St Wilfrid's RC Primary School
Last Updated: 11/02/2022
A Roman Catholic boys' school was
established in Ogleforth in 1796. In 1836 there were 85 boys attending.
In 1849 it was held in a rented schoolroom on the north side of
Ogleforth and was providing temporary accommodation until a new school
could be erected. In 1867 there was a school known as St Patrick's at 24
Ogleforth. A Roman Catholic school known as St Patrick's, and probably
the same, was held in a large room in the Bedern in 1870; it was
described as a temporary provision. The new school, St Wilfrid's,
Monkgate, was completed in 1875; there was accommodation for boys,
girls, and infants in 3 schoolrooms and 3 classrooms. Fees were 4d,
6d, and 8d for boys, 2d, 3d, and 4d
for girls and 2d for infants. The first annual government grant
was received in 1876. The average attendance was then 190 and increased
to 405 in 1910 when there were two departments, mixed and infants.
Before 1932 a senior girls' department was added. In 1938 there
were 159 in this department and 293 in the junior mixed and infants'
department. In 1956 there were two schools; 290 children were enrolled
in the aided primary school and 220 in the aided secondary modern girls'
school.
(Ref:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk)
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