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Fryerns Comprehensive School , also known as Fryerns Community School, was a mixed intake secondary school in Basildon, Essex that opened in 1956. The school was situated around one mile directly east of Basildon town centre. It was closed in 1999 due to falling pupil numbers. The site is now being redeveloped into two housing estates. ==History== Fryerns School was the first new secondary school to be opened in Basildon New Town.〔(B. Cox (2006) "Basildon History Online." Retrieved 17/01/13 )〕 Its name came from the nearby Fryerns Farm which also provided the name for the local area. Fryerns was initially made up of two schools, a Grammar school and a Technical school. In August 1968 they merged with Craylands County Secondary school, which had opened on the same site in 1935, to create Fryerns Comprehensive. The influx of families into the are meant that another secondary school, Barstable, was placed across the road. In 1994 the school changed its name once again to Fryerns Community School. Essex County Council Education department closed Fryerns in 1999 due to falling pupil numbers and a serious funding issue.〔("Fryerns School to close - It's official." Basildon Recorder, 21/09/98. Retrieved 17/01/13. )〕〔("Carry on teaching until 1999" Basildon Recorder, 01/10/98. Retrieved 19/01/13. )〕 Basildon's demographics had changed markedly over the previous four decades. A rapidly ageing population meant that there were too many schools in the district for the number of pupils and Fryerns had to close. Fryerns, had been threatened with closure in 1990-1991 but a strong defence of the school was launched in parliament by the then Basildon Conservative MP David Amess.〔(David Amess MP defends Fryerns School. 12/12/91 6.44 pm. Retrieved 19/01/13. )〕 In the speech he stated that no school would close in Basildon while he was its member of parliament. This turned out to be the case as in 1997 he did not contest the Basildon seat as the New Labour candidate Angela Smith MP was elected. Less than two years later the school had closed. After closing, the newer school buildings to the south of the site were taken over by Essex Social Services and the playing fields next to it were used for a new housing estate. The school buildings and fields of the old Craylands school were left derelict. Eventually the buildings were demolished and work was started on another new estate.〔("Craylands and Fryerns redevelopments." Retrieved 18/01/13. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fryerns Comprehensive School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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