I can't say I enjoyed my time at the school.  I had just returned from South Africa, and bullying was standard practice.  I remember the boys and girls were seperated during lunch.  Most of the fathers of the kids in my class were on " holiday" in prison.  We lived in Hendon Street, and I could not wait to get out of there; this was about 1958.

I went to Elm Grove Secondary Girls School when I was eleven in 1965. The first two years we were at Fairlight School down the road, and we had to walk up to Elm Grove for some lessons. I enjoyed my time there.

As per Irene's message, I too was at both Fairlight Girls School and Elm Grove Secondary Modern in the 1960s. I lived in Rottingdean and commuted to school. I have resided in New York since then, but I have very fond memories of commuting to school on the upper deck of the buss that ran along the seafront. I loved it especially on a windy day. It was a two bus commute and needed to change at Pool Valley for a bus to Elm Grove for the final walk up the steep hill.

I too went to Elm Grove after Fairlight, it was a wonderful school. I was there when old Mr Burroughs died. I had Miss Flannel, Miss Taylor, Miss Cole and Mrs Mitchell. The winding stairs upto the heads office was scary and those cloakrooms. The school bell was huge and waiting for the nit nurse was a pain. I remember when we had injections and the nurse would line us up along corridor, two seconds later the last one would come out with horror tales.
I remember the annexe for cookery. Mrs Stoner went onto Varndean sadly when school closed down and we had to travel to Margeret Hardy at Patcham, School. It was never the same after that.

Does anyone remember Mr Walker from the Christmas Carol Service at the Brighton Centre?

I was at Elm Grove in the mid-1960s. I remember Miss Winstone was head of the Infants, and Mr Burroughs the Juniors. I will never forget the day he collapsed and died in the lunch break - I was in the dining hall at the time and the legend was that he had a heart attack as he was telling a boy off but I can't confirm the truth of that. The first teacher I remember was a Mrs Large, and I also recall we had an American exchange teacher called Mrs Conran - she taught us about special calendar dates on 06/06/66 ... a fact I remembered on 08/08/08 as the Beijing Olympics opened! The last teacher I had there was Mr Hawker. I have many happy memories of my time there, from being an angel alongside Amanda Brown and Susan Oglieve in the Nativity play to a starring role in Rumpelstiltskin where Edmund Rooke played the lead. Other names I remember are Karen Hassett, Sally-Jane Attwater, Andrew Spencer and Wayne Bonne. I now live in Oxfordshire but will never forget Elm Grove and my days there.

I too had a fantastic time at Elm Grove Secondary Modern School. I can remember crying on the last day in July 1968 when I left to start work with the National Provincial Bank. I think my most memorable time was being made Head Girl in 1967/68. Having not been a prefect I felt honoured to have been chosen. I can honestly say that my days at 'The Grove' were the best days. I would love to hear from any of the teachers if they are still in the area. I know both Miss Butler and Miss Alexander are not longer with us.