Description:The Countess of Shrewsbury presenting awards at Dartmouth Street Senior Boys School Sports Day. Dormans' Tixall Road factory can be seen in the background. Standing by the car to the right is Mr. Price, the sports master.
The school opened in 1939 as Dartmouth Street Senior Boys School. In 1944 it became a Secondary Modern School for Boys, and was renamed Kingston Secondary Modern School in 1956. A further name change took place in October 1979 when it became Kingston Middle School. It was later home to Staffordshire County Council Education Department offices.