Once upon a time in Boston, a "pleasant market town in rural Lincolnshire"... well that what advertisements said... was a school. It had the unassuming name of "Kitwood County Secondary School For Boys", which had opened in 1954 following the closure of "St. John's", a boys school based at the old St. John's Work House on Skirbeck Road. Boston was and still is "selective", meaning that the 11+ survives! Arch-rivals, "Grammar" took the cream.
"Kitwood Boys", affectionately christened "The Academy for The Sons of Gentlefolk", had an awesome reputation, which was for the most part totally unjustified. True, it was a hard school but by and large, it was a "school for life", where boys of varying backgrounds and abilities learnt and more importantly, "learnt to get on together".
"Kitwood Boys", affectionately christened "The Academy for The Sons of Gentlefolk", had an awesome reputation, which was for the most part totally unjustified. True, it was a hard school but by and large, it was a "school for life", where boys of varying backgrounds and abilities learnt and more importantly, "learnt to get on together".
By the late eighties, the post-war baby boom was over, ROSLA had come and gone and the roll had dropped from 800 to 450, likewise but more dramatically so at it's sister school, Kitwood Girls. Rationalisation and economy of scale were the order of the day... "you've got too much playing field" was the cry... amalgamation the answer!
Kitwood Boys finally closed its doors in July 1992... Boston College moved in the next day... and the Academy and St. John's were consigned to history... or so they thought!!
Kitwood Boys finally closed its doors in July 1992... Boston College moved in the next day... and the Academy and St. John's were consigned to history... or so they thought!!
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With acknowlegement to Gary Atkinson, formerly of Boston Standard
With acknowlegement to Gary Atkinson, formerly of Boston Standard
Former Headteachers, Harry Ellison & Derrick Sykes