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Stopsley Proposed RC Primary Schoool - Sacred Heart Infants School

22 July 1964 - 30 Dec 1970

From: 1964 To: 1970

Contents: - Letter re. possibility of Stopsley Local History Group having access to the deeds of the site formerly occupied by Lockhart Bennett Limited (Sidney Bennett & Son Ltd) who produced Luton Facings at Ashcroft Road Brickworks, now the site of the Spastic Centre, caravan site and Sacred Heart school, 9 Dec 1965. - Memos re. difficulty in preparation of site plan due to an error in the stated area of the land in respect to the delineation of the boundaries of the school site, March-Apr 1965. Resolved 29 June 1965. - letter from Department of Education and Science; secretary of state notes authority's contribution to the cost of the erection of the school as £8,594., 20 Apr 1965. - Application for approval of expenditure on chairs and tables. - Workings out of school meals apportionment of costs, 22 July 1965. - Estimate and particulars of proposed building works, Department of Education and Science form SB16. Includes brief indication of outline specification and plan analysis of floor area. Foundations PC Concrete column bases, structural frame Steel, floor construction concrete floor slab, roof construction and covering timber panels, felt finish, external walls and facings precast concrete exposed aggregate, internal walls and finishings plasterboard and paint, ceilings suspended insulation board. - Internal memos re. authority's contribution, Aug 1965. - Letter from Department of Education and Science considers nett cost per sq ft for both the 1st instalment and completion are set too low, suggest the planned areas should be reduced. 7 Sept 1965. - Copy of County Borough of Luton instrument of management for the central group of county primary schools in the county borough of Luton. - Copy letter re draft contract for sale of land, Sept 1965. - Response to Dept of Education and Science re. cost per sq ft and how plans could be adapted if necessary, 7 Oct 1965. - Memo from Director of Education to Borough Architect Messrs Johns, Slater and Haward, the architects, say it was necessary to make drastic reductions from the original lowest tender and in the process had to omit all items of furniture and fittings so certain items will need to be provided by the LEA., 19 Apr 1966. - Memo re. car parking provision, 6 May 1966. - Letter from the Dept of Education and Science giving approval of plans for the erection of the 1st instalment subject to submission of plans. 23 June 1966. - Correspondence with solicitor Witham Weld & Co re. tithe and preliminary enquiries re. conveyance of land. July 1966. - Question as to conveyance of land on which caretaker's house stands, Aug-Oct 1966. [Finally decided that it should be conveyed with the rest of the land to the Roman Catholic Church Authority]. - Letter from Dept of Education and Science re. provisional assessment of grant payable under section 104 of the Education Act 1944 in respect of the proposal to establish an Infants School for 240 pupils as three-quarters of 62 per cent of the promoters' approved nett building expenditure, 30 Aug 1966. - Correspondence leading to the exchange of contracts for the sale of the land. - Requisitions on title. - Notification of proposed appointment to the position of welfare assistant, Jan 1967. - Memo Director of Education to Town Clerk Sacred Heart RC Infant school will be completed in readiness to be occupied in September. 'It is then the intention, in accordance with the Development Plan for Primary and Secondary Education, to bring the Sacred Heart schools into two separate departments, one for juniors and one for infants.' 16 Feb 1967. - Copy of land transfer. - Correspondence re. possible siting of a scout group HQ, Apr 1967- Aug 1970. - Copy of order re. division of school into Junior and Infants. - Correspondence re. road safety near the school, and traffic near the entrance of the Primary School, July-Nov 1967. - minutes re. play area at Langford Drive, Jan 1968. - Memo Borough valuer to Borough solicitor re. conveyance of access from Langford Drive with reply that this was a transfer rather than a conveyance. Feb 1968. - Correspondence re. total expenditure and provision of caretaker's house and revised figures for grant claim, May 1968. - Arrangement for the constitution of a single managing body for the Sacred Heart R C Voluntary Aided Junior and Infants Schools. - Certification of expenses attributable to provision of education for displaced persons 8 Jan 1969. - Dept of Education and Science letter re accommodation and request to enlarge to a 3 form entry, 2 Dec 1969. With letter in reply including schedule showing the accommodation, present rolls, and the forecast to future rolls at infant schools in the area and supporting the need for a three class room extension. 11 Dec 1969. - Note re fire damage resulting from a fan motor, 15 Oct 1969.

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LUTON, schools, EDUCATION, Sacred Heart Voluntary Aided Roman Catholic Infant School, brickworks