1950s – Infant School
The post war baby boom saw the need for more housing and school places so, in the 1950s, an Infant school was built on the site of an old dairy lower down the hill. We then had Cypress Infants and Cypress Juniors – two completely separate schools, each with its own Headteacher.
Both schools were two forms of entry at that time; this means two classes of 30 children in every year group from reception right up to Year 6.
Early 1990s – Nursery
In the early 1990s, a nursery was added to the Infant school. This initially offered a morning or an afternoon session each day to 52 three year old children.
Mid – 1990s to July 2017
In the mid1990s, both schools expanded to 3 forms of entry.
Recent years have seen further change and increased activity at Cypress:
- We now offer childcare from 7:30am to 6:00pm each day from ‘Little Cypress’ right up to Year 6 and we provide childcare in the school holidays;
- Eligible children can now start at their education at ‘Little Cypress’ from 2 years old;
- Nursery children can now stay all day if their families want them to;
- The schools were amalgamated to form a through primary school on the two sites under one Headteacher;
- Major works have taken place on both sites, to expand and improve the school facilities and better equip us to be able to accommodate the growth in pupil numbers.
The number of children we can now admit from nursery to Year 6 is 742, plus up to 48 two year olds. When full, that is 790 pupils in total.
