A school has stood in Felmersham since 1846 when the National School was built  opposite the church in The High Road. It had a single classroom with outside toilets which gave off an 'unbearable' smell. The early school also suffered from a lack of heating, poor lighting and no ventilation. In 1912, a temperature of two degrees below freezing was recorded in the classroom.

The Education Act of 1870 authorised (but did not require) the local authorities to compel children to attend school between the ages of 5 and 13. The school was therefore extended in 1869, by the addition of a gallery, to accommodate the increased number of children.
 
However, in the 1880's the school was still insufficient in size to accommodate the 90-100 children. The classroom was partitioned in order to separate the children and reduce the level of noise. During the second world war the school population increased again when children were evacuated from the large cities to country areas like Felmersham.
 
In the early days many of the children were kept away from school because the parents could not afford the fees, which were abolished in 1891, or because they were needed to work on the land or in the home.

It was during the Second World War that felmersham and Radwell began fund raising for a village hall but the fund stagnated. With the proposed replacement in the early seventies of the village school a unique opportunity presented itself for a joint venture, whereby the new facility would combine the new school with a village hall. Fund raising within the community provided the village share of the £86,000 building costs and the school and village hall opened in September 1974. Taking the name Pinchmill from the archipelago of islands in the River Ouse, the school was named Pinchmill Lower School.

A new classroom was added in 2004 and in 2005 the school was again extended to accommodate a new library, art-room, ICT room and the classrooms were extended.