h2g2 - Beeston Fields County Secondary School - staff list 1932 to 1978

This Guide Entry provides a list of teachers and clerical and other staff at the Beeston Fields County Secondary School from 1932 to 1978¹ together with dates and other information where available. Most of the information is gleaned from the school log books. The list does not claim to be complete and some of the dates are best guess.

Staff at the junior school between 1930 and 1943 are listed; the junior school log books for other years have not been archived. There are no log books for the infants’ school; hence there is no infants’ school staff list.

School Log Books were compiled by schools’ head teachers on a daily basis. They were hand written and can be difficult to read. They record the daily running of the school, including dates when teachers joined the school, when they left and sometimes where they went, their qualifications, absences and illnesses and very occasionally, a glimpse into their personal lives and relations between themselves and the head.

If one is lucky, a full staff list is provided at the start of each school year – see below for a typical log book entry. Usually the teacher’s full name is given together with qualifications, sometimes the form that has been assigned to them, sometimes the room. For new starters their training college is sometimes given and, very rarely, their dates of birth. Most of the teachers have ‘CA’ after their names; very occasionally, ‘UCA’. ‘CA’ means Certificated Assistant. Later ‘Q’ was used, presumably meaning Qualified.².

The information given for each teacher reflects the amount of information available. For some, whole paragraphs can be written, but for most, the data is limited to starting date and leaving date.

A great number of students went through the school as part of their training, mostly from the Loughborough Teacher Training College. Students are generally excluded from the list as there were so many of them, often staying for only a few weeks.

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senior school staff list

Mr WA Brown (HT) started 29/08/32 died 20/01/39. The log records: I deeply regret to record the death of the headmaster Mr WA Brown, he having passed suddenly away during the night. Mr Brown was succeeded by Mr KD Roberts.

Mr L Burrows started 29/08/32 left 30/09/35.

Mr SE Dougan started 29/08/32 left 23/05/33.

Mr Joseph Wharton started 29/08/32 left 31/08/43. Went to the People’s College.

Mr PW Bamford started 29/08/32 left 31/01/35 for headship of Bradley Senior Mixed.

Mr C Smith started 29/08/32 left 30/10/42 for headship of Mistleton County Mixed.

Mr HG Thompson started 29/08/32 left 30/10/41 for headship Oxton C of E School.

Mr CA Baker started 29/08/32 left 31/08/37 for a headship.

Mr Charles Shore Harrison BA started 29/08/32 and left for military service (date uncertain) returning 06/01/47. Died in Nottingham General Hospital after a motor cycle accident. Weekend message received by the HT from Mr Charles Harrison that Mr Charles Shore Harrison (metalwork) died at 8 pm on Saturday 17th January 1948. On 22nd May 1952 the log records: Mr and Mrs Harrison called to collect the property of the late Mr Charles Harrison.

Mr LA Beatherwick BSc started 29/08/32 left 28/02/35.

Mr WA Beck BSc started 29/08/32 left before 02/09/35.

Mr AE Coates started 29/08/32 left 02/08/35.

Mr Lee started 29/08/32 left 22/12/33.

Mr F Saxton started 29/08/32 left 31/08/32. Possibly a student.

Mr WH Whittaker started 29/08/32, retired 19/12/58, head caretaker since the school opened. Presentation made to mark his years of service.

Mr Patrick O’Dwyer started 01/08/33 left 05/11/40 to become a RAF Pilot Officer. There is no record of him being a casualty ³ but he did not return to the school after the war.

Mr Greenwood started 01/08/33 left before 02/09/35.

Mr Dennis Frank Harrop BA (Classics) joined the staff temporarily 03/09/34.

Mr AD White BSc started 02/09/35 left 28/02/41 for unspecified war service. Returned 01/10/45 and left 29/09/50 to work for the Ministry of Supply.

Mr Calvert started 01/02/35 left 02/08/35. Supernumerary

Mr Charles Byron Cottam BSc started 02/09/35 left 13/12/40 to join the RAF as a wireless operator, returning to the school 25/03/46. Mr Cottam retired 15th July 1977.

