St. John's School, Lewisham (Hansard, 28 June 1960)

§ Mr. C. Johnson

With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I desire to present a Petition, signed by about 2,800 residents of the Borough of Lewisham and elsewhere, referring to the urgent and long overdue need for the rebuilding of St. John's Church of England Primary School in Bromley Road.

The Petition calls attention to the fact that St. John's School was built over a century ago and now has a school population nearly double that for which is was originally designed. In consequence, it is quite inadequate for the needs of the day and the conditions there are most unsatisfactory. The Petition also shows that the need for its rebuilding has been accepted for many years past and that a cleared site has been available for a new school since 1952. Nevertheless, though the present school has been included in the rebuilding programme of the London County Council on at least two occasions, approval has been continuously withheld by the Minister of Education.

Wherefore your Petitioners humbly pray that this honourable House urge the Minister of Education to reconsider his decision and to give approval to the rebuilding of St. John's School. The Petition concludes: And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.