Leadgate County Junior School
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Covering Dates: 1876-2010
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- Leadgate County Junior School
- Leadgate County Junior School (formerly Leadgate Wesleyan Day School and Leadgate Council Mixed School) (Ref: E/NW)
- Log Books (Ref: E/NW 43-44,110-112)
- School Governors' and Managers' Minutes (Ref: E/NW/C 24)
- Registers (Ref: E/NW/F 61-62,64-65)
- Summary registers (Ref: E/NW/F 61-62)
- Admission registers (Ref: E/NW/F 64-65)
- Miscellaneous (Ref: E/NW/G 158-167, 217-228, 290)
- Report books (Ref: E/NW/G 158)
- Sales and stock books (Ref: E/NW/G 159-160)
- Staff meetings (Ref: E/NW/G 161-163)
- Head Teachers' Panel (Ref: E/NW/G 164-167)
- Correspondence (Ref: E/NW/G 217, 290)
- Photographs (Ref: E/NW/G 218-223)
- Sports teams (Ref: E/NW/G 218-221)
- Pupils with teachers (Ref: E/NW/G 222)
- Teachers (Ref: E/NW/G 223)
- Other activities (Ref: E/NW/G 224-226)
- Certificates and diplomas (Ref: E/NW/G 227)
- Teachers' registration forms (Ref: E/NW/G 228)
Catalogue Description
Formerly Leadgate Wesleyan Day School to 25 February 1905; later Leadgate Council Mixed School. Leadgate County Junior School opened in 1975Catalogue Contents
Leadgate County Junior School (formerly Leadgate Wesleyan Day School and Leadgate Council Mixed School) (Ref: E/NW)Log Books (Ref: E/NW 43-44,110-112)Ref: E/NW 43
29 July 1876 - 10 May 1893
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: E/NW 4417 May 1893 - 18 July 1913
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: E/NW 110Log book, 18 August 1913 - 27 July 1951
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: E/NW 111Log book, 10 September 1951 - 24 July 1959
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: E/NW 112Log book, 7 September 1959 - 13 May 1985
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
School Governors' and Managers' Minutes (Ref: E/NW/C 24)Ref: E/NW/C 2412 January 1905 - 5 November 1934
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Registers (Ref: E/NW/F 61-62,64-65)Summary registers (Ref: E/NW/F 61-62)Ref: E/NW/F 61Summary register, 10 April 1970 - 26 March 1975
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: E/NW/F 62Summary register, 18 April 1975 - 21 July 1978
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Admission registers (Ref: E/NW/F 64-65)Ref: E/NW/F 64Admission register, 26 August 1930 - 3 July 1952
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)
Ref: E/NW/F 65Admission register, 10 March 1947 - 4 September 1967
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)
Miscellaneous (Ref: E/NW/G 158-167, 217-228, 290)Report books (Ref: E/NW/G 158)Ref: E/NW/G 158Report book, 8 January 1968 - 26 March 1975
The volume records misdemeanours by named children
(1 volume, card bound)
Sales and stock books (Ref: E/NW/G 159-160)Ref: E/NW/G 159Sales book, 3 September 1949 - 29 September 1972
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: E/NW/G 160Stock and stores book, 1 September 1960 - 31 March 1975
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Staff meetings (Ref: E/NW/G 161-163)Ref: E/NW/G 161Minute book of staff meetings, 19 July [1937] - 27 November 1957
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: E/NW/G 162Minutes of staff meetings, 18 February 1968 - 14 September 1975
(1 file)
Ref: E/NW/G 163Minute book of staff meetings, 20 January 1982 - 16 October 1990
(1 volume, card bound)
Head Teachers' Panel (Ref: E/NW/G 164-167)Ref: E/NW/G 164Minute book of the Primary Head Teachers' Panel, North Western Division [from 1978 Consett and District Primary Head Teachers' Panel], 13 March 1974 - 12 May 1982
Includes: minutes of Select Committee meetings, 28 November 1973 - 18 September 1974
(1 volume, card bound)
Ref: E/NW/G 165Lists of signatures, and schools, of those attending meetings of the Primary Head Teachers' Panel, 4 June 1975 - 18 June 1980
Originally enclosed in E/NW G164
(14 papers)
Ref: E/NW/G 166Report of the Joint Working Party on Social Problems in Schools of the Primary Head Teachers' Panel, N.W. Division, n.d., 1970s
Originally enclosed in E/NW G164
(2 papers)
Ref: E/NW/G 167Correspondence between A.H. Watchman, Hon. Sec. of the Primary Head Teachers' Panel, N.W. Division, Westwood County School, High Westwood, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; County Medical Officer, Durham County Council, County Hall, Durham; Director of Education, Durham County Council, County Hall, Durham; Durham Area Health Authority, County Hall, Durham; Mrs. J. Beardsworth, Leadgate County J.M. School, Alder Grove, Leadgate; Area Education Office, 155 Durham Road, Blackhill, Consett; concerning medical inspections, selection for secondary education, record cards, economies, split site secondary schools, 20 March 1974 - 28 December 1978