CB Cottam, known as ‘Joe’ to the boys and ‘Bob’ in the staff room⁴, was the longest serving member of staff. He taught science in addition to being a form teacher. He had a serious accident in October 1935 and was off for some time. By 1949 he was formally acknowledged as Chief Assistant to the head and in charge of Form 5. A year later his wife died. He suffered much ill health in his time at the school - on 10th September 1956 he returned to duty after an absence of over nine months owing to illness⁵. He eventually remarried (date not known). His new wife was Miss Elizabeth Gresham (see below). In 1960 he was made Deputy Head. On 18th March 1964, shortly after KD Roberts announced his intention to retire (see below), Mr Cottam attended an interview for a headship. Whether or not it was the headship of Beeston Fields the log does not say, merely recording that he was not successful⁶. He would have been ~ 51 at the time. CB Cottam died in January 1991 at the age of 78.

Mr J Winwood BSc started 02/09/35 left 23/12/36.

Mr RF Cotes started 02/09/35 left 25/07/41 for war service as an Acting Pilot Officer RAF (VR), returned 21/01/46, left 24/03/48 for a headship at Carlton.

Mr Frederick Cuthbert Brunskill BA (Hons) started 03/11/36 left 01/09/40 'called up as an officer'. There is no record of him being a casualty ⁷ but he did not return to the school after the war.

Mr F Saxton started 16/12/36 left 30/07/37.

Mr CA Sims started 29/08/36, left 17/10/40 to join the Royal Artillery Regiment. Returned 27/02/46 and left 28/06/46 for headship at a Blidworth School.

Mr Basil Rountree White BSc started 30/08/37 left 16/09/40 for unspecified war service. Returned 30/10/45 and left 20/12/45 to go to a secondary grammar.

Mr Harry Sanderson started 02/09/35 left 19/03/41 to join the RAF. Returned 12/11/45 left 06/09/48 for Bramcote Hills.

Mr CA Marshall started 02/09/35 left 28/06/40 for Munitions work. There is no record of him being a casualty ⁸ but he did not return to the school after the war.

Mr Frederick Spencer started 02/09/35, UCA but fully qualified in handicrafts, left (date uncertain) for war service. Returned 01/04/46 left 21/07/50.

Mr RJAF Clarke BSc started 30/08/37 left 05/05/40 for unspecified Military Service. There is no record of him being a casualty ⁹ but he did not return to the school after the war.

Mr CE Cunliffe started 29/08/36 left before 25/08/41.

Mr Kenneth Dale Roberts BA (HT) started 01/06/39 left 17/07/64 when a presentation was made to mark his retirement.

KD Roberts (KDR) succeeded WA Brown as HT. KD Roberts was a graduate of London University where he read English. His previous experience included: head of Ollerton Whinney Lane Senior Mixed School in August 1935, head of Bircotes Junior School (1929), assistant in Worksop Central Mixed and Beeston Boys’ Schools (Nether Street?). A pen-portrait of KD Roberts can be drawn from HM Inspectors 1960 report: The HT retains a kindly personal interest in the school…he knows well the detail of every part of the school’s life and keeps a careful check on them. The good relations which seem to exist between him and his staff are confirmed by the length of time many of the masters have been at the school. The HT has succeeded in creating a happy, harmonious environment throughout the school with an appropriate absence of formality. Having said that, the report continues: …the head associates himself rather closely with the detailed running of the school….he could, with advantage, allow to certain members of the staff, more responsibility.

Mr Roberts collapsed and died outside Beeston Post Office in 1981 aged 82, possibly en route to collect his state pension¹⁰. His funeral was conducted by Mr HP Allton (see below), lay preacher at St John’s Church, Beeston.

Mr R Neville started 16/01/39 left 30/05/41. Craftsman instructor.

Miss Jessie White started 17/06/40 left before 25/08/41.

Mr K Pearson started 11/11/40 left before 25/08/41.

Mr Sydney Ashton Houghton started 25/08/41 retired 31/08/58.
A well respected and much loved teacher. A full assembly. Presentation to Mr SA Houghton who retires today after 17 years service here. Mr Houghton often returned to the school after his retirement to help out at sports days and Christmas parties. Mr Houghton was born in Lincolnshire and died in Lincoln in 1972 aged 78. His funeral was conducted by Mr HP Allton, lay preacher at St John’s Church, Beeston¹¹.

