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CA-EDU - Sheffield City Council: Education Committee (later Education Programme Committee, later Education Policy Committee)

RefNo	CA-EDU
Title	Sheffield City Council: Education Committee (later Education Programme Committee, later Education Policy Committee)
AdminHistory	Local Education Authorities were established under the Education Act 1902. This replaced school boards (which had been established in 1870) by Education Committees. In Sheffield the Act came into force on 1 April 1903. There is a set of minutes from 1902 up to the early 21st century. Initially only the unsigned copy minutes appear to have survived. These contain detailed reports from the sub committees and minutes from the main Education Committee, however they do not include reports and papers appended to the signed minute book (for instance recommendations for boarding out named children to foster families and awards made to pupils were pasted in the original signed minute book). The whereabouts of the original signed Education Committee minutes from 1902 has not (at the time of writing, 2008) been established. Membership of the committee in 1903 totalled 43 individuals: Members of Sheffield City Council Representatives from: University College Church of England Elementary Schools Roman Catholic Elementary Schools Elementary School Teachers Persons of special experience in secondary schools Women members Members of the existing School Board The committee met (every month) in the former School Board Offices in Leopold Street, Sheffield. The minutes books include information on the administration of schools in the city. There are full minutes from each sub-committee and reports from individual schools. There are also reports on the appointment and resignation of (named) teaching and ancillary staff and pupil teachers. Other subjects of note are: awards to pupils (sometimes named), school attendance (including reference to canal boat children, for example in 1920-1921), employment, unemployment, deaf, blind and mentally handicapped children, technical education, further education, higher education, health and welfare etc, infectious diseases, vaccinations and immunisations etc. Until 1989 the Polytechnic and its constituent predecessors such as the College of Technology and Teacher Training College) was controlled by the Education Committee and is thus included in the minute books. When the committee was established in 1903 it had the following sub-committees: Buildings Evening Schools Finance and General Purposes Higher Education School Attendance School Management Managers for General Higher School Technical School of Art In 1911 the sub-committees were: Buildings Children's Meals Evening Schools Finance and General Purposes Higher Education School Attendance School Management Governors of Central Secondary School Governors of King Edward VII School Governors of Pupil Teacher Centre Technical School managers Sheffield Training College for Teachers Managers In 1945 - 1946 the Education Committee had the following sub-committees: Further Education Training of Teachers Child Welfare Scholarships Secondary Education Primary Education Buildings Finance and General Purposes Reconstruction in Education (Special) Children's Accident Prevention (Special) The sub-committees in 1963-1964 were: Awards Buildings Child Welfare Development Finance and General Purposes Further Education Primary Education Secondary Education Youth Employment Joint Sub (Education and Health) re Health Services Joint Sub (Education and Libraries, Art Galleries and Museums) Education Joint Consultative Children's Accident Prevention Schools Advisory Committee on Savings In the late 1980s sub-committees of this committee included: Special Needs sub-committee Schools sub-committee Post-16 sub-committee Premises sub-committee Tertiary sub-committee Policy & Resources sub-committee Under 5s sub-committee During the First World War there are ongoing reference to those serving in the armed forces and those killed or injured. At first these refer to former employees of the Education Committee but as the war went on there are more references to former students. There are also numerous references to providing work for disabled soldiers. A number of examples are given in the item descriptions. The Education Act 1918 raised the school leaving age to 14. It also introduced additional responsibilities for local education authorities such as school medical inspections, nursery school and centre for pupils with special needs. The minute books from this date record information on these additional services. The Education Act of 1944 raised the school leaving age to 15. It also provided free, publicly funded secondary education in grammar, secondary modern or technical schools. Note: 1973 a District Education Committee (of Sheffield Metropolitan District Council) was established. It first met in October 1973. The City Education Committee continued to meet in addition to the District Committee until March 1974. From 1974 (item CA-EDU/73) signed minutes (with details of students names) of the Awards Committee are included; thus there is restricted access for a period of 50 years from item CA-EDU/73 onwards. Also from 1974 onwards papers and reports are included in addition to the minutes. The Committee later became known as the Education Programme Committee and in Mar 1998 changed its name to the Education Policy Committee.
