MINUTES

OF

THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL
ON EDUCATION;

CORRESPONDENCE, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, &c.

AND

REPORTS BY HER MAJESTY'S INSPECTORS OF SCHOOLS.

1856-7.

Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY GEORGE E. EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE
PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.

CONTENTS.

MINUTES, &c.

1. MINUTE, dated 2 June 1856, regulating admission of Queen's Scholars and

annual examination of Students in Training Colleges

a. Circular to Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools, dated 3 June 1856,

explanatory of foregoing Minute

Further Circular to Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools, dated

28 February 1857, explanatory of foregoing Minute

c. Circular to Principals of Training Colleges, dated 22 January 1857,

enclosing revised Syllabus of Studies for Male Students

d. Revised Syllabus

e. Broad Sheets, as last revised, specifying conditions of apprenticeship

of Pupil-teachers, and of augmentation of salaries of Certificated

Teachers

2. MINUTE, dated 2 June 1856, offering Grants for promoting Schools wherein

Children of Criminal and Abandoned Classes may be reformed by Industrial

Training

a. Circular to Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools, dated July 1856,

explanatory of foregoing Minute

b. Further Circular to Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools, dated

21 November 1856, explanatory of foregoing Minute, as regards

aid towards paying Rent for Reformatory Schools

c. Form of Inspectors' Report upon Reformatory Schools

3. MINUTE, dated 24 February 1857, relating to instruction in Elementary

Drawing, and to tonditions of payment to Certificated Teachers, and to

Registered Teachers having apprentices, for Drawing Lessons

4. MINUTE, dated 24 April 1857, relating to special training of Schoolmis-

tresses for Infant Schools

5. Correspondence relating to award of Pension to Mr. T. Tate, late Mathe-

matical Master in Kneller Hall Training College

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INSTRUCTIONS TO INSPECTORS, &c.

1. Circular, dated 9 April 1856, relating to Pupil-Teachers' subjection to

School Managers

2. Circular, dated 14 March 1857, relating to time and place for special in-
struction of apprentices

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2. Circular, dated 21 June 1856, relating to half-time system of school attend-
ance as condition of Capitation Grants

3. Circular, dated 14 August 1856, relating to Engagement of Teachers direct
from Training Colleges at Christmas

4. Extract from Instructions, dated 5 December 1856, as to surreptitious
copying at Examinations

5. Circular, dated 13 January 1857, relating to physical disqualification in

candidates for office of Teacher; with Extract from Form XX. annexed

to Circular

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2. As to dismissal of Queen's Scholars from Training College

3. As to calculation of school fees, in fulfilling condition of Capitation Grants

4. As to rule for removing names from school registers

5. As to Teachers' participation in Capitation Grant

6. As to Middle-class Schools being not entitled to share of Parliamentary

Grant

NOTICES, &c.

1. Prospectus of Educational Museum

2. Regulations for contributors and visitors to Museum

3. Appointment of Vice-President of Education Department

4. Appointments of Inspectors and Assistant-Inspectors of Schools

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, &c.

1. Tables showing Expenditure, classified (a) according to object of Grant,

and (b) according to denomination of recipients, for year ended

31 December 1856, and between years 1839 and 1856 inclusive ;---

with Balance Sheets of all Disbursements actually paid in year 1856,

and between years 1839 and 1856 inclusive

2. Table showing Number of School-houses built, enlarged, or improved,

with aid from Parliamentary Grants; total amount granted, total

amount subscribed by promoters, and total amount expended; also

Number of Children for whom accommodation has been provided;

between years 1839 and 1856 inclusive, and for year 1856;—with

Explanatory Tables (a, b, and c) relating to Building Grants

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3. Summary of Grants awarded in aid of purchase of Books, Maps, and