Mr CR Swaby BSc started 25/08/41 left 19/12/47. Mr Swaby had a ‘diseased’ elbow joint which left him disabled and unable to do PE¹².

Mr John Gilbert Turner started 25/08/41 left 13/10/41 to join the RASC. There is no record of him being a casualty ¹³ but he did not return to the school after the war.

Mrs Cartwright started 25/08/41 left before 27/08/42.

Mrs Fisher started 25/08/41 left before 27/08/42.

Miss SM Hardy started 25/08/41 left before 27/08/44.

Mrs Silvertand started 25/08/41 left 31/08/45 to go to a school at Edwinstowe.

Mrs GE Harrison started 25/08/41 left before 27/08/45.

Mr E Lowe started 01/09/41 left 19/12/41 to work for the Borough of Ilkeston.

Miss Betty Robotham started 09/02/42 left 04/03/43. Lady Secretary.

Miss Mona Marriott started 16/08/43 left before 02/09/46.

Mr Reginald William Pilbeam started 17/08/42 left 05/10/42 to join the RAF. There is no record of him being a casualty ¹⁴ but he did not return to the school after the war.

Mr AH Bird BA started 17/08/42 left 02/07/43 for a West Bridgford S Primary School.

Miss EA Collyer started 17/08/42 left before 28/08/44.

Miss Cynthia May Wilson started 17/08/42 left before 27/08/45.

Miss VE Critchlow started 17/08/42 left 02/09/46.

Mr WJ McShane started 17/08/42 left 27/02/48.

Mr John Addison Thurman started 17/08/42 retired 29/07/47, age 65. Handicrafts teacher.

Mr Frank Stacey Topham started 17/08/42 left 19/12/44 for the RAF. Returned to the school 03/03/47 and left 06/09/48 for Bramcote Hills.

Miss Sybil Elsie Simmons started 05/04/43 left 03/06/44. Junior Clerk to the HT.

Mrs Elsie Marion Williams started 28/08/44 left before 02/09/46.

Miss DJ Tinley started 28/08/44 left 02/09/46.

Miss Elizabeth Gresham started 28/08/44 left 20/07/51. Miss Gresham (known as Sue) was the last of the wartime woman teachers. She became the second Mrs Cottam, date not known.

Miss Mary Raice Salivansky started 28/08/44 left 31/10/45.

Mr Scott Garnett started 28/08/44 left 30/09/46 for a scholarship at Stanford Hall.

Mr John George Fenton started 27/11/44 left 31/08/45 for a headship at Oxton C of E School.

Miss Joyce Oxley started 08/01/45 left before 24/04/46. Clerical Assistant to the HT.

Miss ME Spanner started 27/04/45 left before 01/09/47.

Miss Dorothy Fincham started 27/04/45 left 06/09/48 - transferred to Worsop.

Miss Wright started 15/05/46 left 09/03/48.

Miss MB Lewis started 27/08/45 left 24/03/48 to be married.

Mr GF Merchant started 01/10/45 left 30/06/50 for headship of Beeston and Stapleford Evening Institute.

Miss Patricia Mary Harris started 24/04/46 left 02/09/46. Went to the District Education Office.

Mr WGE Porter started 29/04/46 resigned 01/11/47.

Mr John Hubert Arden started 02/09/46. Special responsibility for ‘outside interests and games’ in 1960. On 25th May 1976 he suffered a minor heart attack during a staff v lads football match¹⁵ and had to be taken to hospital. He was still at the school when it closed in 1978. Mr Arden died April 2001 age 78.

Mr JCDL Marshall started 18/11/46 left 29/03/50.

Mr Arthur Bernard Spencer (DoB 20th January 1922) started 06/10/47 left 18/07/49 for Daneshill Training College, returning to the school 03/09/51. Mr Spencer was a Flt Lt in the RAF in WW2 and would have returned to the RAF had the teacher training opportunity not come up at Daneshill¹⁶. Appointed Head of Geography in 1960. He was still there when the school closed in 1978. He retired from teaching in 1981 just before his 60th birthday. Mr Spencer was a pupil at Beeston Fields infants’, junior and senior schools¹⁷. AB Spencer died March 19th 2009 aged 87.

