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Taken less than three years before the school closed, the image shows 17 children in Class 1 which, for the time, was a very small class. These numbers would fall still further until just 6 children remained when it closed.
Date (of image) : 1950
Donor : F Wilson
Location
St John's School, MiddletonIn 1906, average attendance was 125 boys and girls and 70 infants. The school closed in 1954 when only 9 children remained.
This school was probably opened in 1841 eventually affiliated to Christ Church West Hartlepool and was rebuilt in 1898 when it doubled as a mission church. The log book which begins in 1863 appears to be a continuation of an older one.It closed in 1954. It was part of Durham Education Authority.
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