North and South Cowton Community Primary School is located in North Cowton in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England.
The school board and school buildings at North and South Cowton primary are mentioned in Bulmer's History and Directory of North Yorkshire, written in 1890.
The school is separated into two separate buildings, The Infant school building and the Primary school building. The two buildings are separated by about 100 metres of public...
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North and South Cowton Community Primary School is located in North Cowton in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England.
The school board and school buildings at North and South Cowton primary are mentioned in Bulmer's History and Directory of North Yorkshire, written in 1890.
The school is separated into two separate buildings, The Infant school building and the Primary school building. The two buildings are separated by about 100 metres of public road.
The primary school building dates from the Victorian period, though it has been extensively renovated and extended.
The school's Catchment area includes the villages of North Cowton and South Cowton, the hamlets of Dalton Gates, Atley Hill and Moulton End as well as several isolated farms.
The school was threatened with closure during the late 1980s as the Conservative Government of the time intended to cut the education budget by closing small rural schools with fewer than 30 pupils.
Thankfully the school survived the threat of closure...
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