Mr Colin Foster started 01/11/47, trained teacher fresh from St John’s College, York. Appointed Head of Arts and Crafts in 1960. On 21st March 1977 he was admitted to hospital after suffering a minor heart attack. He was still the school when it closed in 1978. Mr Foster was found collapsed by a neighbour and died in hospital next day¹⁸, possibly in 1969 aged 61. Tremendous shock in the Alderman White staff room when the news came through¹⁹.

Mr Gerald Thomas Styles BA History (Hons) started 01/12/47 left 28/04/50.

Mr Gerald Hubert Ford started 02/02/48 left 19/07/48 for a Ruddington C of E School.

Mr Keith Vincent Shaw (b 17.7.1919) started 23/02/48 left 27/07/56 when a presentation was made to mark his leaving to go to an un-named W Bridgford school. Mr Shaw dies in 1974 aged 54.

Mr Frederick Noel Bonser Appleton started 01/03/48. Retired 17th December 1971. Mr Appleton went to Spain on a motor-cycle holiday, had a heart attack and died ²⁰ in 1976 aged 64.

Mr Frank Henry Long started 15/03/48. Appointed Careers Master in 1960. Mr Long successfully applied for a post on the County Unattached Staff²¹ on 13th February 1973. His wife died on 30th March 1973 and in April the same year he left to take up his new appointment. Mr Long’s place was taken by Mr DW Holloway of the permanent supply staff. Mr Long was a CPO in the Royal Navy employed as a ship’s writer (navy term for a clerk) in WW2. He was with Force H, the group tasked with hunting the Bismarck, though his ship wasn’t involved in the final action²². He witnessed the sinking of HMS Hood²³. Mr Long died in a West Bridgeford nursing home in April 2008, aged 93²⁴.

Mr Percy F Hill started 14/03/48. Appointed Head of Handicrafts in 1960. He left the school in 1974. Mr Hill is dead²⁵, date and age not known.

Mr Frank Nelson Saxton started 14/03/48 left 22/07/55. Left the teaching profession.
The log records: An able and conscientious member of staff since June 1948 who has served the authority for 25 years. Mr Saxton was married to either a Sisson or a Parker of Sisson and Parker²⁶ and left teaching to work in the business. Mr Spencer told me that Mr Saxton would turn the clock forward five minutes or so if he wanted to make a quick getaway. Mr Saxton is believed to have died in 1985 aged 74.

Mr Michael Boyle started 14/03/48 left 06/04/49.

Mr Arthur H King LRAM, ARCM, ATCL started 06/09/48 left 28/03/56 for Codnor Park C of E Junior. At some stage in his career Mr King set himself up as a Pianoforte, Organ, Theory and Harmony Teacher at "Belvoir", 16 Trent View Gardens, Radcliffe-On-Trent.

Mr Leslie Ronald Connop BSc started 06/09/48 left 05/01/53 for Carlton Westdale Lane Jun. Mr Connop fought in the far east in WW2 and was captured by the Japanese²⁷.

Mr Henry William Crook started 06/09/48. He was still there when the school closed in 1978.

Miss Marjorie May Schofield started 01/12/49 left, date uncertain. Clerical Assistant.

Mr Frederick David Wright started 01/03/50 left 19/12/51 for Mansfield Tech.

Mr Robert Andrew Simpson (b 5.1.23) started 03/07/50 left 21/07/50.

Mr Leonard Wilcox started 04/09/50 left 31/08/60 for a school in Derby. Mr Wilcox died 13th April 2011 age 98 and according to his daughter, 'quite active until the last year of his life'.

Mrs Patricia May Mitchell started 09/10/50, left 05/01/53. Resigned on health grounds.

Mr Frederick William Martin started 03/09/51 left 21/12/60 for Shelton C Secondary.

Mr Herbert William Barker started 04/09/50. Head of Science and Maths from February 1960. He was still there when the school closed in 1978.

