Sutton Forest Public School - Sutton Forest, NSW - One-Room Schoolhouses on Waymarking.com

On January 12, 1880, the public school opened with 44 students enrolled and within five years there were 80 children in attendance.
A public school opened at Sutton Forest in 1880 and has continued to operate there ever since.
There were schools in Sutton Forest as far back as the 1820s, but they do not relate to this particular school.
Despite some opposition to erecting a new school in the village itself, a site facing the main road was finally chosen and purchased in November 1878. It consisted of more than four acres, originally part of Nicholson’s grant.
In January 1879 the tender for the erection of a stone school building that could accommodate 88 pupils was accepted. The building was completed that December. The Church of England denominational school was closed and its teacher, John Whitehead, was granted his request to be appointed to the new school.
On 12 January 1880, the year of the passing of the Public Instruction Act, Sutton Forest Public School opened with an enrollment of 44 pupils.
In 1885 enrollment reached 80 children.
However, due to declining enrollments the school closed at the end of December 2014 for the final time.
The school was sold at auction in April - May 2016.

Original or Re-creation?: Original Year the school first opened.: 01/12/1880 Year the school closed.: 12/20/2014 Is the schoolhouse still open as a school?: no Address: Illawarra Highway Sutton Forest, NSW Australia 2577 Does the school offer 19th century classroom reenactments or day camps?: no Web Address (if available): Not listed

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