County Infants' School, Dilton Marsh

After re-organisation when the County and the Church schools in the village were combined the County School building was used for the new infants' school. This provided accommodation for 94 children. In September 1939 the school remained closed after the end of the summer holidays so that it could be prepared for taking evacuees. The school re-opened on 11th September when 10 evacuees were admitted, but by February 1940 there was only one evacuee educated with the 46 local children. Other wartime preparations included a ditch in The Firs being made into an air raid shelter and the school windows being covered with butter muslin in July 1940 to prevent flying splinters of glass if a bomb was dropped nearby. There were also gas mask inspections at school. On 8th May 1945 the school closed for two days in order to celebrate VE day. Both junior and infants' schools were brought together when the new Dilton Marsh School was built in 1988.