Fowey River Academy - 01726 832302

Fowey River Academy is a co-educational secondary school with academy status (ALAT), serving a large and diverse catchment area including Fowey the nearby towns of St Blazey and Lostwithiel and surrounding villages.HistoryThe school dates back to the Fowey Free School which was founded in 1692 by John Rashleigh and Shadrack Vincent (who were the elected members of Fowey constituency). The land was provided by John Treffry and Vincent gave £500 to purchase land to provide income for the school. Originally the school was for "educating 30 poor children of Fowey and adjacent places." numbers increased by 25 in 1773 when a further bequest was given John Johns.In 1880 the school was converted to a Board School under the Education Act and a new building added in 1876. A new Grammar School, designed by Silvanus Trevail was built in 1879-80 on Daglands Road.In 1922 both school were taken over by the County Council and two charities set up the Fowey Grammar School Site Foundation, which held the land and buildings, and the Fowey Grammar School Exhibition Foundation which provided assistance above that of the local authority.In 1957 a new Secondary Modern School was opened, and the board school became a primary school. In 1970 the Secondary Modern become Fowey Comprehensive School. The original building ceased being used 1989 and were eventually sold in 1997.

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