Kennett Primary School

AUTUMN TERM 2007
Professional Day – school closed	Mon 1 September
Term begins	Tues 2 September
Term begins for New Reception Pupils	Mon 8 September******
Half term	27 – 31 October
Term ends	Weds 19 December
	Term Length: 75 Days
SPRING TERM 2008
Professional Day – school closed	Mon 5 January
Term begins	Tues 6 January
Half term	16 – 20 February
Professional Day – school closed	Mon 23 February
Term ends	Fri 3 April
	Term Length: 60 Days
SUMMER TERM 2008
	Mon 7 April
Term begins	Mon 20 April
May Day	Mon 4 May
Professional Day – school closed	Fri 22 May
Half term	25 - 29 May
Term ends	Fri 17 July
Professional Day – school closed	Mon 20 July
	Term Length: 60 Days
	Total School Days: 195
	Less Professional Days: 5
	Attended Days: 190

******N.B All new Reception pupils will attend mornings only until Friday 19th September, thereafter all children will attend

For detailed information on Kennett Community Primary School, its syllabus news and class pages please visit the web site at:- Kennett Community Primary School

There was no organised schooling at Kennett in the 18th century, or the early 19th. Although some of the poor wished to educate their children c. 1818 they had insufficient means. In 1841 there was a schoolmistress. In 1861 another dame school was attended by 13 boys aged from 3 to 11, and 29 girls aged from 5 to 14. In 1865 the rector William Godfrey paid £700 for the construction of a school. It was a single storeyed L-plan building, of knapped flint dressed with yellow and red gault brick. The schoolroom, 10 m. by 5 m., faced southwest, and a schoolhouse was attached. Between 1861 and 1881 the number of pupils doubled to c. 30, with the number of boys and girls being almost equal, and no mean difference in age. An uncertificated school mistress served from 1857 until 1875, and in 1891 there was a schoolmaster assisted by two mistresses.

In 1930, because of lack of funds, the church school passed under the control of the county council, and in 1937 the seniors were transferred to Chippenham school. In 1962 a modern extension was added to the school following the expansion of the village.

Proposals to close the school after numbers had fallen to 26 in 1982 were defeated by the inhabitants of Kennett with help from the Small Schools National Association. In 1989 there were 49 pupils, two thirds of them coming from neighbouring parishes in Suffolk, particularly Kentford. In 2000 the school had 60 pupils and three full-time teachers.