 The plaque design is very much in the Art Deco style and it is possible that it came from a London building destroyed during The Blitz.The initial cohort of teaching staff also came from West Byfleet.These included Mr. Wilfred H. Bean, B.Sc., the headmaster, Mrs. M. McGrath (Deputy), Miss O. Edwards (who became Mrs. O Hesketh), Miss Mullin, Miss Taylor, Mrs. Jean Elvidge and Messrs. Blanchard, Davis, P. Drawneek (who later changed his name to P. Fairfax), Russell T. Elvidge, W. Evans, S. Payne, Wheeler.