(C.) PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE ENDOWED SCHOOLS ACTS. (Reported pursuant to Section 16 of the Endowed Schools Act, 1873.) During the year ended 31st July, 1923, four Schemes under the Endowed Schools Acts were issued for first publication, one of which was finally settled by the Board and issued for final publication. Two of the remaining three and one other, which had been issued for first publication in the previous year, were finally settled by the Board, issued for final publication and approved by Your Majesty in Council. The three Schemes under these Acts approved by Your Majesty during the year ended 31st July, 1923, are as follows :— (1) A Scheme for the Grammar School of King Edward VI at Bromsgrove, approved 16th April, 1923. Bromsgrove School, the foundation of which is attributed to King Edward VI, was practically refounded in 1693 by Sir Thomas Cookes, Baronet, whose heir male (if of full age) had up to the date of the Scheme the right of appointing the Headmaster. Most of the endowment had, however, been spent on buildings, and the income from endowment was only about £11 a year. The Scheme abolished the right of patronage possessed by the heir male of Sir Thomas Cookes, though it retains him as an ex-officio Governor of the school, and reconstituted the Governing Body, which includes representatives of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Birmingham, of Worcester College, Oxford, which was also endowed by Sir Thomas Cookes, and of the Local Education Authority. It fixed the maximum fee which might be charged, and provided for the award of twelve foundation scholarships to poor boys resident in the neighbourhood of the School. (2) A Scheme for Sir Thomas Middlecott's Endowed School at Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire, approved 4th May, 1923. This School was before the Scheme an Endowed Secondary School, established by a private Act of Parliament in 1624. It had an income from endowment of about £156 a year. For financial reasons it became very difficult to maintain a Secondary School in the premises, and in April, 1920, the Board published a Scheme constituting the Local Education authority the Trustees of the Foundation. It was provided that the school premises should be used by the Local Education Authority as a Farm School and that the endowment should be used for exhibitions. This proposal excited some local objection, and a public inquiry was held on 12th November, 1920, for the purpose of considering the terms of the Scheme. After lengthy consideration of various alternatives, the Scheme was established in a form different from that in which it was originally published. The Governors were authorised to let the school premises to the Local Education Authority at a fair rent, and the income from rent and endowment was made applicable for the award of exhibitions and maintenance allowances for children from the area of benefit. (3) A Scheme for the Free School Foundation at Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, approved 30th July, 1923. The Free School at Courteenhall was founded by will of Sir Samuel Jones, who died in 1672. He bequeathed £100 a year towards the maintenance of a schoolmaster and usher to teach the children of such persons as should inhabit Courteenhall and within four miles compass thereof, English, Latin, Greek, Writing, Casting of Accounts, and such other subjects. as are usually taught in free schools. It proved impossible to maintain a school of this description in Courteenhall, which is a small rural parish, and the Scheme provides that the school shall be conducted as a Public Elementary School. Out of the endowment of £130 a year, £50 a year is allocated to the repair and upkeep of the school buildings, and the residue is applicable in such manner as the Governors think best for promoting the education, including social and physical training, of boys and girls in the area of benefit. The Scheme sets up a Governing Body, consisting of the Lord of the Manor, one representative of the Parish Meeting, two representatives of the County Council and one representative of the Northampton Borough Council. The Board have also consented, under Section 6 of the Endowed Schools Act, 1874, to the making of a Scheme by the Court of Chancery for the French Protestant Church School Fund. (D.) MISCELLANEOUS ORDERS. The following table shows the number and description of the Orders not included in the above tables which have been made by the Board during the year ended 31st July, 1923, as compared with the number and description of those made during the previous year : Orders made under the Mental Defi- Order revoking certain obsolete Grant Order under School Teachers (Super- Total (E.) LIST OF RULES AND REGULATIONS MADE BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DURING THE Year ended 31ST JULY, 1923. Board of Education Contribution Rules, 1922 (Sec. 1, School Teachers' (Superannuation) Act, 1922). Regulations for Scholarships and other Awards in Science, 1922. Higher Education, Regulations for Substantive Grant to Local Education Regulations for the Training of Teachers, 1922. Regulations for Secondary Schools, England, 1922. Regulations for Secondary Schools, Wales, 1922. Regulations for the Preliminary Education and Training of Teachers, 1922. School Teachers' Superannuation (Amending) Rules, 1923. School Teachers' Superannuation (Amending) Rules, England and Wales, 1923. APPENDIX IV. SOME COMBINED TABLES SHOWING FOR ENGLAND AND WALES TOGETHER B-Number and Accommodation of Public Elementary Schools, Council and Voluntary, 1903 and 1923: England and Wales.* The figures for 1923 represent the schools and accommodation on 31st March, 1923, while those for 1903 represent the conditions prevailing at the time the Education Act, 1902, came into force. 5,975 3,065,169 (a) 14,238 3,722,317(a) 20,213 6,787,486 (a) 8,925 4,417,014(b) 11,906 2,679,106(b) 20,831 7,096,120(b) (a) Before reassessment on the basis of 10 square feet per head for older children and 9 square feet for younger children. (b) After reassessment. * The corresponding figures for England and Wales separately will be found on pp. 47 and 51 above. C.-Number of Pupils and Regularity of Attendance. England and Wales. (1) The following figures* relate only to Public Elementary Schools: (2) The following table gives the number of pupils on the registers in Public Elementary Schools on the last day on which the schools were open before the 1st April, 1922, classified according to age : *The corresponding figures for England and Wales separately will be found on pp. 47 and 51 above. + Figures for 1922-23 are not yet available. The corresponding figures for England and Wales separately will be found on pp. 48 and 52 above. D.-Teachers Employed in Public Elementary Schools. England and Wales (1) The following table* shows, for the years 1913-14, 1919-20, 1920-21 and 1921-22, under types of area, the number of recognised adult teachers of various grades per thousand pupils in average attendance:— Number of Teachers for every 1,000 Pupils (2) In the following tables the actual numbers of recognised adult teachers of various grades employed in Public Elementary Schools, and the percentage of each grade to the total, are shown for the years 1913-14, 1919-20, 1920-21 and 1921-22. Grade of Number. cent- Number. cent- Number. cent- Number. cent age. age. age. age. Certificated 109,156 66.6 114,103 69-9 116,073 70.3 118,026 71.2 35,459 21.5 34,848 21-0 13,541 8.2 12,898 Uncertificated 41,407 25.3 35,772 21.9 Supplementary 13,367 8.1 13,424 8.2 7.8 * The corresponding figures for England and Wales separately will be found on pp. 48 and 52 above. § The corresponding figures for England and Wales separately will be found on pp. 49 and 53 above. |