The George Ward Technology College

The school opened in September 1953 as Shurnhold School with accommodation for 800 pupils, on the north-west outskirts of Melksham, on the road to Shaw. It was the first post-war secondary school in Wiltshire. The school was named after Alderman George Ward who served as the first Chairman of Governors from the opening of the school until he died in February 1969. The George Ward site was sold for a housing development named George Ward Gardens. ==References==