[1] The headmistress, Mona Matthews, aged 53 in December 1962, banned black underwear.

;[2] on Tuesday 22 January 1963, this made the front page of the Daily Herald, with a picture of the headmistress.

The Chairman of the Governors, Jack Hunt, would have a school named after him.

National hockey matches were played on the sports pitch.

[3] In 1968 the local council had wanted to go comprehensive by 1974, but opinions were split.