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==Education== Between the late 19th century and the 1950s, Seaford was renowned as a "school town". The many [[Preparatory school (UK)|preparatory schools]] and other independent schools were the main employers in the town. In the 1960s, Sutton Avenue had a road sign warning "7 schools in next mile". Sunday mornings in term-time were marked by "crocodiles" of schoolchildren from each of the preparatory schools walking to church for the special schools' service. Most of these independent schools, such as [[Ladycross School]] and [[St Peter's School, Seaford|St Peter's School]] were closed and the land used for new housing estates in the last decades of the 20th century. The last girls' school, Micklefield, closed in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://micklefield.wordpress.com/history/|title=History|date=6 February 2009|access-date=18 August 2016|archive-date=13 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013233459/https://micklefield.wordpress.com/history/|url-status=live}}</ref> Although it has many primary schools (Chyngton, Cradle Hill, Annecy, Seaford County Primary), from the nursery to the "sixth year" of education, the town of Seaford has only one state-run secondary school, [[Seaford Head School]], which in 2009 closed its sixth form, but re-opened it in 2014. Seaford was also home to an independent school, Newlands Preparatory and Manor, which included a specialist unit for pupils with specific learning difficulties. However, the school closed for good in July 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/county-news/newlands-school-in-seaford-closes-1-6172936|title=Newlands School in Seaford closes|access-date=12 November 2014|archive-date=12 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112154350/http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/county-news/newlands-school-in-seaford-closes-1-6172936|url-status=live}}</ref> Its previous site is currently being redeveloped into a housing estate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/politics/seaford-housing-development-former-school-site-given-thumbs-928136|title=Seaford housing development for former school site given thumbs up|date=31 October 2019 |publisher=Sussex Express|access-date=2 June 2020|archive-date=9 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609094248/https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/politics/seaford-housing-development-former-school-site-given-thumbs-928136|url-status=live}}</ref> The town is also home to a [[special needs]] boarding school called Bowden House which is run by [[Tower Hamlets Council]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bowdenhouse.towerhamlets.sch.uk/|title=Bowden House Special School, East Sussex, UK|access-date=18 August 2016|archive-date=19 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819114104/http://www.bowdenhouse.towerhamlets.sch.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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