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==History== |
==History== |
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===Secondary modern school=== |
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The main building was built for Rutland County Education Committee, at the same time as Oakham Secondary School, under the same contract, in the mid-1950s.<ref>''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'' Wednesday 22 October 1952, page 4</ref> |
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In January 1954, the Chairman of the Education Committee, Lieutenant -Colonel G K F Ruddle visited the school, and agreed that three acres be bought, for playing fields, to the north of the school. |
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Cottesmore Secondary School closed in April 1954, with secondary-school-age children moving to the new buildings at the Oakham and Casterton secondary schools. The Cottesmore school had opened in 1920, in wooden huts. The wooden huts were moved to Uppingham. The Casterton school was short of a classroom by 1955.<ref>''Leicester Evening Mail'' Friday 28 January 1955, page 10</ref> |
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===Comprehensive=== |
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In December 1986, the school was given a drinks licence by Rutland magistrates. |
In December 1986, the school was given a drinks licence by Rutland magistrates. |
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