Hele's School, Exeter
Hele's Endowed School opened on 15 January 1850 in Hele Road, St David's Exeter with a capacity for 88 boys who received instruction in reading, writing, arithmetic, mathematics, English grammar and history. Those under 10 years old paid 21s, and those over 42s per year.
1908 The school buildings were extended. Headmaster: J. L. Penny. Architect: O. E. Ware and Son. Builder: R. Wilson and Sons. Chairman of Governors: C. T. K. Roberts.
1921 it came under the control of Exeter City Council.
1931 Further new buildings were added, designed by the City Architect John Bennett. Builder: D. Stoneman. Headmaster: A. E. Nicholls.
1938 Plans were mooted to relocate the school to Quarry Lane in Heavitree, but these were put in abeyance due to the Second World War.
On 1 November 1938 the first School Squadron of the Air Cadet Defence Corps in Great Britain was founded at Hele's School as No.13 Squadron of the Air League. The squadron evolved into the school's combined cadet force.
1959 The school moved to a new site at Southam Farm, next to Quarry Lane, and the Hele Road site was taken over by Exeter College.
During the summer of 2005, many of the old Hele's Buildings at Exeter College were demolished to make way for new facilities, although some of the Gothic Revival buildings from the 1850s remain.