AdminHistory	The Education Committee yearbooks (ref. 379.4274 S) include lists of schools. Those for 1903, 1942/3 and 1963/4 are detailed below: 1903 Abbeydale Council, Abbeydale Road All Saints' National, Sutherland Road Attercliffe National, Leeds Road, Attercliffe Attercliffe Council, Baldwin Street Bole HilI Council, Bole Hill Road, Walkley Bow Street Council, Holly Street Brightside Council, Jenkin Road Broomhill Council, Beech Hill Road Burgoyne Road Council, Cundy Street, Walkley Carbrook National, Carbrook Street Carbrook Council, Attercliffe Common Carlisle Street Council, Carlisle Street East Central Higher Elementary, Orchard Lane Clifford National, Psalter Lane Crofts Council, Solly Street Crookes Endowed, Crookes Crookesmoor Council, Oxford Street and Crookesmoor Road Crosspool National Darnall Road Council Darnall National, Station Road, Darnall Duchess Road Council, Shoreham Street Ecclesall National Ellesmere Road Wesleyan, Petre Street Firshill Council, Barnsley Road Fulwood Council Fulwood National Gleadless Road, Council Grimesthorpe Council, Earl Marshal Road Heeley Bank Council, Myrtle Road Heeley National, Gleadless Road Heeley Wesleyan, Thirlwell Road Hillsborough Council, Parkside Road Hillsborough Temporary Council, Middlewood Road HiIIsborough National, Middlewood Road Hillsborough RC, Ripley Street, Langsett Road Holy Trinity National, Johnson Street Hunter's Bar Council, Sharrow Vale Road Hunter's Bar Temporary Council, Sharrow Vale Huntsman's Gardens Council, Britnall Street, Attercliffe Lancasterian Council, Bowling Green Street Langsett Road Council, Burton Street Lowfield Council, London Road Malin Bridge Temporary Council, Loxley New Road Manor Council, City Road Meersbrook Bank Council, Derbyshire Lane Morley Street Council Neepsend Council, Hoyland Road Neepsend National, Boyland Street Netherthorpe Council, Hoyle Street Newhall Council, Sanderson Street Norton Council, Mundella Place, Derbyshire Lane Norton Lees Council Owler Lane Council, Fir Vale Parish Church National, Queen Street Park Council, Norwich Street Philadelphia Council, West Don Street Pitsmoor National, Pitsmoor Road Pomona Street Council, Ecclesall Road Princess Street Wesleyan Pye Bank Council, Andover Street Ranmoor Temporary CounciI, Ranmoor Road Red Hill Wesleyan St. Barnabas' National, Alderson Road St. Barnabas' National, Cecil Road St. Catherine's Roman Catholic, Andover Street St. Charles' Roman Catholic, Heppenstall Lane, Attercliffe St. Georges' National Beet Street St. John's National, School Street, Park St. John's National, Cricket Road, Park St. Joseph's Roman Catholic, Howard Hill St. Jude's National, Eldon Street St. Jude's National, Moorfields St. Luke's National, Garden Street St. Marie's Roman Catholic, Edmund Road St. Mary's National, Hermitage Street St. Mary's National, South Road, Walkley St. Matthias' National, Parliament Street St. Paul's National, Cambridge Street and Charles Street St. Philip's National, Hoyle Street St. Silas' National, Hodgson Street St. Simon's National, Porter Street St. Stephen's National, Finlay Street St. Vincent's Roman Catholic, White Croft St. Wilfrid's Roman Catholic, Shoreham Street Sale Memorial National, Dyer's Hill Sharrow Lane Council Shiregreen National, Bellhouse Road Springfield Council, Broomspring Lane Tapton Hill Temporary Council, Manchester Road Tinsley Park Road Council, Coleridge Road Upperthorpe Council, Daniel Hill Street Wadsley National Walkley Council, Greaves Street Western Road, Council Whiteley Wood Council Wincobank Council, Newman Road Woodbourn Council, Woodbourn Road Woodseats Council, Bole Hill Lane Woodside Council, Rutland Road 1942/3 Abbey Lane Council, Abbey Lane Abbeydale Council, Abbeydale Road Abbeydale Grammar All Saints', Sutherland Road Anns Road Council, Anns Road, Heeley Arbourthorne Central Council, Eastern Avenue, Arbourthorne Estate Arbourthorne North Council, Craddock Road Ash House Hospital School for Rheumatic Children, Workhouse Lane, Dore Attercliffe Council, Baldwin Street Attercliffe Parish CE, Leeds Road, Attercliffe Beck Road Council, Beck