West Byfleet Secondary school: log book for 1973
5^th February 1973	Woking and District School Cross-Country at Winston Churchill school Notable successes for the school, especially 4^th year.
February 1973	Schools’ Boxing Championships Peter Tindall boxed F. Legrange of Southampton, wining on points. This was a very good bout for the boxing connoisseurs, neat and cleaver boxing and fast work by both boys had the large crowd on their toes. It was a good win for Peter Tindall who now moves forward to the Great Britain schools semi-finals in Hastings on 3^rd March 1973.
July 1973	July 1973 Woking and District School Sports. Mr. M. Wardlow, president of Woking Schools’ Athletic Association presented the trophies. Record number (45) of scorings. 12 first places, 12 second places, 21 third places
	100 metres – boys under 13 yrs	3^rd Philip Nicholas 14.1secs
	100 metres – boys under 16 yrs	2^nd Ray Foreman 13.0 secs
	100 metres – girls under 14 yrs	2^nd Karen Ely 14.0 secs
	100 metres – girls under 16 yrs	3^rd Helen Gilbey 14.7 secs
	200 metres – boys under 13 yrs	2^nd Elio de Bonis 29.3 secs
	200 metres – boys under 14 yrs	3^rd David Watts 29.8 secs
	200 metres – boys under 15 yrs	1^st Colin Hardicre 27.8 secs
	200 metres – girls under 14 yrs	3^rd Carol Hicks 30.2 secs
	200 metres – girls under 16 yrs	3^rd Margot Clarke 29.4 secs
	400 metres – boys under 14 yrs	1^st Peter Craigan 64.0 secs
	400 metres – boys under 15 yrs	3^rd Colin Chowns 64.3 secs
	800 metres – boys under 13 yrs	1^st Nigel Carande 2 min 35.0 sec
	800 metres – boys under 14 yrs	1st Peter Barratt 2min 30.0 sec
	800 metres – girls under 15 yrs	2^nd Linda Andrews 2 min 53.0 secs
	1500 metres – boys under 15 yrs	1^st John Wilson 5 min 00.5 secs
	Discus – boys under 14 yrs	1^st Richards 31.48 m
	Discus – boys under 15 yrs	1^st Michael Prew 28.41m
	Discus – girls under 14 yrs	2^nd Lynne Randall 16.57m
	High Jump – boys under 16 yrs	3^rd John Randall 1.35m
	High jump – girls under 13 yrs	2^nd Nicola Green 1.15m
	High jump – girls under 14 yrs	3^rd Karen Ely 1.20m
	High Jump –boys under 13 yrs	2^nd C. Ch(?) 1.20m
	High Jump –boys under 14 yrs	1^st Andreas Vogel 1.44m
	High Jump –boys under 15 yrs	3^rd Ian Poulter 1.35 m
	Hurdles – boys under 14 yrs	2^nd David Fabb 14.8m
	Hurdles – boys under 15 yrs	1^st Stephen Pfiel 13.9m
	Hurdles – girls under 15 yrs	3^rd Maureen Littmoden 15.1secs
	Hurdles – girls under 16 yrs	1^st Anne Richardson 15.06m
	Javelin – boys under 14 yrs	2^nd Philip Hill 23.24m
	Javelin – girls under 15 yrs	3^rd Linda Andrews 15.53m
	Javelin – girls under 16 yrs	3^rd Caroline Windsor 20.90 m
	Long Jump – boys under 13 yrs	3^rd N. West(?) 3.94m
	Long jump – girls under 14 yrs	3^rd Carol Hicks 4.07m
	Long jump – girls under 16 yrs	2^nd Margot Clarke 4.45m
	Relay – boys under 13 yrs	2^nd 59.6 secs
	Relay – boys under 14 yrs	3^rd 57.0 secs
	Relay – girls under 14 yrs	3^rd 58.9 secs
	Relay – girls under 16 yrs	3^rd 57.5 secs
	Shot – boys under 14 yrs	1^st Peter Craigan 10.35m
	Shot – boys under 15 yrs	3^rd John Foreman 8.53m
	Shot – boys under 16 yrs	1^st Ian Craigan 11.54m
	Shot – girls under 14 yrs	2^nd Deborah Tavender 6.19 m
	Shot – girls under 15 yrs	3^rd Hazel Firmston 6.82m
	Triple jump – boys under 15 yrs	3^rd Mark Richards 8.38 m
	Triple jump – boys under 16 yrs	3^rd Ray Foreman 10.40m

The following article appeared in the Woking News and Mail in November 1973 and could well have been entitled the “Marshall Plan”

County favours closure of school

The idea of children being scattered among schools in the district instead of being able to go to school in West Byfleet was criticised last week, when an attempt was made to persuade the county education committee members to reconsider the closure of West Byfleet Secondary School.

Speaking at Surrey Education Committee’s meeting on Friday last week, Mrs. Margaret Marshall spoke of the strong feeling in her district about the need for a community school.

But the committee decided to stick to their earlier recommendation that the school should be closed and that from September 1975 children should go to other schools in the area.

Mrs. Marshall spoke out against the size of schools which children would now have to attend. About 620 pupils went to West Byfleet, said Mrs. Marshall. But the Fullbrook County Secondary School would be increasing to 1,200 in 1975, and the Sheerwater County Secondary School would have 1,000.

Mrs. Marshall asked members to take note “of the very strong feeling over large school” and to bear in mind the chance of re-considering a new school in the West Byfleet area in the future.

Parents of pupils at the West Byfleet School have objected to the size of schools to take their children when their present school closes.

Mrs. Marshall also referred to a traffic hazard near Fullbrook School. She said there was a bad bridge and footpath in the area which should be looked at.