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St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School Love One Another
Calendar Dates
- Class photos and year 6 individual for leavers' books 2nd May 2024 at 09:00
- Year 3 and year 4 Class Mass 3rd May 2024 at 09:15
- Golden Book Assembly (invite only) 3rd May 2024 at 14:30
A History of St. Johns
A Sketch of St John's
The History of St. John the Baptist RC Primary School in Padiham
Our school is the oldest school in Padiham to still be used as it was originally intended.
The memorial stone was laid in October 1888.
Father Mussley of Rochdale was the architect and founder. It was built for 400 pupils at a cost of £600.
Previously pupils had attended the ‘Old’ school in the chapel but the numbers were increasing rapidly so a new school was needed.
The new building was intended to be used for the higher classes while the infants stayed in the chapel.
The laying of the memorial stone was a grand affair as a procession of around 300 people walked along Hapton Road, Green lane, Burnley Road, and the retuned to the school via Station Road. At the front was a Brass Band and a large double polled banner with Father Jones leading the procession. As the foundation stone was laid, prayers were read and incense burned. The school was officially opened on May 26th 1889.
The Main School Hall Renovation in 2010
In the summer of 2010 major renovation work began on the main school hall and stage area. We wanted to keep some of the stained glass windows as these were part of the history of the school and the Church. These were sent away to be encased in PVC. This meant that the school had to operate without a school hall for around 16 weeks. Assemblies and even the Christmas play was held in St John's Church. Everyone was delighted with the finished product.
At the same time of this major work additional work was carried out in the classrooms with all the wiring being upgraded a brand new server installed and the interactive whiteboards were replaced with Interactive TV's.
On Friday 24th October 2014, workmen arrived to redecorate the art store room in school. It was only when the room was emptied that the back of the art room door could be seen clearly.
It became apparent that in the past, we have had quite a few pupil VANDALS in our school, especially during the 1960s! We were quite shocked to see so many familiar family names inscribed on the back of the door, including one of a certain young lady... GILL STOCKTON. This person went on to marry a Mr. Mark Byrom and was teaching at St Johns when the door graffiti was discovered. We hope that the other children who recognise their names on the back of the door are ashamed of themselves and have gone on to greater things than vandalism!
Some of the photos aren't too clear due to the age of the writing.... and maybe becasue the teacher photographing them was too busy laughing at the door which we would like to keep unpainted for posterity!
Our Trim Trail was installed in 2016
February 2011 Building Development Work - installing interactive TV's and creating the new Year 1 classroom
Updating Nursery and the EYFS yard
Upgrading the Parish/School Kitchen 2010