Road Bents Green Open Air School, Ringinglow Road Bole HilI Council, Bole Hill Road, Walkley Bow Council, West Street Bradway Council School, Bradway Main Road Brightside Council, Jenkin Road Broomhall Road Nursery, Broomhall Road Broomhill Council, Beech Hill Road Burgoyne Road Council, Cundy Street, Walkley Burngreave Council, Earldom Road Carbrook Council, Attercliffe Common Carbrook CE, Carbrook Street Carfield Council, Argyle Road Carter Knowle Road Council, Carter Knowle Road [Carterknowle] Cathedral, Queen Street Central Commercial College Central Day Commercial College City Grammar School Clifford, Psalter Lane College of Arts and Crafts College of Domestic Science Coleridge Road Council, Coleridge Road Crookes Endowed, Crookes Crookesmoor Council, Oxford Street and Crookesmoor Road Darnall CE., Station Road, DarnaIl Denby Street Nursery, Denby Street Dore, Vicarage Lane, Dore Duchess Road Council, Shoreham Street EcclesaIl CE., Ringinglow Road EIIesmere Road Council, Petre Street Firs Hill Council, Elmsley Road Firth Park Grammar School Fulwood Council, David Lane Fulwood CE., Canterbury Lane Gleadless Council, HoIlinsend Main Road, Gleadless Greenhill Council, School Lane, Greenhill Greystones Council, Greystones Road Grimesthorpe Council, Grimesthorpe Road Hammerton Council, Ouseburn Road Handsworth Council, Fitzalan Road, Handsworth Handsworth St. Joseph's R.C., St. Joseph's Road, Handsworth Hartley Brook Road Council, Hartley Brook Road Hatfield House Lane CounciI, Hatfield House Lane Heeley Bank Council, Myrtle Road High Storrs Grammar School Highfield Special Council, Sharrow Lane Hillfoot Council, Hoyland Road Hillsborough Council, Parkside Road Hillsborough RC., Ripley Street, Langsett Road Hucklow Road Council, Hucklow Road Hurlfield Grammar School Hunters Bar Council, Sharrow Vale Road and Junction Road Huntsman's Gardens Council, Bodmin Street and Britnall Street, Attercliffe Industrial School Intake Council, Mansfield Road, Intake Junior Technical School for Boys King Edward VII Grammar School King Edward VII Sanatorium School, Rivelin Valley Road Langsett Road Council, Burton Street Longley Council, Raisen Hall Road Lowfield Council, London Road and Queen's Road Lydgate Council, Lydgate Lane Malin Bridge Council, Norris Road Maltby Street Council, Maltby Street Manor Council, City Road Marlcliffe Council, Marlcliffe Road Maud Maxfield School for the Deaf, East Hill, East Bank Road Meersbrook Bank Council, Derbyshire Lane Meynell Road Council, Meynell Road, Parson Cross Morley Street Council, Morley Street Neepsend CE., Boyland Street Nether Edge Grammar Nether Green Council, Fulwood Road Netherthorpe Council, Hoyle Street Newhall Council, Sanderson Street Norton Council, Mundella Place, Derbyshire Lane Norton Free, School Lane, Norton Owler Lane Council, Owler Lane Park Council, Norwich Street Parson Cross, Wadsley Bridge Philadelphia Council, West Don Street Phillimore Road Council, Phillimore Road Pipworth Road Council, Pipworth Road Pitsmoor CE., Pitsmoor Road Pomona Street Council, Pomona Street Prince Edward Council, Prince of Wales Road Pye Bank Council, Andover Street West Remand Home for Boys, Western Bank St. Barnabas' C.E., Alderson Road St. Barnabas' C.E., Cecil Road, St. Catherine's Roman Catholic, Andover Street St. Charles' Roman Catholic, Heppenstall Lane, Attercliffe St George's CE., Beet Street St. John's, School Street, Park St John's, Cricket Road, Park St Joseph's Roman Catholic, Howard Hill St Marie's Roman Catholic, Edmund Road and Sheaf Gardens St Mary's South Road, Walkley St Matthias' CE Parliament Street St Oswald's Roman Catholic, Boundary Road, Wybourn Estate St Patrick's Roman Catholic, Sheffield Lane Top St Silas' CE., Hodgson Street St Stephen's, Finlay Street St. Theresa's Catholic, Prince of Wales Road St Vincent's Roman Catholic, White Croft St. Wilfred's Roman Catholic, Shoreham Street Sale Memorial, Dyer's Hill Salmon Pastures Council, Warren Street Sharrow Lane Council, Sharrow Lane Shirecliffe Council, Penrith Street Shiregreen Council, Bracken Street Southey Green Council, Crowder Avenue