Mr Albert William Mackintosh started 31/03/52 left 25/07/52.

Mr James Roy Nightingale started 08/09/52. PE specialist.

Miss Maureen Sisman started 05/01/53 left 12/03/54 for a post with Raleigh Industries.

Mr Raymond Leigh started 07/09/53 left 22/12/54 – went to a Lancaster school.

Mr Derek Brian East started 07/09/53 left 27/07/56 when a presentation was made to mark the occasion. Mr East went to an un-named W Bridgford school.

Mr Harold Jeffs BA Hons Oxon started 12/10/53 left 8/07/58 for Alderman White School. Mr Jeffs is believed to have died in 1960 aged 42.

Miss Sheila Oldfield started 26/04/54, became Mrs Sheila Singleton 08/09/59. She worked part-time (afternoons only) from 27th January to 24th February 1967 when she terminated her employment after 13 years loyal service.

Mr Philippe Jerold Smith started 06/09/54 left 05/09/55?

Mr Trevor Clayton Jones started 18/10/54 left 29/03/61. TC Jones seems to have given the head cause for concern over the years. On 1st April 1955 the log records: HT saw Mr Jones teach all day, an honour not bestowed on any other member of staff, or if so, not recorded (unlikely). On 19th September 1958: Mr Jones returned from 1 day absence to attend an enquiry. Annoyingly, no further detail is given and on 10th September an obviously sceptical head records: Mr Jones returned (2 days absence). He stated that his absence on Thursday was for domestic reasons (to see his mother) and on Friday to attend a funeral. When TC Jones left, the fact is recorded and after the date a scrawled note in pencil reads: destination unknown. Glad to see the back of him, reading between the lines. Trevor Jones was last seen by the author in the early 60s fronting ‘The Trev Jones Jazzmen’ at the Dancing Slipper, W Bridgford. Mr Jones (born Chesterfield 1932) is believed to have died in Leicestershire in 2001 aged 69.

Mr John Alexander Lemaire started 06/01/55. On 11th March 1957 a telephone message was received stating that he was suffering from nervous debility. He died on 1st May 1957. The log for 2nd May 1957 reads: Word was received that Mr JS Lemaire, a member of this staff from January 1955, died in the General Hospital on 1st May 1957. I record this with deep regret.

Mr Geoffrey Bonser started 25/04/55 left 18/07/57.

Mr Michael John Harris started 05/09/55 left 21/12/60 for Alderman White C Secondary. Died in Nottingham General Hospital after a heart operation²⁸. Mr Harris is believed to have died in 1993 aged 63.

Mr Sidney Gunby BSc Economics. Started 05/01/56 left 24/07/59 for a Girls’ S School, Beeston (Nether Street?). Mr Gunby is believed to have died Nov 1995 age 83.

Mr Allen²⁹ Charles Davies started 10/09/56. Special responsibility for music in 1960. He left for the Annie Holgate C Secondary School on 23rd December 1966. He returned to Beeston Fields as part-time music teacher (Monday – Thursday mornings) on 4th September 1968 and resumed full time teaching from 4th September 1973. Mr Davis worked in nightclubs in the evening where he played piano and as a consequence would frequently arrive at school late. One morning Mr Cottam took the piano in assembly owing to Mr Davis’s absence. When he turned up, Mr Davis mounted the stage and sat on the piano stool beside Mr Cottam and seamlessly took over. Mr Roberts made no comment when he turned and noticed Mr Davis at the keyboard. [Tale told by Mr Spencer]. Mr Davis retired 21st July 1978. He is reported to have died in 2005.

Mr Thomas Charles Thorpe started 10/09/56 left before 06/09/60. Mr Thorpe (ex-Nottingham High School?) taught part-time in the afternoon - Monday and Tuesday pm; Thursday all day.

Mr Hugh Patrick Allton (b 21.3.35) started 24/09/56 as an ‘Occasional Teacher’ attached to Mr Houghton, 1A. Left 18/07/57.

Mr George Harold White BA Hons (London) English. Started 08/01/57 left 20/02/57. Resigned – ill health.

