A BRIEF HISTORY FROM KNOWLES HILL
 TO SANDFORD ORLEIGH
 

Knowles hill was started in 1941 by Miss Rainford and her sister,
No mean feat at a time when money was hard to come by at the best of times!
Knowles Hill is actually the last extinct volcano in the UK, and we sometimes went
up to the top of the hill where there was a small crater.
After the war, when all of us baby boomers started getting to school age,
Knowles Hill really took off, and it was decided in 1958 to acquire a new
site which was at that time Greylands School, about a mile away on Old Exeter road.
Greylands then became Churchills, and the even bigger property of
Sandford Orleigh was obtained. This then became the senior school,
and Churchill's the junior school.
However, until about 1965, all the sports were held at the Churchill's site as
there was a ready made sports field large enough for rugby and the annual
sports day.
Quite a few of the teachers from Knowles Hill ended up at Sandford Orleigh<
including Miss Forest. By this time, Miss Rainford had handed over the running of SO
to the new head master Mr Jack Horner and his wife Doris.
I'm not sure about a lot of the history or events during the move,
so if you have any details, please let me know.