Silver Street School, Minety
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In 1872 extra space was urgently needed at the existing St. Leonard's School and a new school was planned near the railway station for approximately 58 children. Minety Silver Street National School and teacher's house was built at the junction of Silver Street and Flistridge Road in 1875. Around 50 children attended, mostly infants. A Sunday school was also held there. Unfortunately the school log book does not survive but we do have an idea of what life was like for Victorian children from the surviving log book of St. Leonard's School in Minety. One reference states that in February 1877 the children of St. Leonard's School went to the Silver Street School where they had cakes and wine kindly provided for them by the Reverend and Mrs Edwards.
An extra classroom was added to the school in 1898. In the early 20th century it became a public elementary school. There were between 73 and 78 pupils aged over five in the 1920s. Numbers declined in the 1930s to between 66 and 81. During World War 2 the school took boys from an evacuated school; they were transferred in 1942. In 1943 there were 57 pupils. The Band Hall was used as temporary classrooms in 1954 and in 1955 the senior pupils were transferred to the Malmesbury Bremilham County Secondary School.
An extra classroom was added to the school in 1898. In the early 20th century it became a public elementary school. There were between 73 and 78 pupils aged over five in the 1920s. Numbers declined in the 1930s to between 66 and 81. During World War 2 the school took boys from an evacuated school; they were transferred in 1942. In 1943 there were 57 pupils. The Band Hall was used as temporary classrooms in 1954 and in 1955 the senior pupils were transferred to the Malmesbury Bremilham County Secondary School.
The Minety Silver Street School closed in 1968. A new school which incorporated both this one and St. Leonard's opened at the Sawyers Mill site in 1969 called the Minety Church of England Primary School.