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BRIGHTON, BN1 6PW

Seb Coe and Colin Jackson arrived at the school to promote the games.

Opened in 1955 as a secondary modern and for many years lived in the shadow of the neighbouring boys and girls grammar schools. Now probably the best state school in Brighton. About 10cm of snow blanketed the city overnight causing many schools in the area to shut and allow their pupils to start their Christmas holiday a day earlier.

The goalposts are just about visible next to the blanket of snow that appeared overnight. Much of the land here once belonged to Varndean Farm and was purchased by the old borough education committee. The area now hosts five schools; Balfour Infants, Balfour Juniors, Dorothy Stringer High School, Varndean Secondary School and Varndean College. The latter two were originally built in the 1930s and were a separate boys and girls school until a reorganisation of education facilities in 1975. The houses beyond the fields belong to Friar Road and Friar Crescent.

The fence marks the spot of the school bus drop off point which then leaves the site via Loder Road to the south. Needless to say there were no buses on the road at this point, the hilly nature of Brighton makes this a regular occurrence in weather like this, and therefore no pupils at school. The houses beyond are in Balfour Road whilst the space to the left below them was the former site of Balfour Infants school which has now moved to a modern building to the east.

The playing fields at Varndean College.

Website: http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupHomepage.asp?GroupID=454772

Small cul-de-sac off Draxmont Way that was built in the 1990s. The sky is now beginning to break which will lead to a beautifully clear and sunny day later on after 10cm of snow was deposited in the city overnight.

website: http://www.varndean.ac.uk/ The college was founded in 1884 in York Place, Brighton as a boys' Secondary School and moved to its current site in 1932, later attaining grammar school status, becoming Varndean Grammar School for Boys, administered by the Education Committee for the County Borough of Brighton. In 1972 the first girls were admitted to the school, and in 1975 it became a sixth form college http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varndean_College

Varndean is a Secondary school for pupils 11 to 16 years old. There is also a Varndean College for the over-16s. It sits close to the junction of Balfour Rd and Ditchling Rd and it is a specialist Music and Technology School.