boys of 11 plus who will take a course extending for at least
five years.
The boys will be drawn from the Beckenham and Bromley area.
At present Bromley boys attend the Technical Schools in the
Beckenham and Chislehurst Divisions, but when the new School is
ready, all transfers to Technical Schools from Bromley and from
Beckenham will be made to the new Bromley School.
It is not expected that the School will be ready for occupation
until the educational year 1957-58.
Technical School for Girls.
Plans have been prepared for the extension of the existing
School buildings to provide a total accommodation of 600 places.
The existing buildings accommodate 425 girls.
The School will continue to accommodate girls from the
Beckenham and Bromley areas and the increased numbers will come