A NEW secondary school for 500 children was opened on Saturday by the Vicar Capitular of Westminster, Bishop Craven,
on a 20-acre site at Garston. Watford.
The school, the first of its kind to be built in Hertfordshire, is planned and equipped up to the standard required by the Ministry of Education and the County Education Authority.
Apart from classrooms for general subjects, special provision is made for teaching domestic science, metalwork and woodwork, using the most up-to-date equipment.
The school is in the charge of the Dominican Sisters from Rosary Priory, Bushey.
'The school, costing £135,000 has been built with the cooperation of the Dominican Sisters, with the Westminster diocese, the Ministry of Education and the Hertfordshire County Council.
The architects are Messrs. Archard and Partners, F./A.R.1.B.A., of London and the buildings were constructed by Messrs. Charles Brightman of Watford.