Priory Street Higher Grade School
Last Updated: 25/01/2021
These schools for boys, girls, and infants were opened in 1857 in
new school buildings adjacent to Priory Street Chapel. A government
building grant was received. In 1870 there was said to be accommodation
for about 600 and there was a teacher's residence.
The boys' school comprised the former Albion Street School, whose
numbers 'greatly increased' after this move. Sixty girls and 40 infants
were attending the girls' school in 1858. An annual government grant was
received from the beginning. By 1870 318 boys, 128 girls, and 177
infants were enrolled in the school. Fees were 3s, 4s,
5s and 7s 6d a quarter depending on the
standard. In addition to the normal curriculum a 'select class' was
taught composition, book-keeping, algebra, Euclid, mensuration, land
surveying, advanced drawing, and ornamental penmanship. By 1894 the
accommodation had been increased to 848 places and the average
attendance was 648. In 1897 the school was first described as a
higher-grade school. The school had been reorganized before 1932 into
two departments; senior mixed with an average attendance of 376 and
junior mixed and infants with 115. In 1936 only the senior department
was left. The school remained under Methodist management until it was
closed in 1948.
(Ref:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk)
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