Mr Robert Stuart Innes-Smith LLB Hons Sheffield. Started 21/01/57 left 20/12/57.

Mr Dennis Clyde Tatman started 02/10/57 left 24/07/59 for the Sheffield Education Committee.

Mr Frank Cedric Dawson started 02/10/57 left 18/07/58 for a school in Devises.

Mr John Leslie Stewart BA Hons Leeds. Started 02/09/58. Special responsibility for social studies and swimming. He was still there when the school closed in 1978.

Mrs Elizabeth Bishop started 08/06/59 left 13/04/64 for Beeston Fields junior.

Mr Michael George Dann BA (2nd Hons Nottm) Public Admin. Started 06/07/59 left 02/07/61 for Beeston Fields junior.

Mr Clarence Good started 08/09/59 left 31/08/60 for Alderman White School.

Mr Evan Rupert Powell started 08/09/59. He was still there when the school closed in 1978. Mr Powell was a tank driver in WW2. He died of cancer³⁰ in 1984 aged 69.

Mr Arthur John Marshall started 02/05/60 left 29/03/61 for Anne Holygate School.

Mr Thomas Arthur Bowdler started 06/09/60. Appointed Head of English. He was still there when the school closed in 1978. Mr Bowdler died on Sunday 18th June 1972 after being taken ill on the Saturday evening³¹.

Mr GD Beaumont started 06/09/60 left 20/07/62 for Bingham C Secondary.

Mr George Harold McClusky started 17/04/61. He retired 9th April 1976 aged 65.

Mr Douglas Lakin started 01/09/62. He was still there in 1966.

Mr Thomas Jackson Hilton BA (HT) started 01/09/64. Succeeded Mr KD Roberts. He was still there when the school closed in 1978.

Mr GW Severn appointed head caretaker. Collapsed and died, 21st July 1972 whilst working in the infants’ school.

Mr G Eley appointed woodwork and technical drawing teacher 14th April 1970. Left 31st August 1972.

Messrs R Hepworth (maths and games), RA Pearson (woodwork and technical drawing), M Burrows (history and geography), JW Morris (PE), MH Gooch (PE), RA Pearson, H Woodhouse, and BA Pardon (English) joined the school together with Miss or Mrs MH Paling on 4th September 1972. C Salmon (handicrafts) joined the staff on 8th September.

Mr D Carless appointed head caretaker on 7th September 1972. Retired 30th September 1977.

Mr LK Manston (English) and Mr JB Anderson (Mathematics) left on 19th July 1974. Miss A Farrell (Secretary) left on the same date after 7 years service.

Mr A Downward (Woodwork and Technical Drawing) joined the staff 22nd April 1974.

Messrs AJ Hinks (English/Library), EA Brown (English), RJ Cherry (English) and JE Collingham joined the staff 3rd September 1974. Mr MJ Murray (Physics) joined 14th October 1974. Mr M Burrows resigned (Rushcliffe Comprehensive); Mr Harry Lawton appointed to teach history, 25th February 1975.

Mr Pardon left for Arnold Hill Comprehensive, 29th May 1975.

Miss JC Holman BA appointed head of English, Messrs Salmon and Murray appointed, 2nd September 1975.

Mr SK Barr³² (Q) commenced duty with responsibility for less able children.

typical log book entry (this one for 6th September 1954)

Start of term. 176 new boys admitted. All staff present.

Mr Kenneth Dale Roberts Q, BA, headmaster
Mr Frank Nelson Saxton Q, 4₁ Lab
Mr Frederick William Martin Q, 4₂ room 5
Mr Harold Jeffs Q, 3U room 10
Mr Arthur Bernard Spencer Q, 3M room 9
Mr Charles Byron Cottam Q, BSc 3L room 8
Mr Frederick Noel Bonser Appleton Q, 2U room 7
Mr Raymond Leigh Q, L2A room 3
Mr John Hubert Arden Q, 2B room 2
Mr Herbert William Barker Q, L2B room 1
Mr Frank Henry Long Q, 2C medical room
Mr Derek Brian East 1A room 6
Mr Sydney Ashton Houghton Q, 1A2 room in infants’ department
Mr Keith Victor Shaw Q, 1A3 room 4
Mr Arthur H King Q, 1B Annex room 2
Mr Colin Foster Q, 1B2 Art Room
Mr Philippe Jerrold Smith Q, 1C Annex room 3 (new appointment)
Mr Percy Hill Q, metalwork
Mr Leonard Wilcox Q, woodwork
Mr Henry William Crook Q, woodwork

junior school staff list

The only log book from the junior school to be archived is that for 1930 to 1943 when the school was Beeston Fields Junior Mixed. The junior school staff list for that period is as follows:

