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SOME SCHOOLS IN SEDGLEY

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The first know school in Sedgley proper was one attached to the parish church. A tablet over the school house was inscribed :

"These schools and buildings were erected at the sole cost of John William, Earl of Dudley, in the year 1828."

1835: Schools & Academies

Information extracted from Pigot's Trade Directoty of 1835

Park Hall (Boarding)
Sedgley
Revd. Walter Blount
Not named
Coseley
Revd. John Cooper
Infant School
Deepfields
Ann Turner, Mistress
Infant School
Upper Gornal
Sarah Hall, Mistress
Infant School
Sedgley
Louisa Smith, Mistress
Not named (Boarding & Day)
Coseley
Edwd. Jones
Not named
Upper Gornal
John Moss
National School
Coseley
Thomas Fieldhouse, Master
Sarah Nayler, Mistress
National School
Lower Gornal
Thomas Addenbrook, Master
Francis & Maria Addenbrook, Mistresses
National School
Sedgley
Thomas Booth, Master
Harriet Booth, Mistress
Not named
Sedgley
Esther Nayler
Not named
Coseley
Elizabeth Wright

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1876: Schools

In 1876 a School Board of nine members was formed for the whole of the civil parish
and average attendances were recorded for 1897 as follows :

501 children - Daisy Bank
474 children - Mount Pleasant
204 children - Lanesfield
295 children - Bilston St.
865 children - Red Hall
319 children - Dudley Road
398 children - Upper Gornal
411 children - Robert Street
311 children - Hurst Hill
288 children - Broad Lanes
150 children - Roman Catholic
149 children - St.Peter's, Upper Gornal
314 children - St. Mary's, Hurst Hill
806 children - Christ Church, Coseley
432 children - St Chad's, West Coseley

...making a total of 6,052. The Local Government Act of 1888 made possible the development of higher education and
in 1894 the functions of the School Boards were transferred to the Urban District Council.

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1900: Public Schools

Extracted from Kelly's Directory of Staffordshire 1900
Christ Church National
School
Coseley
Erected in ???, Enlarged in 1895.
For 596 boys & girls and 266 infants.
Average attendance 542 boys & girls and 264 infants.
Edward Nicholls, Master
Mrs Louisa Nicholls, Mistress
Miss Mary Ann Britten, Infants' Mistress

Queen Victoria School

Bilson Street,

Sedgley
Erected in 1897
For 310 boys, 310 girls & 275 infants.
Harry Charles Stubbings, Master
Miss M.J. Mould, Mistress
Miss M.E. Barratt, Infants' Mistress

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1904: Public Elementary Schools

Extracted from Kelly's Directory of Staffordshire 1904

Queen Victoria School
Bilston Street,
Sedgley
Erected in 1897.
For 310 boys, 310 girls and 275 infants.
Average attendance 235 boys, 220 girls and 195 infants.
Harry Charles Stubbings, Master
Miss M.J. Mould, Mistress
Miss M. B. Lane, Assistant Mistress
Miss M.E. Barratt, Infants' Mistress

Upper Gornal School
Upper Gornal
Erected in 1883, enlarged in 1899.
For 225 boys, 230 girls and 210 infants.
Average attendance 213 boys, 219 girls and 178 infants.
James Henry Walker, Master
Miss Kate Rushton, Mistress
Miss Mary A. Mills, Infants' Mistress


Red Hall School

Lower Gornal
Was made into one school in 1900
For 410 boys, 402 girls and 368 infants
Average attendance 370 boys, 324 girls and 304 infants.
Joseph Westwood, Master
Miss R. Leggott, Mistress
Miss S.A. Allen, Infants' Mistress


Robert Street School

Lower Gornal
Erected in 1894 and enlarged in 1902
Originally for 250 mixed and 194 infants.
Increased in 1902 to 250 boys, 248 girls and 296 infants
Average attendance 245 boys, 224 girls and 192 infants.
Edwin Westwood, Master
Miss Agnes Price, Mistress
Miss Mary Littlehales, Infants' Mistress
Upper Gornal Junior
Mixed & Infants School
Upper Gornal
Erected in ?
For 146 children and 50 infants
Average attendance 152 children and 51 infants.
James Wright, Mistress
Miss Isabell Pickering, Mistress
Catholic School
Mixed & Infants
Dudley Road
Erected in 1875, enlarged in 1887.
For 210 children
Average attendance 206 children
Miss Alice Ball, Mistress
Miss Winifred Wootton, Assistant Mistress

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1912: Public Elementary Schools

Extracted from Kelly's Directory of Staffordshire 1912
An Education Committee consisting of 18 members was formed in 1903. Meeting are held at the Council House on the third Tuesday in each month at 7 p.m.
 
