School photos were regularly taken. It is thought they were taken annually until the mid 60s, and bi-annually thereafter. Please click on the photo below for an enlarged version! Please note: some photos may take a while to open up as they are very large files.

1920
Many thanks to Cam Field who, in September 2016, found a copy of this November 1920 photo amongst her grandmother's belongings. Her grandmother, Kay Venables, went to St Elphin's!

1930
Many thanks to Christopher Wilson who found in his possession, courtesy of his late aunt, the 1930 School Photo which he kindly sent me in August 2018. The only history he was able to provide was that his mother (Joan Richards) and her younger sister, Barbara, attended a boarding school in Skegness. He believes the school closed down, his mother left school, and Barbara went on to St Elphin's. She was born in July 1916 so would have been just short of 14 when this photo was taken. Barbara Irene Richards was from Ilkeston in Derbyshire.

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1989 – This digital image has been purchased from Gillman & Soame by The Old Elphinians (TOE), together with permission to publish it on the St Elphin's School website. Prints can be ordered from Gillman & Soame using the token "stelphins". If you wish to copy or use any of these digital images in any way, please contact Gillman & Soame for permission.

1992 – This digital image has been purchased from Gillman & Soame by The Old Elphinians (TOE), together with permission to publish it on the St Elphin's Schol website. Prints can be ordered from Gillman & Soame using the token "stelphins". If you wish to copy or use any of these digital images in any way, please contact Gillman & Soame for permission.

1994 – This digital image has been purchased from Gillman & Soame by The Old Elphinians (TOE), together with permission to publish it on the St Elphin's School website. Prints can be ordered from Gillman & Soame using the token "stelphins". If you wish to copy or use any of these digital images in any way, please contact Gillman & Soame for permission.

1996 – This digital image has been purchased from Gillman & Soame by The Old Elphinians (TOE), together with permission to publish it on the St Elphin's School website. Prints can be ordered from Gillman & Soame using the token "stelphins". If you wish to copy or use any of these digital images in any way, please contact Gillman & Soame for permission.


1999 – This digital image has been purchased from Gillman & Soame by The Old Elphinians (TOE), together with permission to publish it on the St Elphin's School website. Prints can be ordered from Gillman & Soame using the token "stelphins". If you wish to copy or use any of these digital images in any way, please contact Gillman & Soame for permission.

2001 – This digital image has been purchased from Gillman & Soame by The Old Elphinians (TOE), together with permission to publish it on the St Elphin's School website. Prints can be ordered from Gillman & Soame using the token "stelphins". If you wish to copy or use any of these digital images in any way, please contact Gillman & Soame for permission.

2002 – This digital image has been purchased from Gillman & Soame by The Old Elphinians (TOE), together with permission to publish it on the St Elphin's School website. Prints can be ordered from Gillman & Soame using the token "stelphins". If you wish to copy or use any of these digital images in any way, please contact Gillman & Soame for permission.

Thanks go to the following for providing their treasured school photos for scanning purposes -
Audley St Elphin's – 1959, 1961
Dickens, Kathryn – 1973, 1975, 1980
Elgar, Joyce – 1955, 1956, 1958 (better quality replacement)
Field, Cam – 1920
Gedye, Sallie (nee Hitchen) – 1954
**Gillman & Soame – 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002
Goodman, Mary – 1935
Grossman, Annette (nee Hall) – 1957, 1958
Haywood, Gill (nee Prescott) – 1971, 1977
Maylott, Cilla (nee Selway) – 1963, 1965, 1967
Newcombe, Joan – 1942
Wareham, Caroline – 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951
Wilson, Christopher – 1930

** These digital images have been purchased, together with the permission to publish them on the St Elphin's School website, by The Old Elphinians (TOE) from Gillman & Soame. They must NOT be reproduced in any way. Copies can be purchased from Gillman & Soame – see link above relevant photo.

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