Originally enclosed in E/NW G164
(17 papers)
Correspondence (Ref: E/NW/G 217, 290)Ref: E/NW/G 217Board of Education's schedule of grants payable to school, excluding superannuation contributions by William J. Lane, teacher, 30 September 1904
Includes copy of inspector's report made after visit of 27 September 1904
(1 file)
Ref: E/NW/G 290Letter from D.H. Curry, Director of Education, Durham County Council to Mr Hall, Head Teacher concerning official opening of Leadgate County Junior School, 16 May 1975
[Originally enclosed in E/NW 112]
(1 paper, printed)
Photographs (Ref: E/NW/G 218-223)Sports teams (Ref: E/NW/G 218-221)Ref: E/NW/G 218/1Photograph of a school cricket team of 11 boys, and a teacher, with the John Carr Cup they have won, 1941
(1 photograph, 21 cm x 16 cm, black and white)
Ref: E/NW/G 218/2Photograph of a school mixed football team of 12 children, in school hall with two teachers, 1972/73
(1 photograph, 18 cm x 12.5 cm, colour)
Ref: E/NW/G 218/3Photograph of the school mixed football team of 13 children, in the school yard with a teacher, 1873/74
(1 photograph, 18 cm x 12.5 cm, colour)
Ref: E/NW/G 218/4Photograph of a school football team of 12 boys outside the school building, n.d. [1970s/1980s]
(1 photograph, 20 cm x 13 cm, black and white)
Ref: E/NW/G 218/5Photograph of a school football team of 12 boys, with a teacher, outside the school building, n.d. [1970s/1980s]
(1 photograph, 20 cm x 13 cm, black and white)
Ref: E/NW/G 218/6Photograph of the school football team of 17 boys, in the school yard with a teacher, 1980/81
Names: G. Barnes, I. Kilpatrick, M. Ross, D. Siddoway, D. Bell, B. McCourt, G. Routledge, M. Harrop, P. Greener, A. Graham, N. Cryer, W. Walker, J. Simpson, J. Dettner, C. McConnell, D. Scott, D. Walker
(1 photograph, 23 cm x 20 cm, colour)
Ref: E/NW/G 218/7Photograph of a school football team of 7 boys on grass, n.d. [2001]
(1 photograph, 25.5 cm x 18 cm, colour)
Ref: E/NW/G 218/8Photograph of a school football team of 15 boys with a teacher, in school hall, 2002
(1 photograph, 25.5 cm x 18 cm, colour)
Ref: E/NW/G 218/9Photograph of a school football team of 10 girls with a teacher, in school hall, 2003
(1 photograph, 25.5 cm x 18 cm, colour)
Ref: E/NW/G 218/10Photograph of a school football team of 14 boys with a teacher, in school hall, 2003
(1 photograph, 25.5 cm x 18 cm, colour)
Ref: E/NW/G 218/11Photograph of a school football team of 8 girls with a teacher, in school hall, 2004
(1 photograph, 25.5 cm x 18 cm, colour)
Ref: E/NW/G 218/12Photograph of a school football team of 10 boys in school hall with a trophy they have won, 2007
(1 photograph, 25.5 cm x 18 cm, colour)
Ref: E/NW/G 218/13Photograph of a school football team of 11 boys on grass, n.d. [2009]
(1 photograph, 25.5 cm x 18 cm, colour)
Ref: E/NW/G 219/1Photograph of a school netball team of 10 girls outside the school building, n.d. [1980s]
(1 photograph, 26 cm x 18 cm, colour)
Ref: E/NW/G 219/2Photograph of a school netball team of 8 girls with a teacher in school hall, n.d. [1999]
(1 photograph, 26 cm x 18 cm, black and white)
Ref: E/NW/G 220/1Photograph of a school mixed team of 11 children on grass holding a trophy, n.d. [2001]
(1 photograph, 26 cm x 18 cm, colour)
Ref: E/NW/G 220/2Photograph of a school mixed team of 11 children in school hall, n.d. [2002]
(1 photograph, 26 cm x 18 cm, colour)
Ref: E/NW/G 220/3Photograph of a school mixed team of 10 children in school hall, n.d. [2005]
(1 photograph, 26 cm x 18 cm, colour)
Ref: E/NW/G 221Mounted colour photographs of school cross country team, June 2007
(1) A girl and a boy standing in a classroom, both are holding their awards
(2) A mixed cross country team of 2 girls and 6 boys standing in a classroom, flanked by a girl and a boy holding their distinctions
(1 paper)
Pupils with teachers (Ref: E/NW/G 222)Ref: E/NW/G 222/1Photograph of 34 pupils in a classroom with two teachers, one of the teachers holding a trophy, n.d. [1960s]
(1 photograph, 39 cm x 33 cm, black and white)
Ref: E/NW/G 222/2Photograph of 10 pupils in a school library, n.d. [1960s]
(1 photograph, 39 cm x 33 cm, black and white)
Teachers (Ref: E/NW/G 223)Ref: E/NW/G 223/1Photograph of Head Teacher, Mrs Bennet, standing outside a building, 1994
(1 photograph, 13 cm x 10 cm, colour)
Ref: E/NW/G 223/2Photograph of Head Teacher, Mrs Bennet, receiving the Investor in People award, n.d. [c.1997]
(1 photograph, 25 cm x 20 cm, colour)
Other activities (Ref: E/NW/G 224-226)Ref: E/NW/G 224Mounted colour photographs and photocopy photographs taken during various indoor and outdoor activities.
