All the various schools mentioned on the Fartown School website are schools that have occupied the same premises on Wasp Nest Road, Back Honoria Street and Lea Street.

The school complex that once housed Hillhouse Junior & Infant School, Hillhouse County School (boys), Hillhouse County School (girls), and Hillhouse Central School occupied the premises that initially opened in 1905 as Hillhouse Elementary School.

Fartown School really started when Hillhouse County School for boys and Hillhouse County School for girls joined to form seven classes on the 3rd September, 1953. At the start of this new term the school become known as Fartown Secondary Modern School.

When Hillhouse Secondary Technical School closed in 1958, Fartown School enlarged and took over the Central School premises.

During the mid sixties the school changed its name once again, this time to Fartown County Modern School. Then in 1968 Fartown School moved to new premises at Woodhouse Hill. The school became a comprehensive in 1974 and is now known as Fartown High School.

The old premises at Wasp Nest Road then became Birkby Junior School, which is still in operation today. If you were to visit the school today, you would still see the name 'Hillhouse Board School' carved in the stone above the main entrance on Wasp Nest Road.

In 2007 part of the school (once Hillhouse Infants School) was converted for use as a Library and Information Centre, and what was at one time Hillhouse Girls School has now been turned into a Community Centre (for more information see our Birkby & Fartown Library and Community Centre page).