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Shield Row Primary School

Reference: E/St Catalogue Title: Shield Row Primary School Area: Catalogue Category: Education Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1932-2008

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  • Shield Row Primary School
    • Shield Row Primary School (Ref: E/St)
    • Admission registers (Ref: E/St)
    • Log books (Ref: E/St)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: E/St/G)
    • Punishment Books (Ref: E/St/G Section 1)
    • Correspondence (Ref: E/St/G Section 2)
    • Photographs of school buildings (Ref: E/St/G Section 3)
    • Class Photographs (Ref: E/St/G Section 4)

Catalogue Description

Shield Row Primary School was created from West Stanley, Front Street Council School in September 1979.

There may have been a link with West Stanley, High Street Council School, as a punishment book from that school, E/St/G 97/1, was accessioned with records from Shield Row Primary School.

Catalogue Contents

Shield Row Primary School (Ref: E/St)

Junior Mixed and Infants Department

Log books (Ref: E/St)Ref: E/St 85/1

Log book, 1 January 1981 - 29 March 1985
(1 volume)

Ref: E/St 85/2

Log book, 22 April 1985 - 23 July 1990
(1 volume)

Ref: E/St 85/3

Log book, 3 September 1990 - 23 July 1997
(1 volume)

Ref: E/St 85/4

Log book, 1 September 1997 - 21 July 2006
(1 volume)

Admission registers (Ref: E/St)Ref: E/St/F 35

Shield Row Junior Mixed and Infants Department admission register, 12 January 1981 - 7 January 2008
(1 volume)

Miscellaneous (Ref: E/St/G)Punishment Books (Ref: E/St/G Section 1)

E/St/G 95/1-2

See also E/St/G 97/1, Punishment book for West Stanley High Street Council School, Infants Department [which may have later become part of Shield Row Primary School]

Ref: E/St/G 95/1

Corporal punishment book for West Stanley Front Street County School, Junior Department, [later Shield Row Junior Mixed and Infants], 8 November 1932 - 25 May 1983 Provides description of offence and the punishment
(1 booklet)

Ref: E/St/G 95/2

[Punishment book] containing rough lists of names and dates [many not specifying a year], some also recording the punishment, c. May 1976 - c. November 1991 [Organised into four alphabetical lists by pupil surname, earlier lists have been crossed out, but are still legible] [Many of the entries here also appear in E/St 95/1, but not all. Possibly this book was used to keep track of offences, as the punishments in E/St 96/1 often relate to a number of incidents over a period of time.]
(1 volume)

Correspondence (Ref: E/St/G Section 2)Ref: E/St/G 98

Letter to the head teacher from a named teacher complaining of the conduct of a named parent, with written apology from the parent, 10 April 1984 [Originally enclosed in E/St 85/4]
(6 papers)

Photographs of school buildings (Ref: E/St/G Section 3)Ref: E/St/G 99/1

Print of aerial view of Shield Row Junior Mixed and Infants School, n.d. [1960s] [Originally enclosed in E/St 85/4]
(1 paper)

Class Photographs (Ref: E/St/G Section 4)Ref: E/St/G 100/1

Photograph of classes 1 and 2, no names given, 1933 [Originally enclosed in E/St 85/4]
(1 photograph, 15cm. x 10cm., black and white)



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