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STOKE DAMEREL PRIMARY SCHOOL, DEVONPORT Stoke Damerel Primary School is situated in Collingwood Road, Stoke, Plymouth. The School started life in January 1875 as the Stoke Board School, one of several run by the Devonport School Board. The original premises were on the corner of Church Street and Somerset Place. In June 1903 the Devonport Local Education Authority took over control of all the schools in Devonport and it then became the Stoke Elementary School. In 1927 it became a junior school for pupils aged 7 to 11 years of age, both boys and girls, and changed its name to Somerset Place Junior School. In 1947, as a result of the reorganisation of education brought about by the Education Act 1944, it became Stoke Damerel Primary School and accepted the younger children of 5 and 6 years of age. At the time of the School Inspection in 1950 additional accommodation of a hall and one classroom was being provided in Belmont Methodist Chapel. [1] Mrs G K Poole was the Headmistress of the junior school in 1955 and Mrs P M Slade the Headmistress of the infant school. [2] In 1975 the Head Master of the Junior school was Mr D J Stinchcombe and the Head Mistress of the Infant School was Mrs N Thomas. [3] Stoke Damerel Primary School closed their old premises at Easter 1988 and moved in to new premises in Collingwood Road. [4] Since 1990 the old school premises have been the Stoke Damerel Business Centre. [4] Sources:
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