Springfield Council, Broomspring Lane Springvale House Open Air, Park Lane Stand House Council, Queen Mary Road Tinsley Council, Plumpers Road Tinsley C.E., Bawtry Road Totley C.E., Hillfoot Road, Totley Training College Upperthorpe Council, Daniel Hill Street Wadsley C.E., Worrall Road Wadsley Bridge Council, Penistone Road, Wadsley Bridge Walkley Council, Greaves Street Western Road Council, Western Road Whitby Road Council, Whitby Road Whiteley Wood Open Air Council, Cottage Lane Wincobank Council, Newman Road Wisewood Council, Ben Lane, Wadsley Woodbourn Council, Woodbourn Road Woodhouse Council, Station Road, Woodhouse Woodhouse West Council, Sheffield Road, Woodhouse Woodseats Council, Chesterfield Road Woodside Council, Rutland Road Woodthorpe Council, Woodthorpe Road Woolley Wood Council, Oaks Fold Road Wybourn Council, Manor Oaks Road 1963/4 Abbey Lane County Abbeydale County Abbeydale Grammar Boys Abbeydale Grammar Girls Abbeydale Secondary Modern Acres Hill County All Saints Anns Road County Arbourthorne Central County Arbourthorne North County Athelstan County Beaver Hill Secondary Modern Beck Road County Bents Green Special Bole Hill County Bradway County Brightside County Brincliffe Grammar Brook Secondary Modern Broomhall Road Nursery Broomhill County Burgoyne Road County Burngreave Secondary Modern Carbrook C.E. Carbrook County Carfield County Carter Knowle Road County [Carterknowle] Cathedral (School temporarily suspended) Central Technical Chantrey Special (C.P.) Chaucer Secondary Modern City Grammar City Training College Clifford Coleridge Road Secondary Modern College of Art College of Technology Crookes Endowed Crookesmoor County Darnall CE Denby Street Nursery Dore Duchess Road County East Hill Special (Infant E.S.N.) East Hill Special (Junior E.S.N. Boys) East Hill Special (Senior E.S.N. Boys) Ecclesall C.E. Ecclesall County 91 Ellesmere Road County Firs Hill County Firth Park Grammar Fox Hill County Fulwood CE Gleadless County Gleadless Valley Secondary Modern Grace Owen Nursery Grange Grammar Granville College of Further Education Greenhill County Greystones County Greystones Secondary Modern Grimesthorpe County Hammerton County Handsworth County Handsworth Special (E.S.N.) Handsworth St Joseph's R.C. Hartley Brook Road County Hartley Brook Road Secondary Modern Hatfield House Lane County Hatfield House Lane Secondary Modern Heeley Bank County Hemsworth County Herdings County High Storrs Grammar Highfield Special (E.S.N.) Hillfoot County Hillsborough County Hillsborough R.C. Hinde House Secondary Modern Holt House County Hucklow Road County Hunter's Bar County Huntsman's Gardens County Hurlfield Secondary Modern Boys Hurlfield Secondary Modern Girls Intake County Jordanthorpe Secondary Modern Boys Jordanthorpe Secondary Modern Girls King Ecgbert Secondary Technical King Edward VII King Edward VII Hospital Langsett Road County Langsett Road Secondary Modern Lindsay Road County Longley County Lowfield County Lydgate County Malin Bridge County Maltby Street County Manor County Marlcliffe County Marlcliffe Secondary Intermediate Maud Maxfield School for the Deaf Meersbrook Bank County Meynell Road County Meynell Road Secondary Modern Morley Street County Myers Grove Secondary Comprehensive Nether Green County Netherthorpe County Newfield Secondary Modern Boys Newfield Secondary' Modern Girls Newhall County Norfolk Secondary Modern Norton County Norton Free Oakes Park Special (P.H.) Owler Lane County Owler Lane Secondary Modern Park County Park House Secondary Modern Parson Cross Philadelphia County Phillimore Road County Pipworth Road County Pipworth Road Secondary Modern Pomona Street County Prince Edward County Prince Edward Secondary Modern Pye Bank County Rollestone County Rowlinson Secondary Technical Sharrow Lane County Sheffield Children's Hospital School Sheffield School for Blind Children Shirecliffe County Shirecliffe Secondary Modern Shiregreen County Shiregreen Secondary Modern Silverdale Secondary Modern Southey Green County Southey Green Secondary Modern Springfield County Springvale House Special, (Del.) St. