 The
school had its foundations in 1932. The Northampton Technical
College opened in St George's Avenue in that year. A very small part of the
new college was a Junior
Technical School, which was designed for only 40 pupils, 31 boys and 9
girls. The first mention of the school in the newspapers was in
1942. The staff and pupils, along with the pupils of the
Paddington School, who had been evacuated here, joined in a service and
parade to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the start of World War
II.
In 1944 the new Education Act abolished the old school and formed
a new one called the Technical High School, which opened in late 1945,
and was the true beginning of the school as we knew it. It moved
in to the new buildings, including the tower in 1957, and then changed
its name to Trinity High School in December 1960. It changed again
to Trinity Grammar School in 1969, and it was all change once again in 1973 when
it became a comprehensive school and its name became simply, Trinity
School.
The final change took place in September 2004 when the old school
was replaced by the new Church of England school, Unity College, and in
the summer of 2005 all of the old school buildings were demolished. |
| This section contains the details of the formation of
the school, and the
many changes that have taken place since. There are photos of the
construction and a school plan. There are two excellent articles from the Northampton Independent,
which give lots of detail. The opening of the new buildings is covered,
with a copy of the programme. |
There is a lot of detail about the school
staff, including a full index of teachers and photographs.
There are details of the most famous
senior staff, "Buzzer", "Gunner", "Pip", and "Tiger". |
In November 2004 a final Trinity Prize Winner's Evening was held
after it had been converted to Unity College.
This had replaced the "Speech Day" of the early years, but for this special event a lot of the
old staff were invited back to take part.
There is a full account of this event. |
In April 2005 a change of plan was announced. It had originally
been intended to refurbish the tower and other old Trinity buildings to
form part of the new Unity College, it was now decided to demolish them. The
demolition took place in August 2005. There are many photos of this sad
event. |
