This is another picture sent in by Pat Pithouse and shows Rowde School in the early 1940s.

The pupils have obviously won a trophy for their sporting achievements, but quite which sport is not clear.

The team picture is still a common memento of school achievements, and has probably changed less than other aspects of school life.

The building shown in this picture had replaced an old Victorian church school which had been condemned as inadequate.

A report of 1851 describes the 1907 original premises as: “Two ancient brick buildings” with 30 to 50 boys and girls taught by an uncertified master in a “fair room with a stone floor.”

Older children were paid to sweep the school and each child paid twopence a week for their education, those of the “poorer classes” having the cut rate of one penny.

A night school for over 15s opened in 1864 and pupils paid to attend after working all day in the fields or in a local industry.

But, like the team picture, some of the Victorians’ problems have a contemporary feel. In 1870 concerns were raised over declining standards, particularly in arithmetic.

The latest school, built in 2006 on Devizes Road, seems a far cry from its four predecessors.

The four-acre site boasts parking, two playgrounds, sports field with an artificial cricket wicket, adventure playground, conservation area, garden and heated outdoor swimming pool.

It has its own before and after school clubs and integrated playgroup and shares its hall with the village.