Chairman: Councillor W. Hawkins
Secretary: Frederick J. C. Poole F.R.G.S. of Green Street
School Medical Supervisor: William McEntire Clendinnen M.B., Ch. B. B'ham., M.R.C.S.Eng. L.R.C.P. Lond., D.P.H. Camb., of Alpha House, Avenue Road.
School Medical Officer: Thomas Johnson L.R.C.P. Edin., M.R.C.S.Eng. of Woodsetton.
Attendance Officer: Thomas Taylor Brook Street, Woodsetton

The Committee control 5 Council & 3 voluntary schools, one woodwork, one laundry and 1 cookery centre
(taking scholars from all schools) & 3 evening schools.


Queen Victoria School
Bilston Street,
Sedgley
Erected in 1897.
For 310 boys, 310 girls and 275 infants.
Average attendance 277 boys, 222 girls and 226 infants.
Harry Charles Stubbings, Master
Miss M.J. Mould, Mistress
Miss M.E. Barratt, Infants' Mistress

Upper Gornal School
Upper Gornal
Erected in 1883, enlarged in 1899.
For 225 boys, 230 girls and 180 infants
Average attendance 187 boys, 220 girls and 176 infants.
Charles Tomlinson, Master
Mrs. Mary A. Mills, Mistress
Miss Kate Rushton, Infants' Mistress

Red Hall School
Lower Gornal
Was made into one school in 1900
For 410 boys, 402 girls and 368 infants
Average attendance 396 boys, 397 girls and 305 infants.
Edwin Westwood, Master
Miss R. Leggott, Mistress
Miss J. Henderson, Infants' Mistress


Robert Street School
Lower Gornal
Erected in 1894 and enlarged in 1902
Originally for 250 mixed and 194 infants.
Increased in 1902 to 250 boys, 248 girls and 276 infants
Average attendance 254 boys, 230 girls and 216 infants.
Joseph Westwood, Master
Miss Mary Littlehales, Mistress
Miss Camm, Infants' Mistress
Upper Gornal Junior
Mixed School
Upper Gornal
Was made into one school in 1900
For 108 children
Average attendance 98
Miss L. Hyde, Mistress
Catholic School
Mixed & Infants
Dudley Road
Erected in 1875, enlarged in 1887.
For 162 children
Average attendance 160.
Miss Alice Ball, Mistress
Miss Winifred Wootton, Assistant Mistress
Broad Lane School
Mixed & Infants
Broad Lane,
Coseley
Erected in 1895.
For 300 boys & girls and 200 infants
Average attendance 239 boys & girls & 116 infants.
James W. Wright, Master
Miss Sarah C. Snow, Mistress
Christ Church School
Mixed & Infants
Coseley
Enlarged in 1895.
For 418 boys & girls and 272 infants
Average attendance 424 boys & girls & 272 infants.
William E. F. Marsden, Master
Miss Mary Ann Britten, Infants' Mistress
Daisy Bank School
Mixed & Infants
Coseley
Erected in 1877 and enlarged in 1896.
For 437 boys & girls and 194 infants
Average attendance 419 boys & girls & 199 infants.
Samuel Hale, Master
Miss Hannah Walters, Mistress
Hurst Hill School
Mixed & Infants
Coseley
Erected in 1894 and enlarged in 1900.
For 290 boys & girls and 234 infants
Average attendance 295 boys & girls & 192 infants.
John A. Dunton, Master
Miss Sarah Barnett, Infants' Mistress
Lanesfield School
Lanesfield
Erected in 1879 and enlarged in 1894.
For 227 boys & girls and 59 infants
Average attendance 225 boys & girls & 56 infants.
Thomas F. Brecknell, Master
Mount Pleasant School
Coseley
Erected in 1879.
For 472 Seniors, 150 Juniors & 170 infants
Average attendance 232 Seniors, 139 Juniors & 148 infants
Abraham Hartill, Master
Miss H. L. Fletcher, Mistress
St Chad's, West Coseley School
Mixed & Infants
West Coseley
Erected in ????
For 289 boys & girls and 137 infants
Average attendance 271 boys & girls and 136 infants.
Robert Thomas Evans, Master
Mrs. Annie Pugh, Infants' Mistress
St Mary's, Hurst Hill School
Hurst Hill
Erected in 1832 and 1878 respectively & Infants in 1893
For 178 boys, 95 girls & 58 infants
Average attendance 162 boys, 90 girls & 55 infants.
David Hartland
David H. Hartland, Master

Miss Ella Cadwallader, Mistress

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