The Aveland High School was a secondary-level, co-educational Community School in the

Billingborough Billingborough is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north of Bourne and 10 miles south of Sleaford, and on the B1177 between Horbling and Pointon just south of ...

, a village in the English county of

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

. The school served pupils aged 11 to 16 before it closed at the end of 2009. The school used a secondary modern style admissions procedure and had a capacity for 438 pupils.

History

Construction

It was built by Foster's of Wharf Road in

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. It cost £112,800, with furnishing and equipment costing £18,100. It had 11 acres. The structure was the Thermagard system. The county architect was JWH Barnes. It was designed for around 300 children.

Opening

It opened in January 1963, and officially opened on Tuesday 21 May 1963 by

James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Ancaster Gilbert James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Ancaster, (8 December 1907 – 29 March 1983) styled Lord Willoughby de Eresby from 1910 to 1951, was a British Conservative politician. Early life Gilbert James Heathcote-Drummond-Willo ...

, the Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, with the Bishop of Grantham, Anthony Otter. The school had meant to be opened by the government minister Sir

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. The head boy was William Creasey.''Grantham Journal'' Friday 24 May 1963, page 13

References

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