A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME For an aerial view of Bletchley Road Schools through time click here For an aerial view of Fenny Stratford Schools through time click here |
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Schooling in Bletchley and Fenny Stratford in the latter half of the 19th century fell into several categories: Church or Chapel schools including Sunday schools; charity schools; schools run by philanthropic movements and also private individuals; and fee-paying Public schools. Prior to the 1870 Elementary Education Act which established school boards, elected by local ratepayers, few children of working class families had the benefit of a formal education. For a detailed timeline of Education in Bletchley up to 1880 click here Free public education for all children in England was not available until after the establishment of the National Board of Education in 1899 and then not until 1902 was public secondary education introduced. Although there was a Church of England school at Old Bletchley and a few private schools, notably The Elmers and Dunmore House, the principal school was High Street schools Fenny Stratford, which was becoming overcrowded. Click on the Newspaper Account links below for extracts, collated from the North Bucks Flying Post and North Bucks Times, that highlight the expanding railway town of Bletchley’s claims for a larger say in where a new school should be located and see how they eventually won the day. The following information was taken from Post Office and Kelly's Directories from 1794 onwards. They give information on schools such as when they were established, the location of the school, who was in charge at that time and other useful facts |