To meet the educational needs of children living in the south western part of the Hundred of Boucaut and the north of the Hundred of Everard, a school known as Hundred of Boucaut was opened in the last quarter of 1897.

Measuring 15 feet by 8 feet the pug and pine building was located on Section 11, Hundred of Boucaut.

This school had its highest attendance in 1899 of 22.2 students.

By 1911 the original building on Section 11 was in need of major repair. Local opinion generally preferred erecting a new building to renovating the old one.

The Education Department was unwilling to erect a new building, but agreed to rent one built by the community.

 

Consideration was given to positioning the school so that the largest number of children could attend.

In 1913, a stone building was erected on this site, on the north boundary of Section 14, Hundred of Boucaut, which was then owned by Mr James Thomas.

Donations toward the cost of the building were received, the donors being considered owners of the building and entitled to the rent paid by the Education Department pro rata.

The school building was erected by Mr Kleeman of Brinkworth at a cost of £114. Voluntary labour carted the stone, sand and lime, burned and delivered from local kilns, to keep the overhead costs low.

 

The new school opened took place on 22 August 1913 and was celebrated with a concert, supper and dance.

A lean-to shelter was added later, a concrete floor was laid and a rainwater tank erected.

Trees were planted on Arbor Day. Picnics and concerts were the annual highlights and students travelled to Blyth Primary School to sit for their Qualifying Certificate.

The teachers boarded with Mrs Dolly Thomas over a period of eleven years, and later with Mrs Steinhardt and Mrs F Kirchner.

 

The school closed on 11 November 1925, reopening at the beginning of the 1927 school year.

The teachers were all single women with the exception of the last, Mr Alexander Crabb, who was in charge of the school until it closed on 5 May 1931.

The last students of the school were Veronica and Joseph Kirchner, Linda and Valda Jansen and Gertie Welke.

The school closed on 5 May 1931.

Some students transferred to Harmerville and Blyth Schools and others took correspondence lessons.

 

There was also a Boucaut School in the north eastern corner of the Hundred of Boucaut.