Odsey School

The school was built by the Cambridgeshire County Council and opened in 1911, no doubt having been championed by Sir George Fordham of Odsey, who was Chairman of Cambridgeshire County Council and supporter of rural housing and education.. It was built on land owned by the Fordham family and they may have retained ownership, as it appears to have reverted to them, when the school eventually closed.

It opened with spaces for 80 children, but the agricultural economy was still in recession and the rural population in decline. In the early years attendance was around 60 pupils, although by 1925 this had halved. From 1954 the 11+ children went to Bassingbourn Village College, which further reduced numbers. In 1958 it was recorded as having 13 pupils., although the school survived until 1972, when it was closed and pupils transferred to Steeple Morden School.

A house for the Head Teacher was built adjacent to the School.

Today, Odsey School is a private house and viewed from the street it shelters behind a generous hedge, as the photograph below shows!

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