[5][6][7] Much doubt has been cast on this date being the exact year of construction – it may have been built earlier or later than what the engraving suggests.

[5][9] The Victoria County History entry for Much Woolton states, "A grammar school now abandoned was in existence in the 16th century.

[2] At trial, shortly before his execution, Saint John Almond attested to having attended a Catholic school in Much Woolton around 1580.

Around 1819, the Old School came into the possession of the Anglican National Society for the Education of the Poor[9] and it was decided a new schoolhouse should be constructed.

[1] In 1823, a new school was completed on common land opposite St Peter's Church in the village centre.

[2][5] At the time, local girls had no exclusive school building – those receiving an education were doing so in an auxiliary space of the village workhouse, located adjacent to the site.

[2][5] Hence, the girls were moved into the dedicated new build; boys continued to be taught in the Old School,[2][9] of which there were 85 pupils at the time.

[6][15] Subsequently, it was renovated again as a nursery, which began operating in 1990, returning it to its original purpose as a place of education for the first time in ~150 years.

[11] In 2022, a blue plaque was installed on the building's front façade in commemoration of its significance as a local heritage landmark.