Amesbury Infants' School, Amesbury
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This was started in the National School in 1841 with its own schoolroom and teacher's house. There were 64 children attending by 1846. An extra classroom was added in 1858 and attendance in the 1860s averaged between 50 and 60 infants. In 1901 a new National School was built in Back Lane (later School Lane) and the infants moved there. After Wiltshire County Council became the local education authority in the early 20th century the school became Amesbury Infants' School. In 1928 a county infants' school was built behind the police station and adjacent to the Church of England elementary school, from which the infants were transferred.
In 1933 two new classrooms were added and by 1937 there were 134 pupils at the school. The school was enlarged again in 1962. In 1991 there were 141 pupils, aged between 5 and 7 years, but during the 1990s numbers increased as the town grew rapidly and in 2002 there were 213 pupils aged between 4 and 7 years. The school serves Amesbury and neighbourhood and after year 2 pupils transfer to the adjacent junior school
In 1933 two new classrooms were added and by 1937 there were 134 pupils at the school. The school was enlarged again in 1962. In 1991 there were 141 pupils, aged between 5 and 7 years, but during the 1990s numbers increased as the town grew rapidly and in 2002 there were 213 pupils aged between 4 and 7 years. The school serves Amesbury and neighbourhood and after year 2 pupils transfer to the adjacent junior school