Mountbatten Primary School (Celle)

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Mountbatten Primary School
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Type SCE school
Established1947; 1985 (merger)
Closed2012
Department for Education URN 132393 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Chair of GovernorsLt Col R Wooddisse
Head teacherMiss Annwen Parry
GenderCoeducational
Age3to 11
Enrolment160~
Colour(s)Red
Website http://www.mountbatten.sceschools.com

Mountbatten Primary School was a primary school in Celle, Germany operated by the Service Children's Education for children of British military personnel based there.

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History

Celle School was founded in September 1947 to cater to children aged 3 to 14 of personnel and staff from RAF Celle and nearby stations. A second school, Grenville School, opened in 1954 and Celle School changed its name to Collingwood School, named so in honour of Admiral Collingwood. Pupil numbers begin to decline after RAF Celle was closed in 1957 and the station returned to the German government. Collingwood and Grenville merged to form a single school in 1985 and renamed Mountbatten Primary School. [1] The school was opened to a small number of English-speaking expatriate children, mostly from the Commonwealth and EU countries.

The school closed in summer 2012 as part of the British Army's closure of Celle Station under the Strategic Defence and Security Review by the MOD, which envisages the British Army withdrawing from Germany by 2020.

Curriculum

In its last years, Mountbatten Primary followed the National Curriculum and is inspected by Ofsted.

It was one of several feeder primary schools to Gloucester School in Hohne about half an hour away.

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References

  1. "Our School". Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2012.