History
Hannah Wild – The first Headteacher of TASS.
Totley All Saints Church of England Primary School has a history going back over 170 years. it is situated on a greenfield site looking out over open countryside on the very edge of Sheffield. The first building on the present site was built in 1877.
In recent years the school has been extensively developed and amongst other projects we have added two classrooms, a library extension, new offices and foyer, a lift and four wheelchair ramps. Since June 2002 we have had a superb Infant block with secure outdoor play area for our youngest pupils. We have an All Weather Sports Pitch and a fully-equipped ICT Suite with 30 computers.
Environment
We are fortunate to have school grounds that are a natural resource for Science, Geography and History. Our children have been involved in tree-planting, developing a pond and planting shrubs and flowers in our wildlife garden. In addition to their “outside classroom” the garden is a place for our children to enjoy peace and personal space.
We have developed a vegetable garden which is looked after by the children and produce from the garden is used in the school kitchen.
A History of TASS
Joan Stratford, the Headteacher of the school from 1985 to 1997 has written a book: A History of Totley All Saints Church of England School, Sheffield 1827-2000 which give an excellent insight into the school’s history. Photographs collected & used by Joan in her book can be phoned by clicking on the link.
More information can also be found by visiting the Totley History Group website.
The following table shows the main events of our long history:
| 1720 | The Revd. Robert Turie gave forty pounds for the education of six of the poorest children in Totley. |
| 1754 | Lord Francis Middleton, Edmund Offley, Richard Bagshawe, Strelley Pegge, Alexander Barker, Robert Fisher & William Green gave land for the building of a Church school in Totley. |
| 1827 | First Church school built by D’Ewes Coke in Totley Hall Lane. |
| 1877 | First building on the present site – now the Y4 classroom, cloakroom & staircase area. |
| 1889 | A temporary wooden classroom was built at the front of the school for the increase of numbers by the children of the navies who built the Totley tunnel. |
| 1898 | Another classroom was added for the infants – now the Y5 classroom. |
| 1919 | The school building was used for Sunday worship. |
| 1924 | All Saints Church was built. |
| 1940 | The front classroom was built to replace the temporary room built in 1889 – now the Y3 classroom. |
| 1948 | A HORSA building was provided as two temporary classrooms for secondary age pupils. |
| 1965 | The school became a primary school. The hall, kitchen block, Headteacher’s room, mezzanine floor & classroom was built – now the Y2 classroom. |
| 1975 | Building work was carried out to provide pre-school education. The caretaker’s house was built – now Little Saints Nursery. |
| 1994 | The Headteacher’s room, general office & large entrance area was built. |
| 1995 | The first phase of the upper floor development of the Victorian block took place – now the Year 6 classroom. |
| 1996 | The second phase of the upper floor development took place – home studies, staff room, cloak rooms & store room. |
| 1997 | The library was built at the side of the school. |
| 2000 | The pre-school building was demolished & the Nursery re-housed in the former caretaker’s house. |
| 2002 | The HORSA building was demolished & the infant department was built. |
