History

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:

• Childcare from 7:30am to 6:00pm each day from ‘Little Cypress’ right up to Year 6;
• Eligible children were able to start at their education at ‘Little Cypress’ from 2 years old;
• Nursery children were able to stay all day if their families wanted them to;
• The schools were amalgamated to form a through primary school on the two sites under one Headteacher;
• Major works took 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 during this time from nursery to Year 6 was 742, plus up to 48 two year olds. When full, that was 790 pupils in total.