MAUREEN FRANCIS
Ransom Road
Thank you to Trent & Peak Archaeology Dept
for allowing us to use the contents of their
St. Ann's Research Document 080/2014.
Ransom Road
Thank you to Trent & Peak Archaeology Dept
for allowing us to use the contents of their
St. Ann's Research Document 080/2014.
Note re the Board School -
Full name of this school was St Anns Well Road Board School. At the time of the 1881 census the school was under construction. Many 'Board schools were built throughout the country. Children were never 'boarded' at these schools. Schools under the control of locally elected School Boards were made possible by the 1870 Education Act. The act stated that any area which voted for it could have a school board. These new board schools could charge fees but they were also eligible for government grants and could also be paid for out of local government rates. Boards provided an education for the five to ten age group. In some areas board school boards pioneered new educational ideas. For example, the London School Board introduced separate classrooms for each age group, a central hall for whole-school activities and specialist rooms for practical activities. The idea of free school meals for working-class children also. School boards came to an end with the passing of the 1902 Education Act. (...Mavis Baker) |