Schools
In the 1870s a small school attached to St Clements Church was too small to meet the growing demand and Boscombe British school was established by Mr Frederick Moser and Sir Percy Florence Shelley who laid the foundation stone in 1878. The school opened in 1879. The Christchurch Times reported that the building was "to be one of the most ornamental as well as useful buildings in Boscombe." The school was built in a Gothic style in Gladstone road. The school moved in 1940 to the newly built Boscombe Senior School (now King’s Park Primary) on Ashley Road. A local teacher Leslie Williams formed “The Bournemouth Children's Theatre' in the old school buildings and it became The Drama Centre, a very successful and award winning initiative which inspired many to further education. Dame Sybil Thorndike became the patron of the Centre and visited frequently. Award winning fashion designer Graham Fraser attended and when it became known as the Bournemouth Centre for Community Arts (BCCA), Gareth Malone attended later going on to be known as the Choirmaster on BBC televised programmes. It was closed in 2007, under threat of demolition it was Grade II listed by English Heritage in 2008 particularly in reference to the Gothic design and particularly in the larger schoolroom with its complicated roof. In 2012 the school was alleged to have been gifted to the Bournemouth 2026 Partnership and plans to demolish buildings on the land were thwarted when members from the Occupy Movement took direct action in order to delay bulldozers.
Other schools in Boscombe are St James Church of England Primary, Corpus Christi Catholic Primary, Bethany Primary, Portchester and Avonboune comprehensive schools
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