Darlington, Central Secondary School
Reference: E/Da Catalogue Title: Darlington, Central Secondary School Area: Catalogue Category: Education Records Description:
Covering Dates: 1912-1983
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Catalogue Description
Darlington, Central Secondary SchoolSchool set up in 1910 and called Higher Elementary School. It was established to provide more advanced instruction for pupils selected by junior scholarship examination. The pupils moved out in 1915 to accommodate the army and school re-opened in 1916 as mixed Central Commercial School. It acted as a pupil teacher centre, 1919 - 1925. In 1928 it became Central Secondary School, which closed in 1933 when the pupils transferred to the Grammar School and High School. The premises remained in use as Gladstone Street Senior School for boys until 1960 when it became Central Secondary School again. This school closed in 1983.
Catalogue Contents
Log Books (Ref: E/Da 32,72-73)
For log book, 1933 - 1947, see Reid St. School, E/Da 75
Ref: E/Da 32Log book of Central Commercial School, September 1916 - July 1928, lists staff experience and qualifications, 1917 - 1926
p.134, H.M.I. report, 1923
p.220, H.M.I. report, 1928
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Ref: E/Da 72Log book of Gladstone St. Boys Secondary Modern School, April 1947 - July 1961
(1 volume, calf quarter-bound)
Ref: E/Da 73Log book of Central Secondary School, August 1965 - July 1983
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Admission Registers (Ref: E/Da/F29)Ref: E/Da/F29Admission register (Higher Elementary Boys School), 1912 - 1916
(1 volume, card bound)
Miscellaneous (Ref: E/Da/G164-G167)Ref: E/Da/G164Scholars' record cards: pupils A - C, c.1940 - c.1950
(1 file)
Ref: E/Da/G165Scholars' record cards: pupils D - I, c.1940 - c.1950
(1 file)
Ref: E/Da/G166Scholars' record cards: pupils I - R, c.1940 - c.1950
(1 file)
Ref: E/Da/G167Scholars' record cards: pupils S - Z, c.1940 - c.1950
(1 file)
