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School records are a [[What_is_a_Primary_Source?|primary source]] for genealogists. The admission registers of schools administered by local authorities, perhaps from the 1870s but more frequently from 1902, usually show under the date of entry, the child's name and address and his or her date of birth. Some registers, but not all, also show the name and occupation of the parent or guardian, the name of the previous school attended and the reason for leaving. For immigrant children the name of the previous school may uniquely provide the pupil's exact place of origin. These admission registers may enable the brothers and sisters of a pupil to be identified in a way that, with frequent names, would be difficult if not impossible in the records of civil registration.  
School records are a [[Primary_sources|primary source]] for genealogists. The admission registers of schools administered by local authorities, perhaps from the 1870s but more frequently from 1902, usually show under the date of entry, the child's name and address and his or her date of birth. Some registers, but not all, also show the name and occupation of the parent or guardian, the name of the previous school attended and the reason for leaving. For immigrant children the name of the previous school may uniquely provide the pupil's exact place of origin. These admission registers may enable the brothers and sisters of a pupil to be identified in a way that, with frequent names, would be difficult if not impossible in the records of civil registration.  


In England fee-paying schools are often misleadingly called "public" schools. Their registers and other records are discussed separately in the article [[Public Schools and their Records|Public Schools and their Records]].  
In England fee-paying schools are often misleadingly called "public" schools. Their registers and other records are discussed separately in the article [[Public Schools and their Records|Public Schools and their Records]].  
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At the same time dissenting academies sprang up in the 17th and 18th centuries and gave a somewhat broader education than the basic teaching of reading, writing and the casting of accounts, their students sometimes going on to the Scottish universities or even to those overseas.  
At the same time dissenting academies sprang up in the 17th and 18th centuries and gave a somewhat broader education than the basic teaching of reading, writing and the casting of accounts, their students sometimes going on to the Scottish universities or even to those overseas.  


The use of monitors to assist in the teaching of large numbers of children developed at the end of the 18th century. At about the same time the teaching of children in Sunday schools commenced and rapidly became extremely widespread. The returns of the [[1851_Census_Places_of_Worship|1851 Religious Census]] showed that by then some two-thirds of all children were attending Sunday schools to learn the basics of reading and writing as well as of religion.  
The use of monitors to assist in the teaching of large numbers of children developed at the end of the 18th century. At about the same time the teaching of children in Sunday schools commenced and rapidly became extremely widespread. The returns of the [[1851 Census Places of Worship|1851 Religious Census]] showed that by then some two-thirds of all children were attending Sunday schools to learn the basics of reading and writing as well as of religion.  


By the end of the 19th century over six million children received some education in this way, but, again, practically no records survive. There are a few exceptions, as the enormous registers (now at [http://www.stockport.gov.uk/services/leisureculture/libraries/?view=Standard Stockport Central Library]) kept by the former Sunday School at Stockport testify. Stockport Sunday School catered for 3,000 children. The un-indexed registers 1789-1920 show names and ages (Registers for the Stockport Sunday School, Cheshire, 1790-1877). <ref>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=534993&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Registers+for+the+Stockport+Sunday+Schoo%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 "FHLC Film 1655276-77, 1655501, 1655501 it2, 1655457-58] (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the GSU, 1990)</ref>&nbsp; Many families sent generation after generation of children to Sunday school, the age range for admission at Stockport being from three years to late teenage.
By the end of the 19th century over six million children received some education in this way, but, again, practically no records survive. There are a few exceptions, as the enormous registers (now at [http://www.stockport.gov.uk/services/leisureculture/libraries/?view=Standard Stockport Central Library]) kept by the former Sunday School at Stockport testify. Stockport Sunday School catered for 3,000 children. The un-indexed registers 1789-1920 show names and ages (Registers for the Stockport Sunday School, Cheshire, 1790-1877). <ref>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=534993&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Registers+for+the+Stockport+Sunday+Schoo%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 "FHLC Film 1655276-77, 1655501, 1655501 it2, 1655457-58] (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the GSU, 1990)</ref>&nbsp; Many families sent generation after generation of children to Sunday school, the age range for admission at Stockport being from three years to late teenage.  


=== Literacy  ===
=== Literacy  ===
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ENGLAND - SCHOOLS<br>ENGLAND, [COUNTY] - SCHOOLS<br>ENGLAND, [COUNTY], [PARISH] - SCHOOLS  
ENGLAND - SCHOOLS<br>ENGLAND, [COUNTY] - SCHOOLS<br>ENGLAND, [COUNTY], [PARISH] - SCHOOLS  


See also Lance Jacob, ''Register of English school, college, and university registers housed in the collection of the Genealogical Society of Utah as of April 1981'' [Family History LIbrary typescript [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=272641&disp=Register+of+English+school%2C+college%2C%20%20&columns=*,0,0 942 J24c]].
See also Lance Jacob, ''Register of English school, college, and university registers housed in the collection of the Genealogical Society of Utah as of April 1981'' [Family History LIbrary typescript [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=272641&disp=Register+of+English+school%2C+college%2C%20%20&columns=*,0,0 942 J24c]].  


=== Bibliography  ===
=== Bibliography  ===


Pamela Horn, ''The Victorian and Edwardian Schoolchild ''(Alan Sutton, 1989). <ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22273014/editions WorldCat]</ref><br>Colin R. Chapman, ''The growth of British education and its records ''(Dursley: Lochin Publishing, 2nd edn. 1996) <ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28747778/editions WorldCat]</ref> <ref>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=509497&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=The+growth+of+British+education+and+its+%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 "FHLC Book 942 J2cr"] (Dursley, Gloucestershire : Lochin Publishing, c1991)</ref>[Family History LIbrary book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=833962&disp=The+growth+of+British+education+and+its+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 942 J2cr]].<br>Colin R. Chapman, ''Using Education Records ''(Federation of Family History Societies, 1999)&nbsp;<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42622830 WorldCat]</ref> <ref>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=833170&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Using+education+records%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 "FHLC Book 942 J27c'] (Ramsbottom, Lancashire : Federation of Family History Societies Publications, c1999)</ref><br>[Adapted from Anthony Camp's article 'Schools and their records: Part 2' in ''Practical Family History'' (UK), no. 68 (August 2003) pages 8-10.<br>  
Pamela Horn, ''The Victorian and Edwardian Schoolchild ''(Alan Sutton, 1989). <ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22273014/editions WorldCat]</ref><br>Colin R. Chapman, ''The growth of British education and its records ''(Dursley: Lochin Publishing, 2nd edn. 1996) <ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28747778/editions WorldCat]</ref> <ref>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=509497&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=The+growth+of+British+education+and+its+%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 "FHLC Book 942 J2cr"] (Dursley, Gloucestershire : Lochin Publishing, c1991)</ref>[Family History LIbrary book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=833962&disp=The+growth+of+British+education+and+its+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 942 J2cr]].<br>Colin R. Chapman, ''Using Education Records ''(Federation of Family History Societies, 1999)&nbsp;<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42622830 WorldCat]</ref> <ref>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=833170&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Using+education+records%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 "FHLC Book 942 J27c'] (Ramsbottom, Lancashire : Federation of Family History Societies Publications, c1999)</ref><br>[Adapted from Anthony Camp's article 'Schools and their records: Part 2' in ''Practical Family History'' (UK), no. 68 (August 2003) pages 8-10.<br>  


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