| Description | Includes Annual Reports of Inspectors scheduling payment of grant allowed and summary of H.M. Inspectors' Reports (1874-8, 1880-9, 1891, 1893-1902 and 1904); Annual Returns (certified) detailing annual accounts, attendance statistics, information re teachers etc., 1899-1904; Art Forms, and circulars relating to Drawing Examinations and scheduling names of children and pupil teachers showing proficiency and excellence, 1874-9, 1881, 1888-1891; subscribers' Memorial Certificate application with, inter alia, details of other schools in the area (including the other existing Ansley C.E. School (to be discontinued)), 15 Oct. 1870, and references in corres. to the architect's report, cost of erection (tenders etc,) and furnishings and plan amendments; `Preliminary Statement' including details of tenure, conditions and size of schoolrooms, annual income and expenditure, teachers etc., 27 June 1873; printed Memoranda (1902) re appointment of Managers; circulars re syllabuses, regulations etc.; references re accommodation (references, for instance, to the probable increase of population by the sinking of new pits, 31 July 1873), copies of testimonials for teachers.
N.B. The first 39 items of the bundle were numbered 1-39 and illustrated its chronological arrangement. Many of the papers are endorsed with MS rough draft correspondence replies by the vicar. All of these papers were found loose within a leather file case (with folder pockets) with some miscellaneous papers and later County Council correspondence. These have been transferred as is indicated in the list in the appropriate places. |