Diagrams, in year ended 31 December 1856

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4. Table showing Number of Certificated Schoolmasters and Schoolmis-

tresses employed in teaching; of Assistant Teachers; and of Pupil-

teachers;-corrected to 31 December 1856

5. Table No. 4 re-arranged to show Number of Certificated Teachers, of

Assistant Teachers, and of Pupil teachers, classified denominationally;

with Table showing Number of Schools aided by Capitation Grants,

Amount of Grants, Number of Scholars on whom Grants were al-

lowed, Number of Scholars in average attendance, and centesimal

proportion of Scholars on whom Grants were allowed to number in

average attendance; for years 1854 and 1855, and for year 1856

6. Statement of Grants awarded to Training Colleges (with amount sub-

scribed by promoters, and total cost) on account of (1.) Building,

enlargement, or improvement; (2.) Books and Apparatus; (3.) Stu-

dents, Queen's Scholars, Certificated Assistants, Lecturers, and Ge-

neral Expenses ;-between 1839 and 1856 -

7. Table showing comparative Number of Students passed, and Queen's

Scholars admitted at Examinations of Training Colleges, from 1847

to 1856; with statement of grants for 1857

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8. Summary (under Counties) of Expenditure from Parliamentary Grants

on Elementary Education between 1833 and 1856 -

Resutls of Inspection.

9. General Summary; with tables showing (a) comparative Attend-

ance and (b) comparative Age of scholars in inspected schools

10. Character of Instruction

11. School-Appliances, Discipline, &c.

12. Income and Expenditure of inspected schools

13. Teachers' Salaries

14. School-fees

15. Detailed Statement (under Counties) of sums expended from Parliamen-

tary Grants in-Building, Enlargement, Improvements, and Fixtures

of Elementary Schools;-in Scientific Apparatus, Books, Maps, and

Diagrams; in Augmentation of Salaries of Certificated Schoolmasters

and Schoolmistresses, and in Retiring Pensions to late Teachers of

Schools under inspection ;-in Stipends of Assistant-Teachers ;—in

Stipends of Pupil-Teachers, and Gratuities for their special instruc-

tion;-in Capitation Grants ;--and in Grants to Reformatories, and

to Schools of Industry for industrial purposes;-between years 1833

and 1856 inclusive

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INSPECTORS' REPORTS FOR 1856.

ENGLAND AND WALES.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS CONNECTED WITH CHURCH OF ENGLAND:-

General Reports on, by-

(1) Rev. F. C. Cook, in County of Middlesex

225

(2) Rev. H. W. Bellairs, in Counties of Worcester, Warwick, Oxford,

Gloucester, Hereford, and Monmouth

254

(3) Rev. F. Watkins, in County of York

290

(4) Rev. E. Douglas Tinling, in Counties of Dorset, Somerset, Devon,

and Cornwall

322

(5) Rev. M. Mitchell, in Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Esser

(6) Rev. J. J. Blandford, in Counties of Northampton, Rutland,

Lincoln, Nottingham, Derby, and Leicester

(7) Rev. W. H. Brookfield, in Counties of Surrey, Sussex and Kent,

(8) Rev. W. J. Kennedy, in County of Lancaster, and in Isle of Man

(9) Rev. J. P. Norris, in Counties of Chester, Salop, and Stafford

(10) Rev. D. J. Stewart, in Counties of Cambridge, Huntingdon, Bed-

ford, Hertford, and Buckingham

(11) Rev. W. Warburton, in Counties of Berks, Hants, and Wilts, and

in Isle of Wight; with Report by Rev. J. Riddell

1

(12) Rev. G. R. Moncrieff, in Counties of Northumberland, Durham,

Cumberland, and Westmoreland -

477

(13) Rev. H. Longueville Jones, in Wales

502

BRITISH AND OTHER PROTESTANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS not CONNECTED
WITH CHURCH OF ENGLAND:-

General Reports on, by-

(14) J. D. Morell, Esq., in North-western Division of England, and

Northern Division of Wales

520

(15) M. Arnold, Esq., in Midland, Metropolitan, and South-eastern

Division of England

541

Southern Division of Wales

(16) J. Bowstead, Esq., in South-western Division of England, and

(17) J. Laurie, Esq., in North-eastern Division of England

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