Title:
FAIRFAX HIGH SCHOOL, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA
Level: Category
Records of educational institutions, especially schools
Level: Fonds
FAIRFAX HIGH SCHOOL, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA
Scope and Content:
The school was built in 1928 and opened in 1929 in Fairfax Drive. Known as the Junior Day Department of the Municipal College it specialised in technical and commercial subjects. In 1934 the Department moved to the town centre and the school opened as Fairfax Senior Mixed School.
During the Second World War the school was ecacuated to Swadlincote, Derbyshire and returned to Westcliff in 1943.
The school became a single sex secondary modern school in 1953. It was renamed Fairfax High School for Boys and received the Boys Department of Westborough High School. In 1987 Fairfax and Westborough amalgamated to form Prittlewell High School.