Our History

From 1853 to the present day - the journey of Gretton Primary

Gretton Primary has a history going back all the way to 1853 with the construction of the original Old School House in the village which accommodated up to 70 children at its peak. 

In 1908, the current school building on Kirby Road in the village was opened, replacing the Old School House, with stones being laid by E P Monckton Esq for the Northamptonshire Education Committee and W H Ley for Easton District Council in March of that year which can still be seen today.  

The school has been added to substantially over the years to accommodate its now nearly 150 children however its original stone bell tower is still in existence and is a reminder of the Edwardian  heritage of the building.

The school continued to serve the village throughout the First and Second World Wars, when it was known at Gretton Council School, with an entry from the Headmaster’s log in December 1939 indicating that children evacuated from London were attending the school.  In July 1941, the log informs us that children started school at the slightly later time of 10.00am as a consequence of there having been an air raid alert in the village during the previous night.

The school was taken over by the Brooke Weston Trust in 2012 where it became part of a larger group of primary schools in the Corby, Kettering and Wisbech areas.  Since then, the school has been known as Gretton Primary Academy.