The recorder class which was started last year by Mr Cooke with other instrumentalists.

In an area of Burnley which has never aspired to richness, where only one house has been built in this century, and which contains Burnley's largest immigrant population, problems might be unsurmountable. But it is a tribute to Stoneyholme Junior School and to its headmaster, Mr J A W Green that conflicts are relatively small and that the school has built up a tradition of friendliness throughout the neighbourhood.
Stoneyholme is the only junior school in Burnley to have completely dispensed with streaming of classes. It played an important part in the work of the National Foundation of Educational Research, as one of the hundred test Schools from the whole country in an inquiry into the merits and demerits of streaming. Problems of segregating the bright children from the rest began at Stoneyholme in 1952, the year of the bulge when numbers made streaming impractical. The headmaster feels that streaming for 7 to 11 year olds results in a feeling of inferiority for many and that the advantages of the system are over-rated. Built in 1896 the junior school and the adjacent infants School replaced the old Ebenezer school and catered for 300 children as one of Burnley's many board schools. In 1936 when all-age schools ceased to exist in Burnley the junior school came into being. The school and the nearby church of St James formed the nucleus of the district because of the lack of an alternative community Centre. Stoneyholme Methodist chapel was also used for the evening activities before its closure. For this reason, the school buildings are used by clubs and societies almost every evening. The log books at the school date back to 1872. An early School inspectors report read 'there is a great want of punctuality and discipline', a much later report in 1905 said 'the organisation and discipline of this large school is very good and the instruction is planned on sensible lines'. The boundaries of Stoneyholme are the railway on one side and the river on the other and most of the present 225 children come from within these limits. The majority of children continue their schooling at Barden or Walshaw, but some go to the high school, grammar school or Towneley tech. Mr Crossley, Mr Cooke, Mr Whitham, Mr Dalton and Mr Green were previously on the staff at Rosegrove secondary school. The deputy head is Miss Stansfield who succeeded Miss Bradford, and Miss Pate is also on the staff.