Darlington, Kendrew Street School
Reference: E/Da Catalogue Title: Darlington, Kendrew Street School Area: Catalogue Category: Education Records Description:
Covering Dates: 1865-1932
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Catalogue Description
Darlington, Kendrew Street SchoolA British school which was set up for girls in 1848. Lady Fry formed a class for pupil teachers and a centre for cookery classes. In 1919 the school was re organised as a senior school for girls. The junior girls transferred to Darlington, Bondgate School and the Practising School. In 1922 it became a combined infants and junior mixed school; in 1927 it became a selective secondary school for boys and closed in 1932
Catalogue Contents
Log Books (Ref: E/Da 46-50)Ref: E/Da 46
Log book (infants), October 1865 - July 1906
p.467-468, syllabus for 1901 for each class in various subjects
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Ref: E/Da 47Log book (infants), August 1906 - October 1922
loose, memorandum from Education office changing official name and number of school, 15 March 1906; draft letter from headmistress complaining of motor cycle noise, 3 April 1925; letter (pencil) from Mrs. Boyd explaining absence of daughter Isobel, n.d.; notice of lecture on letters of Charles Lamb for Darlington branch of the English Association, 1926; letter from headmistress enquiring about stationery order, 10 May 1926; draft letter from headmistress to parent about need to cancel clinic appointments if unable to attend, 19 May 1926; list (pencil) of children in first and second division with marks for arithmetic, n.d.
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Ref: E/Da 48Log book (girls, mixed junior and infants from 1922), December 1900 - August 1927
p.2, summary of syllabus, 1900 - 1901; p.225-6, parental complaint of irregular punishments, 1927; p.503, copy letter about child's absence from school to carry note to parents, 1928; p.504, letter from Education Office about pupils attending Oxford local examinations with timetable, 1922; loose note by headmistress that all visitors be sent to her, n.d.; copy letters by Agnes Milner, 19 February 1924; notification of temporary transfer of Miss McDermid to Dodmire infants' school, 24 January 1927; letter from headmistress giving Mrs. Dallimore permission to administer corporal punishment, 13 January 1928
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Ref: E/Da 49Log book (boys), September 1928 - July 1932
p.13-35, H.M.I. report, 1930 with details of selection policy; list of teachers and qualifications on back page
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Ref: E/Da 50Log book (evening continuation), January 1894 - 1899
loose application for transfer Rachel Desmond from Cockerton to Kendrew St, 12 January 1926
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
