Last Updated: 18/04/2019
St Edward's National School, Dringhouses, was opened in 1849, in a
schoolroom, adjacent to the church, which was the property of Mrs
Trafford Leigh. The room was used rent free and deficiencies in income
were supplied by the benefactress. There were said to be 54 children
attending in 1852. In 1853 a new school, on a site adjacent to The Fox
public house on the east side of the Tadcaster Road, was erected by Mrs
Leigh, from whom it was rented by the managers. The first annual
government grant was received in 1854. There were said to be 108
children attending in 1897. In 1901 Dringhouses School Board was formed
by order of the Board of Education and in the same year the management
of the school had been taken over by the Board. The infants' school was
then removed to temporary buildings to relieve the overcrowding in the
school. In 1904 the school was transferred to new buildings provided by
the local authority (Yorks. WR 9th district) on a site at the end of
Mayfield Grove. There was accommodation for 120 in the mixed school and
100 in the infants' school. In 1910 the average attendance was 102 and
50 children respectively. It was then said that gardening had been
introduced and that the children tended plots adjacent to the school. In
1923 when the infants' school headmistress retired, the school was
amalgamated with the mixed school. In 1937 when the school was
transferred to the York education authority there were 153 children
enrolled; in 1939 there were 17 children above 11 years of age and
arrangements were being made to transfer these to senior schools. After
1949 the school was described as a county primary school; 230 children
were enrolled in 1956. The former school building on the east of the
Tadcaster Road was then used as a branch public library.
(Ref:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk)
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