 However, it was not until 14 October 1919 that the Biddeston State School finally opened, but with only a tent for a schoolroom for the 14 children enrolled under teacher Margaret Cecilla Cloherty Anderson.It was not until 10 October 1921 that the Education Department built a one-room timber building to replace the tent.Despite growing enrolment numbers, the Education Department would not enlarge the building apart from the addition of a verandah in 1927.