Elm Street County Primary School, Elm Street, Middleton

Located on the east side of Middleton, on Elm Street close to the junction with Oldham Road. The school, which was designed to accommodate 580 children, is a single storey structure.  On either side of the entrance court are playgrounds. The one on the south side was for infants and girls. The one on the north was for boys. In both cases the playgrounds were designed to be sheltered from the wind by lavatory blocks and walls. A unique feature of the Elm Street school is the twin entrance ways which run like arms on either side of the garden courtyard. These cloister like passageways run out to Elm Street

(see also competition entry for Barnsley High School for Girls - Wood and Sellers)