St. John's School, Cyprus
It is one of two schools serving the military families and employees of the Western Sovereign Base Area (WSBA).St John's School opened in April 1960 with a pupil population of 36, the only secondary provision prior to that time being in the Retained Site of Berengaria, within Polemidhia Village, Limassol.The current buildings were in the course of construction when the Cypriot coup d'état and subsequent Turkish invasion of Cyprus took place in July 1974 and had enormous impact upon the school.Huge reductions in the number of service personnel in Episkopi and Akrotiri, and the withdrawal of families from Limassol, meant that whilst the pupil numbers steadied and grew slightly, they never again reached the huge population of 1974.Sport has always been prominent, as has music and drama, and the ability to take part in The Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme.