Key information
- Address:
- 14 Wellsford Street, Stratford 3862
- Opened:
- 4 January 1858
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 596
- Other names:
- Stratford School, Stratford Common School, Stratford State School
- Email:
- stratford.ps@education.vic.gov.au
- Phone:
- 03 5145 6554
- Status:
- Open
Location of records
Digital records are kept at the school. To request access, contact the school directly.
Hard copy records created before records became digital are stored in the Department of Education’s archive.
To request access, contact the records team.
If you’re not sure whether the records you need are digital or hard copy, the records team can check for you.
Contact the Department of Education records team
If you’re not sure whether the records you need are digital or hard copy, the records team can check for you.
Phone: 1800 359 140(opens in a new window)
Some older records for this school are held at the Public Record Office Victoria (PROV).
The history of Stratford Primary School
1858
Stratford opened in 1858 in the Presbyterian Church building. The first head teacher was Hogg, who was employed by the Protestant Board of Education.
1862
The school became a common school in 1862.
1870s
A brick school building with a shingle roof opened in 1870.
The school became a state school at some stage between 1873 and 1878.
1911
By 1911 the school building was in a bad state, the ‘building had so deteriorated pupils could peer through holes in the walls'. A new school building was completed in 1911 on a new site.
1970
The school was renamed Stratford Primary School in 1970. The head teacher at the time was B. Winzar.
2022
Stratford Primary School is still in operation.
Find more information about this school
The Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) is the archive of Victoria's State and local government. They look after some of our oldest school records, and we can use these records to help us understand what school life used to be like.
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