Skelmanthope County Primary School

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Built as the Board School, Elm Street [south side] between 1879 - 1881, it became known as Skelmanthorpe Council School from c1904. The infants moved to new premises in 1912, the infants later rejoined the the school and became Skelmanthorpe County Primary School. The school was last known as Skelmanthorpe First and Nursery School.The earliest recorded log book for this school is dated 1881.