| Dates and Places | 1943 Both Bolt Court and London School of Printing and Kindred Trades, each respectively notify London County Council that they will require new premises at the end of the war due to their premises being inadequate
1944 Education Act reformed schools in Britain and under the act smaller technical schools would be merged. The act directly led to the formation of the school
1949 Formed after the merger of London County Council School of Photo-Engraving and Lithography (Bolt Court) and the London School of Printing and Kindred Trades
1949 London County Council annouces plans to merge Bolt Court and London School of Printing and Kindred Trades, into a new singular building at South Bank. This area at South Bank that they hoped to use had been used for the Festival of Britain exhibition in 1951. The site, however, was needed for a new Shell building instead so the school's new site had to change. A number of sites were suggested and rejected due to the cost, unavailability, inadquate size or inaccessibility
1949-1951 The school operated out of two sites, with four classes taught at at 6 Bolt Court, LCCSPEL's site and the other four at Stamford Street, LSPKT site
1951 Relocated its Bolt Court teaching to the Old Daily Mirror building at Back Hill, Clerkenwell
1956 The school's governors agreed to the offer of a 2.3 acre site in Elephant and Castle, which was part of a larger development of Elephant and Castle. They partly agreed to the site due to its transport connections
1962 Relocates to its new custom built Elephant and Castle site. The building was officially opened in 1964 |