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The Blencowes brought the Chapel with them from Sidcup but elsewhere embarked upon an extensive building programme – the 100 foot long hall, with its double stage, nine form rooms and underground gym below, as well as changing rooms. With the building work still in progress, the Autumn Term in 1933 started with 100 workmen and 60 boys. The outdoor swimming pool and the art room were also added, playing fields provided and the Top Field converted from a kitchen garden. Extra dormitories came next as the pupil numbers rose to 100.

With the arrival of the Second World War and the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940, the School was requisitioned by the Army, and everything was moved in trucks to Lee Abbey, a hotel that had gone into liquidation, at Lynton in North Devon. The School remained at Lee Abbey for the duration of the war with only older teaching staff and virtually no domestic staff.