(1) Cow, taken during a school trip in Middleton area, n.d. [2002/03]
(2) Group of 9 children standing in a yard by a dry stone wall, n.d. [c.2002/03]
(3) Group of 20 children and 2 teachers in the woods by a dry stone wall, n.d. [c. 2002/03]
(4) Group of 10 children with rucksacks walking in the woods, n.d. [2002/03]
(5) Three little boys digging a hole to plant a tree in a park, n.d. [2002/03]
(6) Two boys and a girl digging a hole under instruction of a woman, n.d. [2002/03]
(7) 2 pictures of a group of children in a classroom learning to play African drums, n.d. [2004/05]
(8) Group of children with teachers gathered by an old glass fronted building in Richmond, n.d. [2005]
(9) Girl standing in a well, n.d. [2007]
(10) Child tied to a climbing rope standing by a wall, n.d. [2008/09]
(11) Boy aiming with a bow and an instructor standing next to him, n.d. [2008/09]
(12) Four children with climbing equipment sitting by a climbing wall, n.d. [2008/09]
(13) Group of children sitting in 19th century style classroom, writing with quills, during a visit to Beamish Museum, n.d. [2009]
(14) Group of children sitting in 19th century style classroom, writing with quills, during a visit to Beamish Museum, n.d. [2009]
(15) Boy holding a broken trumpet in a 19th century style shop at Beamish Museum, n.d. [2009]
(16) Girl standing by a counter in 19th century style shop at beamish Museum, looking at a broken trumpet, n.d. [2009]
(7 papers)
Ref: E/NW/G 225Mounted photographs of staff visit to Athens, Greece, in 2003:
(1) Four teachers standing on a street by a taxi rank looking at a map
(2) One of the teachers trying to reach an orange from an orange tree growing on a street next to a flat and a car park
(3) Three English teachers with a group of Greek teachers and pupils standing outside a building, probably an art gallery
(4) Two English teachers standing in front of a Greek church
(5) English and Greek teachers talking over coffee in a classroom
(6) Greek pupil standing next to a blackboard bearing greetings in English
(7) Greek students in a classroom
(8) Greek students in a classroom with a teacher playing a keyboard
(9) Group of English and Greek teachers in a restaurant or a pub. Women are holding flowers.
(10) Group of English and Greek teachers in a dining room, probably in one of the Greek teachers' houses, having coffee and cake.
(11) Group of English and Greek teachers in a dining room, priobably in one of the Greek teachers' houses, having coffee and cake.
(12) Greek and English teachers trying the "Zorba's dance" to guitar music in a taverna
(13) English teachers with their Greek guide in front of the Parthenon
(14) View over the city from the Acropolis
(15) Marching Evzoni soldier in winter service uniform
(16) Evzoni soldier in winter service uniform standing on guard
(4 papers)
Ref: E/NW/G 226Printed photographs of a staff visit to Norway in 2010:
(1) Interior of a Norwegian wooden house with a woman in traditional dress explaining the meaning of different household equipment
(2) Interior of a Norwegian wooden house with a woman in traditional dress explaining the meaning of different household equipment
(3) A fjord horse hitched to a cart in front of wooden houses with grassy roofs
(4) Three young women in front of a wooden house with a mountain covered with pines in the distance
(5) Wooden Viking boat in a shed
(6) Woman kissing a wooden Viking in front of a souvenir shop
(7) Man dressed in mediaeval costume standing by a camp fire
(8) Woman in mediaeval dress sitting by a fire on a bench covered with sheepskins in a wooden house with wooden shields and oars around her
(9) View of a glacier
(10) Two women and a man in front of a glacier
(5 papers)
Certificates and diplomas (Ref: E/NW/G 227)Ref: E/NW/G 227/1-27Certificates and diplomas for the school's participation in raising money for charities, family learning activities, hymn singing, etc., 1961-2009
(27 papers, printed)
Teachers' registration forms (Ref: E/NW/G 228)Ref: E/NW/G 228/1-13Forms with details of teachers' education and employment history, including copies of the "Return of organisation and staff" and "Staff register sheet", 1968-1981
(13 papers)