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''[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[England Schools|Schools]]''
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.  
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]].  


[[Image:England Schools - Chesire.jpg|thumb|349x261px]]<br>  
[[Image:England Schools - Chesire.jpg|thumb|349x261px]]<br>


=== Voluntary Schools  ===
=== Voluntary Schools  ===
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In 1808 a group of Quakers founded the British and Foreign School Society to create non-denominational schools and, in 1811, members of the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, concerned at the growth of nonconformity, formed the National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Church of England. The latter society then administered the schools founded by the SPCK and built many more, especially in places where there was manufacturing.  
In 1808 a group of Quakers founded the British and Foreign School Society to create non-denominational schools and, in 1811, members of the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, concerned at the growth of nonconformity, formed the National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Church of England. The latter society then administered the schools founded by the SPCK and built many more, especially in places where there was manufacturing.  


The papers of individual "British" and "National" schools may remain with the schools themselves or be in the appropriate county record office. The administrative records of the British and Foreign School Society (see http://www.bfss.org.uk) are, however, in its Archives Centre at Brunel University, Osterley Campus, Lancaster House, Borough Road, Isleworth TW7 5DU; telephone (020) 8891 0121. There is a museum in the former Hitchin British School at 41-42 Queen Street, Hitchin SG4 9TS; telephone (01462) 420144 (see http://home.btconnect.com/hitchinbritishschools). {{dead link}}
The papers of individual "British" and "National" schools may remain with the schools themselves or be in the appropriate county record office. The administrative records of the British and Foreign School Society (see http://www.bfss.org.uk) are, however, in its Archives Centre at Brunel University, Osterley Campus, Lancaster House, Borough Road, Isleworth TW7 5DU; telephone (020) 8891 0121. There is a museum in the former Hitchin British School at 41-42 Queen Street, Hitchin SG4 9TS; telephone (01462) 420144 (see http://home.btconnect.com/hitchinbritishschools). {{dead link}}  


The administrative records of the National Society are at the Church of England Record Centre, 15 Galleywall Road, Bermondsey, London SE16 3PB; telephone (020) 7898 1030. The collection there includes the surviving admission records and log books of those Church of England schools in the diocese of London and Southwark, some dating from 1863, but occasionally from earlier years (see http://www.cofe.anglican.org/about/librariesandarchives/recordscentre).
The administrative records of the National Society are at the Church of England Record Centre, 15 Galleywall Road, Bermondsey, London SE16 3PB; telephone (020) 7898 1030. The collection there includes the surviving admission records and log books of those Church of England schools in the diocese of London and Southwark, some dating from 1863, but occasionally from earlier years (see http://www.cofe.anglican.org/about/librariesandarchives/recordscentre).  


=== Ragged Schools  ===
=== Ragged Schools  ===
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=== School Records  ===
=== School Records  ===


[[Image:England School house old.jpg|thumb|right|322x245px]]The majority of schools for which records survive are those taken over by the local education authorities in 1902 (but see also the note on National Society schools above). Although most schools after 1870 kept an admission register, not all have survived. As mentioned above they 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.  
[[Image:England School house old.jpg|thumb|right|322x242px]]The majority of schools for which records survive are those taken over by the local education authorities in 1902 (but see also the note on National Society schools above). Although most schools after 1870 kept an admission register, not all have survived. As mentioned above they 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.  


A very few school log books are found from the 1840s, but in 1862 the elementary schools, which received government grants, were required to maintain daily (from 1871, weekly) logs in which the head teacher was to record the "ordinary progress" of the school. Schools without a certificated head teacher and thus not qualifying for a grant, and those where the buildings did not meet government standards, were not required to keep logs. Partly for this reason, not many survive prior to about 1870.  
A very few school log books are found from the 1840s, but in 1862 the elementary schools, which received government grants, were required to maintain daily (from 1871, weekly) logs in which the head teacher was to record the "ordinary progress" of the school. Schools without a certificated head teacher and thus not qualifying for a grant, and those where the buildings did not meet government standards, were not required to keep logs. Partly for this reason, not many survive prior to about 1870.  
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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 {{FHL|272641|title-id|disp=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 {{FHL|272641|title-id|disp=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>{{FHL|509497|title-id|disp="FHLC Book 942 J2cr"}} (Dursley, Gloucestershire : Lochin Publishing, c1991)</ref>[Family History LIbrary book {{FHL|833962|title-id|disp=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>{{FHL|833170|title-id|disp="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>{{FHL|509497|title-id|disp="FHLC Book 942 J2cr"}} (Dursley, Gloucestershire : Lochin Publishing, c1991)</ref>[Family History LIbrary book {{FHL|833962|title-id|disp=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>{{FHL|833170|title-id|disp="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>


=== Websites  ===
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== References  ==
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