St. Mark's Church of England Junior School, Salisb
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Opened in November 1888 in an iron parish room in Wyndham Park, which had been built in 1887 as a Sunday School. In 1889 a new red brick building, in Victorian Gothic, was completed in Wyndham Road and took children in the area from the age of 5 years and upwards. This was then known as St. Mark's Church of England Junior and Infants' School and contained 2 departments; boys with places for 118, and girls and infants with accommodation for 118 girls and 175 infants. By 1891 the attendance was 224 children but by 1910 this had risen to 378. In 1915 the boys' department was very overcrowded and a question was asked in Parliament about it. Despite this the school received good reports during the 1920s.
In 1926 the senior children were moved to St. Thomas's and St. Edmund's schools and St. Mark's became a junior and infants' school for 118 boys, 118 girls and 165 infants. A new classroom was built behind the school for boys in 1935; the school became an aided school in 1944 and by 1955 there were 320 pupils. In 1961 the junior pupils moved into a new purpose built school in Somerset Road while the infants remained at Wyndham Road. The new St. Mark's school was on the new Bishopdown estate and serves a large area of modern housing. In 2002 there were 432 pupils aged between 7 and 11 years.
In 1926 the senior children were moved to St. Thomas's and St. Edmund's schools and St. Mark's became a junior and infants' school for 118 boys, 118 girls and 165 infants. A new classroom was built behind the school for boys in 1935; the school became an aided school in 1944 and by 1955 there were 320 pupils. In 1961 the junior pupils moved into a new purpose built school in Somerset Road while the infants remained at Wyndham Road. The new St. Mark's school was on the new Bishopdown estate and serves a large area of modern housing. In 2002 there were 432 pupils aged between 7 and 11 years.