Fitzwilliam School, Swinton
This School was built in 1860 and closed in 1952 to infants and to juniors in 1978. Pupils were transferred to a new school on Rookery Road, of the same name which was opened in 1952 and extended in 1978.
Teachers at this school have included (please supply service years if known):-
- Mrs. Barker
- Miss Barraclough
- Mr. John Benbow
- Mr. Biram
- Mrs. Brettle (Head Teacher)
- Mr. Byron
- Mrs. Cameron
- Mrs. Pauline Coates
- Mr. Cooke
- Mrs. Cooper
- Mr. Crook
- Mr. Dennis
- Miss Downing
- Mrs V. Drury
- Mrs. Edwards (nee Millington)
- Mrs. Elliott
- Mr. Foley
- Mrs. Gill
- Miss Gillot
- Mrs. Heeson
- Mrs. Hirst
- Mr. Holmes
- Mrs. Horsefield (Head Teacher)
- Mrs. Hurt
- Mr. Jeavons (Head Teacher)
- Mrs. Johnson
- Mr. Laird
- Mr. Lowe
- Miss Lynskey
- Miss Millican
- Mrs. Milne
- Mr. Parker
- Mr. Peat
- Mrs. Ratcliffe
- Mrs. Roberts (Head Teacher)
- Mrs. Pat Scherdle
- Mrs. Shaw
- Mrs. Shepherd
- Mrs. Temple
- Mrs. Uren
- Miss Vickers
- Mrs. Walsh
- Mrs. Wells (nee Wwyman)
- Mrs. Yuron
Other staff included (please supply service years if known):-
- Mrs. Adey (Dinner Lady)
- Mrs. Margaret Barke
- Mrs. Beatson (Dinner Lady)
- Mrs. Caldershaw (Dinner Lady)
- Mrs. Eaton (Dinner Lady)
- Mr. Durose (Caretaker)
- Mrs Haines (Dinner Lady)
- Mrs. Halstead – Circa 1971 to 1979
- Mrs. Harding (Dinner Lady)
- Mrs. Hilton (Dinner Lady)
- Mrs. Lockwood (Dinner Lady)
- Mr. Bill Mason (Caretaker)
- Mrs. Moran (Dinner Lady)
- Mrs. O’Brien (Mr. Jeavons’s Secretary)
- Mr. Ryan (Caretaker)
- Mrs. Townsend (Head Cook)
- Mr. Waterfield (Lollipop Man)
- Mr. Wild (Caretaker)
The vicarage field at at Saint Margaret’s Church was used for physical education and the Church Hall was used at dinner time.
WEEK 42 
November 6, 2017 at 19:03
Mrs Shaw retired early 50’s
December 12, 2017 at 18:01
“Gaffer” Ward was headmaster in the late 1930`s when I was being educated in the Church Hall.
The cry “Gaffers dahn” caused a certain amount of terror. He seemed to enjoy wielding the cane.
March 27, 2021 at 18:26
My mother, Rhoda Benson used to walk the children down from the school to the Church Hall and back again. Supervising them while they had their dinner and in the playground afterwards.
This would have been in the early to mid 70s.
May 19, 2025 at 23:26
I went to this school from 1955 to 1959. I was taught by Mr Biram in my 1st and 3rd year and by Mrs Shaw in my 4th year. My 2nd year I can’t remember who the teacher was, as all 2nd year girls went to what us now the car park next to the robin hood pub where it was 2 classrooms in a wooden building