Research on " Old School"

On Friday, we all had the idea to have another theme as well as the apple, a school theme. As this college used to be a high school, " Stanley Deeson" and Marina High. Our teacher asked us all to research the previous schools and why they were in special measures, and any other history about the schools.
We want to create the idea that the performance is in an abandoned school, almost with a ghostly feel to it, we want it to be eerie and to keep the audience guessing and being drawn in.

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/aug/09/schools.uk ( this link I found very interesting to read)
STANLEY DEASON
"The school that died of poverty"
Stanley Deason opened in 1976, and was Whitehawks main school. The school closed in 2005, and all the pupils aged 11-16 were re located in schools around Brighton and Hove. Stanley Deason was under special mesaures as the school was not achieving targets and had very rebellious students, mainly all from Whitehawk. This is partly down to the postcode rule, which only allowed students to attend schools local to their area. Which amounted in S.D taking on Whitehawk children, which were notorious trouble makers, however this has changed today as Whitehawk is very different. 
S.D was closed down and renamed MARINA HIGH in 1997. They changed the uniforms, name, logo and teachers. Believing that this will make a massive difference, and their student numbers would increase. Then in 1999, the name changed AGAIN to East Brighton College of Media Arts, as it specialised in art, drama and dance. This only lasted a few more years and it was completely closed down in 2005.0