Colehill First School

Colehill First School, originally known as Middlehill School, is an infant school in the village of Colehill, near Wimborne and Poole, along the south coast of Dorset. Open since Victorian times, it educates children from their reception year to year four (ages 4 to 9). It is part of the Queen Elizabeth pyramid of schools which feeds St. Michael's CofE Middle School and Allenbourn Middle School, which in turn feed Queen Elizabeth's School, Wimborne Minster, the local secondary school.

Location and Relocation

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The school had for some time been spread across two sites, one across either side of a road. One site, the 'old' site, featured the main building, an old Victorian structure with newer (but by no means new) extensions built around it . This building contained the main offices and staff room, two classrooms and the main hall used for assemblies, special events and gymnastics. A further extension to this building housed the nursery. Three additional classrooms, a library and another hall were contained within five temporary 'huts' (one, a classroom, on the old site, the other four on the new) which remained in place for a number of years.

In the early 2000s, the school advanced its plans to relocate the school in its entirety to the new site. Initially, commencing April...
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