skerton community high school was built by the corporation of lancaster in the early years of the 1930s, the foundation stone being laid on 21 september 1932 and the building itself completed by 1934, the year that the school opened. originally, it was a provider of education to both boys and girls, who were segregated; the boys being educated in the northern wing, while the girls were educated in the southern wing. the latter presided over by a headmistress and the former, by a headmaster.