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In 1950, Pilton Primary School, more correctly known as Pilton Voluntary Controlled Primary School, was immediately next the Church of St Mary's - where Pilton Art Group and the David Wilson Partnership are today. The Education Act of 1944 had offered church schools increased state funding and control as 'Voluntary Controlled Schools'. It also required all schools to have a short daily act of worship and religious instructions. The school closed in 1968 when it amalgamated with the Bluecoat Boys School and National Girls School to form Pilton Bluecoat School.

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