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Wardley Colliery Board School was opened in August 1879 to accommodate 180 infants. Prior to this the only other place of education appears to have been the adaption of the pit "drill shed" for a day school (it was also used by two Methodist denominations) for a short time during 1873-74 which was "eminently unsuitable for the purpose". In 1956 it was an infants and junior school and at the end of that year the infants were transferred to a new school on Kier Hardy Avenue. Anew junior school was built next to the infants and was opened in 1968.
The old Board School closed at the beginning of 1968. Vandals set it on fire on April 10 of that year before it was demolished
Photographs from Anne Bednarcyzk, Audrey Walsh, Vera Robinson and Gordon Stridiron's collection. Many of the names are not known. If you can help in identifying anyone, or have any other information about the photographs, I will be pleased to hear from you.