Waterside Primary School, Joiners Square, Stoke-on-Trent

Waterside Primary School, Joiners Square, Stoke-on-Trent

Waterside Primary School - view from the Caldon Canal

Waterside Primary School opened in January 2007 and is a new building alongside the Caldon Canal. The school replaces an old Victorian School which was built in 1879.

the old Eastwood Vale Schools - AD1879
built by the
Hanley School Board

the Waterside school was built on the site of the Johnson Brothers Imperial Pottery
in the left background is Blackburn House
to the right is the part of the Johnson Brothers Trent Works - this
part has been retained for incorporation in a housing development

former Johnson Brothers Imperial Pottery
the Imperial Pottery frontage was on Eastwood Road

a view of the school and wind turbine
on the extreme left is the bottle kiln of the former Bullers Pottery

Waterside school and the entrance gates on Franklyn / Hampton Streets
gates designed by Dennis O’Connor

The gates and railings at the new "eco-school" in Hanley, Waterside Primary won the Sentinel newspaper 2007 ‘Architectural Design Award’.

Waterside school alongside the Caldon Canal
- Google Maps -

in the background - Bridgewater Pottery

Bullers Pottery bottle oven, the YMCA building and Bridgewater Pottery

the corner of the Waterside school and the older Eastwood Vale school
in the background the Berryhill Fields (site of previous Berryhill colleries and brickworks)

header from Waterside school web site

contents: 2010 photos

Related pages..

Education in the Potteries
Many children were taught in Sunday Schools, the quality of instruction varied and it was only for a few hours a week

Eastwood Vale School

Former Johnson Brothers factories

Emma Bridgewater pottery

Former Bullers pottery

External links..

Waterside Primary School

also see..

Advert of the Week
Potworks of the Week