Hockley County Secondary School.
1960/61
Attendance Sept 1960 :
Boys 92, Girls 92
The school opened with 6 classrooms and the library, sufficient toilets for boys and girls, the entrance hall/dining area and the partly unfinished administrative block.
By the end Sept the playground, pathways and forecourt were finally asphalted.
And by Oct 12th the remainder of the ground floor and House craft Room (1st
floor) were completed.
On Nov 9th the kitchen and associated rooms were complete. The first meal cooked on the
premises was served on Monday Nov 14th.
In December a Christmas Fair was held at the school to raise additional funding and was deemed very succesful.
On Jan 5th The House craft Room (2nd Floor) was ready, and by Jan 19 th the laboratory, Art-room, Bicycle shed, Showers and Changing rooms were complete. The Hall, which is used as a Gymnasium, was ready on February 1st.
Attendance March 1961:
Boys 94 Girls 95
| 1st YEAR | 2nd YEAR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1B | 1C | 1D | 2A | 2B | 2C |
| 34 | 31 | 31 | 18 | 33 | 31 | 11 |
| 114 Children | 75 Children | |||||
Conditions had eased sufficiently to allow one class of children from Hockley Primary School to be transferred to the school at the beginning of Spring term. There are, however some difficulties remaining. Sport is severely hampered by the lack of a playing field, although several friendly netball and football matches have been played.
Two points of interest: French is taught to the A streams, and all boys in the second year receive instructions in basic House craft and Cookery.
After school activities and clubs were set up for:-
A dancing club, Modeling club, a printing club, and a Gym club have been formed,
whilst a photographic club and explorers club and an Astronomical club are planned.
Educational visits have been made on Saturday mornings to the:- Imperial Institute,
The Natural History Museum and to Leichners, the cosmetic manufacturers.
A visit during school hours was made by Second year forms to Fords at Dagenham.
Arrangements for visits to Devon from April 3rd to April 7th are
complete, and plans are going ahead for a projected week in the Peak District by a youth
hostelling party in August. Other more local visits are proposed to such places as Howards
Dairies Leigh.
1961/62
27th Sept 1961 Attendance: Boys 148, Girls 145
| 1st YEAR | 2nd YEAR | 3rd YEAR | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1B | 1C | 2A | 2B | 2C | 2D | 3A | 3B | 3C |
| 35 | 34 | 23 | 37 | 33 | 32 | 18 | 36 | 33 | 12 |
| 92 Children | 120 Children | 81 Children | |||||||
Swimming at Battlesbridge Swimming Pool no longer available from 29th Sept 1961
1962/63
Attendance: Boys 205, Girls 220
| 1st YEAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1A | 1B | 1C | 1D |
| 35 | 28 | 34 | 25 |
| 122 Children | |||
School opened 5th Sept to find that in the new building the Needlework room, Social Studies room and two general classrooms were habitable though unfinished.
End of Sept the Woodwork room was being used and the school-keeper house was occupied.
The new "finished" accommodation comprises of 2 handicraft rooms (one metal, one wood), 1 laboratory, 1 Art room, 1 Social Studies room, 2 General classrooms, 1 Needlework room, 1 Greenhouse and potting shed, toilets for boys and girls, girls cloakroom, Gymnasium, a separate playground and an extension to the original one.
New development:-A new form 4X has been created which contains 13 boys and 17 girls who will stay on at school for another year so as to take R.S.A. School certificate and G.C.E, this class is a third of the 4th year.
On 21stNov, 40 girls were taken to Rayleigh to visit a cookery demonstration
organised by the Gas Board .
On 23rd Nov a group of 12 children visited the Southend Standard printing works.
Mr Crevey's first report Dated 17th Oct 1963 .
New teachers employed:-
Mr Balaam (Music), Miss Davies (Art), Mr Lobbans (Games and English),
Mr Osborne (English), Mrs Clifford (Part time commercial subjects), Miss Booth (French),
Mr Mayes (Science).
County Unatached staff:-
Mr Bowden (English and Social Studies), Miss Turbett (acting deputy head).
1963/64
1964/65
A photo taken 1965.(Courtesy of Southend Standard Feb 17th 1965 The picture shows boys and teachers from Hockley Secondary Modern School attending a Rochford Rural District Council meeting at the request of Councillor D.K. Rollit O.B.E., J.P.,
