In the middle of the 18th century the Perlora school was located in the chamber of the Church. It did not work for free, parents worried about their children’s education adjusted as teachers to people with no other qualifications than ‘art’ to teach reading, writing, accounts and Christian Doctrina. Coyanca, despite belonging to Perlora, had his own school, based in the Ermita de S. Andrés.
In 1923, a ground-floor construction was being built on the ‘Castro de Coyanca’, without housing for teachers, which was soon annexed to the school building. However, the current school, which is located in Bo La Pedrera, 6 and is accessed from Carretera AS-239 Luanco-Gijón by diverting to the EC-3 at the level of Barrio Espasa, already in Perlora, was inaugurated on the first Sunday of September 1912. This day the whole parish showed unusual enthusiasm, in the face of the long-awaited moment, whose public event was authentic and emotional and widely reflected in the press, especially Gijonesa.
This event was a fair tribute to those who fought for the right tools to educate their children, as the best platform to achieve human dignity.
Of this building, attention is drawn to its architectural style, which is reminiscent of a fabricated construction rather than a pedagogical building, but follows a structure similar to the other two schools designed by the architect Bellido in the municipality, such as Prendes and the ancient one in Tamón (now integrated within the premises of the Dupont company), although on this occasion he had the collaboration of architect Miguel de la Cruz, based in Gijón.