Alderman Blaxill School

Alderman Blaxill School was a secondary school with academy status in Colchester, Essex, and was the town's smallest secondary school. It closed in 2014.HistoryAlderman Blaxill Secondary Modern School in Walnut Tree Way, Colchester, was opened in 1955. It replaced the former Hamilton Road Central School (built in 1914, but used as a military hospital during World War I,not opening as a school until 1920. Following the Education Act 1944, it became a secondary modern school. In 1955, the secondary part of the school moved to the new building in Walnut Tree Way, Shrub End, and was renamed Alderman Blaxill after a former Mayor of Colchester and chairman of the education committee. The Hamilton Road building was used for infants and juniors. In 1976, Alderman Blaxill became a comprehensive school. It became an academy in 2012, and closed in 2014. The majority of the students transferred to The Stanway School and Thomas Lord Audley School, with which Alderman Blaxill was federated.LegacyThe school buildings are being maintained for educational purposes following the closure of the school in July 2014. In September 2014 two other schools were sharing the buildings; the Stanway Federation Learning Centre and Market Field School, whose own school building is being rebuilt.Temporary UseAs work in 2014-2015 was undergoing at the Market Field School in Elmstead Market, children from the school temporarily used Alderman Blaxill as a site for education. Market Field School specialises in disabled and disadvantaged students.