The external appearance of Winsham School building has not changed very much since it was built in 1850.  Everything else has been subject to enormous change. Primary and Secondary Education until age 18 is free to all, and the improved general health and well-being of the children has improved enormously. Teaching practises have also changed, as outlined in the section in Winsham Web Museum describing education in the 19 th Century, and evidenced in the School logs.

Access to books, paper, drawing materials and, of course, the ‘digital revolution’ with its access to computers, interactive white boards have replaced the blackboard and slate, and has meant that a student's day at school is very different from when the school was built.

The modern day pictures below will give an idea of the many ways in which school life has changed for Winsham children over the last one hundred and fifty years. In 1870, when education for children to the age of eleven became law most children started work at an age when to-day’s children are just about to start secondary education, with many eventually moving into  further education.  Before 1870 some children received no education at all and for most it was very rudimentary.