Mr Arnold Craggs, Headmaster, presenting a retirement gift to the retiring Cissie Wallace.(1957)
Butterknowle School Teaching Staff – 1949 From the left:- Norman Green; Miss Heaviside; Miss Cissie Wallace; Arnold Craggs- Head master; George Hardy; Miss Pamela Gray; Miss Dorothy Blackett; Fred Thompson.
Butterknowle Primary School has a long and interesting history. The school on the current site opened in 1912. Since then the school has been led by only seven headmasters and the current headteacher:
- Robert A Barnett (1912 – 1931),
- T, Wilfred Nightingale (1932 – 1945),
- Arnold Craggs (1945 – 1962),
- Cyril Cook (1962 – 1976),
- Michael Harris (1976 – 1982),
- William (Bill) McInnes (1982 – 1995)
- Paul Ruane (1995 – 2014).
- Tessa Fenoughty (2014 to 2018)
If you have any old photographs or information about our school, please get in contact as we would love to collate the school history and share it with our pupils,parents and staff, past and present.
