 The school amalgamated with a school called South Lodge from Sawbridgeworth, Herts in Autumn 1938.In September 1940 the school merged with the remnant of The Limes School of Croydon, Surrey which had evacuated to Langton Matravers, Dorset for the school year 1939/40.In 1939 the first girl was admitted to the school; she became a member of the cricket X1 and won the Fielding Cup.