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A two-storey Victorian brick school building with gabled roofs and tall chimneys sits behind a low metal railing and gate.

Shade School Soham

The Shade School, Soham

History of the Shade School

A black and white 1901 Ordnance Survey map detail showing property boundaries, building footprints, and parcel numbers in Soham.

Soham OS 1901

The Shade School was opened in 1875 as the Soham Board Boys School.  Headmaster was Joseph Farrow.

1906 name changed to Soham Boys and Infants County School. Head G F Fenton.

1926 Mr P W ‘Pop’ Lovering

1958 Soham County Mixed Junior School

1990 school closed

The school house survives

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