Hythe school is a former special education needs school what was used by children and young adults aging from 2 to 19. Hythe school catered for children going for the day or residential. The school joined up with its sister school Highview school and they would both relocate to a new premises in Folkestone called the beacon. The school mostly sits up on a raised terrace and is split into various sites. Orchard house is more or less a few mobile classrooms. Then you have the main building called the reception, what looks like it was a former residential house, but it may have been built purposely for the school. Further along is bramble house which is a three storey block, this was for older children and these children were taught with the hope of integrating them into mainstream schools for inclusion, pupils could also board in this block. The bramble block was associated with the orchard block. Then right at the Enid the site is a teaching block which is a two storey building. Then at the bottom of the site nearest the road in large building called the the children’s centre or lower school, this is a more modern building, this building was for two to five year olds to be assessed and observed and educated. Most children went here one or two days a week for observation and assessment. The children’s centre was shared by education, health and social services, it also had children with physical disabilities.
Visited with my usual mate man gone wrong. we made our way into the site via a load of bushes and brambles and worked through the various blocks. The place was starting to get a bit battered but was not much graffiti really which was surprising. What was surprising was the lights still worked in places in the main building. The main building still had some lovely features and was quite photogenic. It was a very relaxed explore but we did see some lead thieves on the roof. It was my mate who spotted them and I laugh and said are you imagining it as he has a habit of that. But he showed me a pic on his phone and he was right. We then proceeded to the last block at the bottom of the hill. This was trashed by the metal fairies, it was modern and uninteresting, and I never bothered taking any shots. We could not be bothered walking up the hill and through the bushes so just jumped the front gate even though my mate has a dodgy knee. But it was an enjoyable explore and we spent a good four to five hours here.
Starting off with the orchard block.
Main building.
The dining hall and kitchen was my favourite area.
The gymnasium was nice. It was in what was the old library.
A lovely wood panelled room.
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Visited with my usual mate man gone wrong. we made our way into the site via a load of bushes and brambles and worked through the various blocks. The place was starting to get a bit battered but was not much graffiti really which was surprising. What was surprising was the lights still worked in places in the main building. The main building still had some lovely features and was quite photogenic. It was a very relaxed explore but we did see some lead thieves on the roof. It was my mate who spotted them and I laugh and said are you imagining it as he has a habit of that. But he showed me a pic on his phone and he was right. We then proceeded to the last block at the bottom of the hill. This was trashed by the metal fairies, it was modern and uninteresting, and I never bothered taking any shots. We could not be bothered walking up the hill and through the bushes so just jumped the front gate even though my mate has a dodgy knee. But it was an enjoyable explore and we spent a good four to five hours here.
Starting off with the orchard block.
Main building.
The dining hall and kitchen was my favourite area.
The gymnasium was nice. It was in what was the old library.
A lovely wood panelled room.
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