Mr George Henry Allsop, started 24/8/1932, left ? The school’s first permanent headmaster. Succeeded Mr A Cossons (see below).
Mrs Martha Bradbury (nee Lowe), started 3/4/1933. Supply.
Mr Howard Burn Armstrong, started 1/5/1933, left after 1943.
Mrs Mabel Armstrong (nee Wright), started 29/8/1932, left 30/4/1942.
Miss Marjorie Allcock, started 1/10/1930, left 30/4/1931.
Mrs Kathleen Thelma Bateman (nee Hammond), started 16/6/1941, left 31/3/1944.
Mr Arthur Cossons, started 20/1/1930 as temporary head, transferred from Church Street. Returned to Church Street 29/8/1932 where he was appointed headmaster of the boys’ school. Succeeded at Beeston Fields boys’ school by Mr GH Allcock.
Miss Norah Annie Cordon (or Gordon), started 29/8/1932, left 27/3/1936.
Miss Gweneth Elsie Clarke, supply or temp during 1935/36.
Miss May (or Mary) Charlton, started 11/11/1940, left after 1943?
Mrs Amelia Elizabeth Collyer (nee Kingston), started 1/12/1941, left after 1943?
Miss Marguerite Annette Furguson, started 28/8/1942, left after 1943?
Miss Emily Judith Gough, started 1/10/1936, left after 1943?
Mr James Bradshaw Hall, started 1/9/1939, left 6/11/1940 for HM forces.
Miss Catherine Flora Gordon, started 8/9/1942, left 31/8/1944 for Derby College.
Mr Geoffrey William Hevey, started 29/8/1932, left 25/9/1934.
Mr Dudley William Holloway, started 1/11/1934, left after 1943?
Mrs Amy Taylor (nee Hopkins), started 1/4/1936, left after 1943?
Mr Wilfred Stuart Jackson BSc, started 20/1/1930, left 31/12/1930.
Miss Olive Mary Kitson, started 29/8/1932, left after 1943?
Miss Olive Kirkland, started 6/1/1941, left after 1943?
Mr Garfield Frederick Merchant, started 29/8/1932, left 31/8/1939.
Mrs Winifred Ellen Morris, started 30/3/1936, left after 1943?
Mrs Alice Maud Silvertand (nee Briers?), various dates 1937/38 on supply.
Mrs Ella Elizabeth Reeves (nee Steeples), started 29/8/1932, left 31/10/39 for Bottesford.
Mr Edwin Ralph Taylor, no dates.
Mrs Gertrude Alice Turner, no dates.
Miss Emma Whitehead, started 1/8/1934, left after 1943?
Miss Gladys Mary Webster, no dates.
Mrs Mary White (nee Wharton), started 30/9/1940, left after 1943?

infants’ school staff list

No infants’ school log books have been archived and as the log books are the principal source of information on staff, it is not possible to provide a staff list.

sources and acknowledgements

School Log Books (Senior School): Notts. County Council Archives Document Reference SL10/1/2 (1932 – January 1953), SL10/1/3 (January 1953 to September 1966) and SL10/1/4 (September 1966 to August 1978)
School Log Books (Junior Mixed School): Document Reference SL10/1/1 (1930 –1943).
Admission Register (Senior School): Document Reference SA10/1/5 (1932 –1940).
Ministry of Education Report by HM Inspectors 17th -20th May and 13th June 1949 (stapled into the school log book).

Thanks are due to the staff at the local history departments of Beeston and Nottingham libraries and the staff at Nottinghamshire Archives.


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