The School Board of Glasgow - Times Past - Glasgow Life
The Board, created by the Education (Scotland) Act 1872, celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. The Act made education compulsory for all children aged 5-13 years old. ... The School Board of Glasgow (established in 1873) records are particularly illuminating as it was a pioneer in many areas from its introduction of teacher training to ...
Lost schools of Glasgow: Six lost and abandoned schools around Glasgow
The UK Government introduced the 1872 Education (Scotland) Act in 1872, which made schooling free and compulsory for 5-13 year olds. To keep up with the massively increased demand for schooling, the School Board of Glasgow built 75 schools from 1874 to 1916.
The 150-year-old law that changed Glasgow schools forever
Glasgow School Board preferred engaging private architects, ... As well as the wonderful school buildings, the 1872 Act led to a better quality and standardisation of education and teaching overall. A new temporary exhibition at Glasgow City Archives (open Monday to Thursday, 10am to 4pm) draws on archival and museum collections to tell the ...
TheGlasgowStory: 1830s to 1914: Learning and Beliefs: Schools
The 1872 Education Act provided for the setting up of elected local School Boards under the general supervision of the Scotch Education Department. The Glasgow School Board reduced the number, but improved the quality and size of schools. Its remaining legacy is the grand, red-sandstone buildings proudly bearing the name of the Board that can ...
Ask the Archivist - School records - Glasgow Life
The Education (Scotland) Act 1872 established School Boards across Scotland and made education compulsory for children aged 5-13. The Act came into effect in 1873 and most of our records date from after this period. ... They do include Glasgow High, now a private school, but a Glasgow City Council school until 1975 and John Neilson School ...
Report: Glasgow School Board - UrbandonedTeam
Glasgow School Board The Education Act of 1872 in Scotland laid the basis for the modern education system. The most immediate thing it did was to take control of education out of the hands of the churches, with the exception of the Catholic and Episcopalian churches, and place it in the hands of popularly elected school boards.
The Glasgow school which led the way in equal education for girls
THE Education Act in 1872 provided for a school in every parish or burgh in Scotland for every child aged between five and 13, to provide elementary… Public notices; Newsletters; Jobs; ... Glasgow School Board decided to transform Garnethill’s upper school into the Glasgow High School for Girls with the Junior Department following a year ...
The School Board of Glasgow, 1873-1919 - Open Library
The School Board of Glasgow, 1873-1919 by James M. Roxburgh, 1971, University of London Press edition, in English
School Board of Glasgow | Jenny Brownrigg
The School Board of Glasgow built seventy-five schools over the period 1874-1916. Such a profusion of schools was due to The Education (Scotland) Act of 1872, which made schooling free and compulsory for five to thirteen year olds and transferred control of those schools from church to state.
The Centenary of the Education (Scotland) Act of 1872 - JSTOR
When the 1872 Bill was in its Committee stage, Lord Advocate Young enunciated the principles on which it had been constructed. One was the erection of an educational system, both nationally-'a uniform management system for all rate-aided schools'-and locally-'a popu-larly elected school board in every parish'. Another, given first
Abandoned Glasgow: 5 lost schools of Glasgow and how they came to be ...
The UK Government introduced the 1872 Education (Scotland) Act in 1872, which made schooling free and compulsory for 5-13 year olds. To keep up with the massively increased demand for schooling, the School Board of Glasgow built 75 schools from 1874 to 1916.
The Education (Scotland) Act 1872: The Act - Archives Service
On 6 th August 1872 “An Act to amend and extend the provisions of the Law of Scotland on the subject of Education” received royal assent and passed into law. ... Nucleus: The Nuclear & Caithness Archives GB1741/CC/5/3/57/5 . Members of the School Board, Portree, 1890s. Skye & Lochalsh Archive Centre GB3219/P76/001.
Fascinating tale behind the oldest school in Glasgow
It was the first school to come under the authority of the Glasgow School Board, established under the Education Scotland Act of 1872, which introduced compulsory education. When Glasgow Town Council handed over what was then Glasgow High to the new authority, there were serious problems, mainly that the ‘premises were considered far from ...
Blurring the Boundaries: school board women in Scotland, 1873–1919
[94] Jane McDermid (2007) Place the Book in their Hands: Grace Paterson's contribution to the health and welfare policies of the School Board of Glasgow, 1885–1906, History of Education, 36(6), pp. 697–713.
Revealed: Glasgow archives solve mystery behind why so many schools ...
Govan Parish School Board was the third largest school board in Scotland. When it formed in 1873, it was responsible for educating more than 11,000 children. Like Glasgow, Govan initiated an extensive school building programme. By 1896, there were 22 Board schools including the largest, Fairfield School, which could accommodate almost 1800 pupils.
The Glasgow school which led the way in equal education for girls - MSN
Glasgow School Board, which ran from 1873 to 1919, was progressive in thought, generous with facilities, and keen to advance the cause of secondary education for boys and girls as far as possible.
Springbank Public School - TheGlasgowStory
Springbank Public School in Firhill, 1916. The main entrance was on Hinshaw Street, just out of view to the left. The road in the foreground is Doncaster Street. The school was built in 1884 near to the site of an older temporary school which dated back to the foundation of the Glasgow School Board in the 1870s.
The building’s history: 5 Florence Street, Glasgow | The Glasgow School ...
Adelphi Terrace Public School was part of a wider building programme undertaken by The School Board of Glasgow who built 75 schools over the period 1874-1916. Such a profusion of schools was due to The Education (Scotland) Act of 1872, which made schooling free and compulsory for five to thirteen year olds and transferred control of those ...
Glasgow Grammar School - Times Past — Glasgow Life
It was the first school to come under the authority of the Glasgow School Board, established under the Education Scotland Act of 1872, which introduced compulsory education. When Glasgow Town Council handed over what was then Glasgow High to the new authority, there were serious problems, mainly that the ‘premises were considered far from ...