St. Andrew's Primary School
The first St Andrew's School (also known as The North End School)
This picture is of the second St Andrew's School taken in 1964 as it was being demolished
This is our school today
The History
There has been a St Andrew's School in Kettering since 1859. The first St Andrew's School (also known as The North End School) was situated in Northall Street. It was designed by Edmund Law and built by William Henson in 1859 to accommodate 200 primary children. The building was L shaped with a 30ft bell tower and a double arched entrance.
In 1884 a new St Andrew's School was built at a cost of £1200.00.
The architect was a Mr R. W. Johnson, the school was built by Mr G. V. Henson of Kettering. It was built in a Gothic style, fronted with Glendon stone with Mansfield stone dressings.
The building was pulled down in 1964 to accommodate the then new Kettering inner ring road.
The school moved to its present location in 1962 after it had been vacated by its previous tenants, The Kettering Central School.
This school building was first opened in 1902. The architect was Mr J. A. Gotch. It was built at a cost of £9.250.00. At the time of opening it was known as The Spencer Street Infant and Mixed School. The school accommodated 476 children in the Mixed School and 238 in the Infant School.
In 1920 the school changed hands and became The Kettering Central School which occupied the building until 1962 when it was taken over by St Andrew's