Kew opened as a common school in 1870. Common schools No. 346 and No. 356 closed when they combined to form this new school. The school building was on the site of the current school.
1873
The school became a state school in 1873. The first head teacher was J. Gladtone. He was formally the head teacher of No. 356.
1910
A new school building opened in 1910. It was used for classes for the lower grades.
Kew Primary School in 1910 when it was Kew State School. Source: State Library of Victoria
1950s
Burwood Technical School used classrooms in the school from 1954 to 1956. Glendonald School for the Deaf used classrooms for twelve months in 1957.
1970
The school was renamed Kew Primary School in 1970.
2022
Kew Primary School is still in operation.
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