A school was established in the village in 1722 when two cottages on Shay Lane were donated by Charles Waterton (grandfather of Squire Waterton).
One cottage was a schoolroom and the other the home of the schoolmaster the proviso being that two poor children from the village were taught free of charge. Apart from the two free children the other scholars had to be paid for by their parents.
In 1790 money from the will of Catherine Neville of Chevet was received. This was to be used to establish a free school in Walton or Chevet.
This school continued for a long time along with several other schools in the village. Eventually in 1857 Miss Mary Pilkington of Chevet Hall financed the building of a new school, a schoolmasters house and a laundry school on Blind Lane (now School Lane). This National School continued its existence until 1911, gradually taking in scholars from the other village schools. It was demolished in 1911 and replaced by the present Junior School.
Miss Pilkington was also responsible for the establishment of a cookery school across the road from the main school. Girls were sent from the main school across the road to be taught cookery by a Mrs Edeliza Simpson.
