Paulsgrove Primary School

Paulsgrove Primary School, situated to the north-west of Portsea Island, was built to serve a new housing development made necessary by the number of people made homeless through bombing during the Second World War. Built at the onset of the Cold War it was designed so that in the event of an enemy attack on the nearby naval base it could double up as a field hospital. Today it is a Full Service Extended School serving the same-named community, and stands on the site of three schools built in 1950. Opened by the Lord Mayor of Portsmouth (England), Sir Denis Daley on 24 October that year it originally consisted of an infant school and two junior schools,one for boys and one for girls . In 1967 the boys and girls primary schools became co-educational but still maintained their individual names with half of the pupils of each school moving to the other school. Between 1975 to 1993 the schools changed their age of transfer from 7 to 8 and 11 to 12. In 1993 the three schools amalgamated to become Paulsgrove Primary. The school now includes a Children's Centre and the current head teacher is Mr Andrew Olive. His predecessors include Mr Darren Nickerson Mrs Sue Tunmore, Mrs Anna Curtis, Miss Jill King, Mr Len Vine and Mrs Cleal.

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