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Primary School whilst that school's buildings were rebuilt. When Crown Lane Primary School moved back to Crown Lane the buildings became vacant, ready for the redevelopment to prepare them for The Elmgreen School's occupancy. With the relocation of The Elmgreen School to its permanent site in 2009, Gipsy Road became part of the Kingswood School Foundation.
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and housed on the same site. Norwood School for Girls began moving to a new site in 1971, and the site was eventually completely taken over by a school for younger pupils once again, which would for many years be known as
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ministers, educationalist's and the local authority to write the formal proposals and design the ethos for the school. Formal approval by the
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