S is for Bawburgh School.  The Bawburgh School has been a constant presence in the Village for 128 years.  Its present lively and successful ambience is far removed from the early days of dismal classrooms and low educational standards.  Cindy Baldwin currently is Head of Bawburgh School, with 100 pupils, and the only reflection of 1876, is the appointment of the first headmistress, a Miss Ann Rix, who had 54 pupils, and the help of only one visiting teacher.  In those days, the Vicar and senior pupils would lend a hand, but within a few years pupil numbers did increase, although pupil attendances were a problem throughout the early years.  Sixteen years after its opening, a new headmaster, Mr. Frederick Jackson, was appointed, and he successfully brought the school up to the necessary standards demanded by the then Norfolk Education Committee, who took over responsibility in 1905.  This also brought improvements to the inadequate building.  Mr. and Mrs. Jackson were in harness, and in residence at the School house for 33 years, when a softer regime under Mr. Jack Steed arrived, and he was to take the helm for another 29 years, until 1954.  After these two driving forces of Bawburgh education, there have been many changes of headship, but when Mrs. Baldwin arrived in 1987, the School had just been through a fight to remain open due to low pupil numbers, so much that a Bawburgh School Defence Committee had been formed, and successfully saved the School.  Eighteen years after Mrs. Baldwin's appointment, and campaign for more space, a new Hall was opened at the school on 14th December 2005.  See The Bawburgh School page.

The School's idyllic position, in 2004.

S is also for Mr. A.J. Steed.  Mr. Jack Steed was Headmaster at Bawburgh School for 29 years, 1925 - 1954.  After the strict regime of the Jacksons, he was well liked.  Whilst living in Bawburgh, at the Schoolhouse, Mr. Steed was also a preacher at the Chapel.  He had two daughters, and the family are well remembered in the village, for their presence which spanned a time of great change, up until the mid-Fifties.

S is also for two past Vicars of Bawburgh - the Rev. Percy Sturdy, was vicar at Bawburgh 1960-1963, and when the Parish joined Cringleford in 1984 the Rev. David Sturdy arrived, providing some stability and continuity for ten years, until 1994.  For more see V is for the Vicars of Bawburgh.