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School boards in England and Wales

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Unusually for the time, women were eligible to win election to school boards. When the first elections were held, in 1870, nine women were elected across the country:
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Country Board School in Devon near South Molton. Opened 1876 for just 16 pupils. Closed 1922. Now a private dwelling (semi-detached) and Grade 2 listed
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c. 75) permitted the creation of school boards in areas where they were needed. The legislation followed campaigning by
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build and run non-denominational schools where existing voluntary provision was inadequate
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Members were directly elected, not appointed by borough councils or parish vestries.
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every civil parish (or part of civil parish) that was outside of the above
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Educational Documents, England and Wales 1816 to the present day
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The first schedule of the 1870 act permitted school boards for:
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Around 2,500 school boards were created between 1870 and 1896.
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and Caroline Shum in Bath, Catherine Ricketts in Brighton,
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making attendance compulsory between ages 5–13 - until the
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between 1870 and 1902, which established and administered
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Ladies Elect: Women in English Local Government 1865-1914
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not impose any religious education, other than simple
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Index

Board school
Ad hoc
England and Wales
Elementary Education Act 1870
Education Act 1902


ad hoc
England and Wales
elementary schools
Elementary Education Act 1870
33 & 34 Vict.
George Dixon
Joseph Chamberlain
National Education League
Anglican
Metropolitan Board of Works
municipal borough
rate
church schools
by-law
Elementary Education Act 1880
Bible
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Emily Davies
Anne Ashworth
Lydia Becker
Eleanor Smith
Education Act 1902
local education authorities

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