WITH schools heading back for a new academic year this week we have had a look back through our archives.
These pictures features the former Sir Charles Lucas Art College in Greenstead, some of them dating back 30 years.
The school opened in 1968, having formed from the merger of that and Eastward School and closed in 2010, reopening as Colchester Academy.
It was the biggest purpose-built comprehensive school in the town and was criticised by some for looking like a factory
With 90 teachers, 35 administration staff and a capacity for 1,200 pupils, the large school building dominated the skyline on the emerging estate.
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