Key information
- Address:
- 51 Kentbruck Road, Heywood 3304
- Opened:
- 4 March 1856
- Closed:
- 31 December 1950
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 297
- Other names:
- Heywood Common School
How to find enrolment and other school records
If the school is open: contact the school directly to access your records.
If the school has closed: contact the Archives and Records branch via email archives.records@education.vic.gov.au or 1800 359 140 and they will assist you.
The history of Heywood State School
1856
Heywood opened in 1856. The first head teacher was Herbert Hayward.
1862
The school became a common school in 1862.
1870s
The school became a state school at some stage between 1873 and 1878.
1881
A new stone schoolhouse was built in 1881.
1930
A tree plantation was started for the school. When the trees were grown the timber could be sold for pulp and mill logs and the money would go to the school.
1939
A fire burnt the timber plantation down and it had to be replanted.
1950
Heywood State School closed along with a group of other small local schools. All these schools were replaced by a bigger school called Heywood Consolidated School. The students from all the closed schools moved to the consolidated school. The school buildings were also moved to the new school site.
The schools that closed were:
- Condah State School (No. 1019)
- Drumberg State School (No. 1240)
- Hotspur State School (No. 1260)
- Myamym State School (No. 1692)
- Mount Eckersley State School (No. 1720)
Find more information about this school
The Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) is the archive of Victoria's State and local government. They look after some of our oldest school records, and we can use these records to help us understand what school life used to be like.
PROV currently only have paper records for this school.
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