Eagle School was faced with closure due to the war and the drop in students and as a result the 70 remaining pupils were integrated into Springvale School in the second term of 1976. Despite the influx from Eagle, Springvale was ever prey to the external influences of the political and economic state of the country. Mike Hammond was absorbed into the Peterhouse teaching staff across the road, and Headmaster Brian Johnson retired in 1977 and went to England. Before his departure, Mr Johnson welcomed John Stansbury as the new headmaster of Springvale (he was the head of Whitestone School before its closure in 1975).