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A field adjacent to the square occupied by the school was needed to meet the increase in population. New housing went hand in hand with the new school and both
Alexander Street and Edward Street were built at this time. It is heartening to discover however that the open space the other side of Grange
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Jessonâs School was founded in August 1856 by the "Will and
Foresight" of John Williams Jesson (1767â1855)). Old directories list him as a Boot and Shoe Maker, Cheapside, Dudley. Mr. Jesson died, from bronchitis, aged 75, at Victoria Terrace on 13 March 1855. He was buried in his vault in St. Edmund
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During the years 1968 and 1969 there was a great deal of debate regarding the future of Church
Schools in Dudley, the outcome of which was to be the substitution of St Thomasâs Voluntary Aided School for a School in the former Park Primary School, to be known as Jessonâs Church of England Voluntary
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1895 was the year Park (Demonstration) School opened and the O.S Map for 1901 shows the school building dominating what used to be open fields. Terraced housing now encloses the square on three sides with only the
Shrubbery site remaining unchanged. To coincide with the establishment of the school,
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Plans for a new school had been discussed throughout the 1970s. The
Foundation Trustees, supported by the endowments of St. Thomasâs and St. Jamesâs schools, fulfilled their obligations and financed a new building for the Middle School children, which was opened in September 1980. This saw the St
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September 1989, Jessonâs turned full circle when the first and middle schools amalgamated to form Jessonâs Church of England Primary School. However, the newly formed school was housed in separate buildings. A further change took place a year later when the leaving age across the borough was
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As a result of the Hadow Report, Jessonâs became a Junior Mixed School. At the end of 1927, after the
Managers of the seven Dudley Voluntary Schools had submitted proposals for the extensions of their schools, it was decided the Jesson Charity School should be adapted:
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