East Harnham School House

Prior to the school being built in 1853 education was carried out in various locations in East Harnham, including the Rose and Crown Inn. 

Mary Rogers was the first teacher when the school was built, with a salary of £48 per annum in 1862. She served  as principal teacher until  1872, but had an asistant from 1863.  The school attendance was between 45 and 50 children, although 70 were on the rolls. Agricultural and child care duties often kept pupils away from school.

Mary More took over as headmistress in 1874 and was to remain in charge for another 20 years. In 1904 Emily Jerrim became headmistress and stayed in position until 1935. Her successor, Kathleen Ellaby stayed until 1955. 

During World War 2 numbers swelled as evacuees arrived and the Memorial Hall was used for some lessons. 

During the early part of the 20th century the school increasingly took juniors from West Harnham until it became exclusively juniors in 1948 when the new Infant School opened. It continued in operation until 1967 when the new Junior School was opened on its current site near the Infant School a little further up the road towards Wilton. 

School inspections in 1920s were particularly harsh, blaming the lack of progress on "the more intelligent children in East Harnham, even of labourers, are now sent to Salisbury schools, the duller children are retained". The report goes on to point out the worst classes were full of children from West Harnham. 

Although this is now a private house a lot of the original features have been retained.