In 1929, Ward Jackson headmaster Mr Wilson Clark wanted disadvantaged town children to have a country holiday which would otherwise have been impossible. at first he rented land at Pinchinthorpe in the Cleveland Hills and took boys camping. Gradually others raised money and a field was bought in Carlton in Cleveland and then using money given by the citizens of West Hartlepool, a permanent building was erected in 1935. 

The Log books show that the camp was closed during the Second World War and reopened in 1950. Log books from 1950 on are long and very comprehensive noting all activities, meals served in detail, hymns sung, all schools and teachers named and details of any illnesses and injuries naming children concerned. In addition repairs to the centre, purchases and in some cases altercations with staff members are logged! The difficulties faced in the early 1950s are interesting to read and some are noted in these pages.

Now called Carlton Adventure, it is still permanently leased to Hartlepool Borough Council by the Trustees set up in the 1930s and visiting continues to remain a memorable highlight for Hartlepool schoolchildren today. Although the main building built in 1935 remains as the dining room, the rest of the centre is very much an activity centre of the new millenium and can be seen on the Facebook page and at 

https://www.carltonadventure.co.uk/

This school opened in 1878. In 1934 it closed. In 1939 it was taken over by the military who left in 1943. It was then taken over by St Joseph's R.C. primary schools after their premises in Whitby Street was destroyed by enemy action in 1940. The building had already been condemned as unsuitable for use as a school in 1934, but it was not until 1957 that the present St Joseph's school opened in the then Musgrave St (now near Hucklehoven Way).

The building was demolished in 1966 along with others in Mainsforth Terrace after being derelict for many years.

This school opened in 1893. Kelly's Directory of 1906 states it was built for 306 boys and girls and 308 infants. Average attendance at the time was 502.

After closure in 1962 when housing around was cleared, the building became The Bridge Youth Centre which was closed and demolished in 2007

The current school officially  opened in 1968 and replaced the school in Musgrave Street (now Hucklehoven Way) which opened in 1877. The original school also had a cookery school built onto it in 1883 but this moved to Park Road in 1894. In 1902, the old cookery premises became a school for children with learning difficulties.