Editing Hunstanton (section)

==Education==
The [[Smithdon High School]] (formerly Hunstanton Secondary Modern School) is an early building designed by the architects [[Peter and Alison Smithson]], built in 1949–1954 in a radical style of international architectural significance. It is a Grade II* listed building.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smithdonhighschool.org.uk/ |title=Smithdon High School |access-date=19 April 2022 |archive-date=21 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521135127/http://smithdonhighschool.org.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The school epitomised architectural experiment in post-war Britain and growing acceptance of modernism by public authorities. It was praised for an intelligent layout and formal elegance.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/Hunstanton_School |title=Hunstanton School – Data, Photos & Plans – WikiArquitectura}}</ref> The Smithsons deliberately left many of the service elements of the school exposed, making a feature of the water tank by turning it into a tower. The disposition, steel frames and panels of brick and glass echo the work of [[Mies van der Rohe]] at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/revisiting-alison-and-peter-smithson%E2%80%99s-hunstanton-school/5001016.article |title=Revisiting Alison and Peter Smithson's Hunstanton school|work=Building Design }}</ref>

Hunstanton is home to Glebe House School, an independent co-educational [[Preparatory school (UK)|preparatory school]].