It was a product of extreme austerity, intended to educate the boys and girls aged 11 to 15 who had failed the 11-plus.

Smithdon had decided to take the latter approach they are reconsidering this decision after reading the Ofsted report.

[3] Ofsted pointed out that the In some subjects, pupils have not been given enough time to cover the full curriculum in key stage 3.

Hunstanton School, built between 1949 and 1954, is an important work by Alison and Peter Smithson.

The school was strikingly modern in many ways, most notably in its extensive use of glass and steel, and the unusual free-standing water tower.

The Smithsons struggled with reuniting modernist architectural style of the Festival of Britain with the community.

Hunstanton School, with its exposed structure and services, with its references to Mies van der Rohe was an answer.

[9] This is a two-storey, flat roofed, roughly symmetrical rectangular block with two internal courtyards and a central double-height hall spanning two main ranges.

[8] The extensive use of glazing was a feature, but has become an environmental problem, as it produced a cold building in winter, and effectively a greenhouse in summer.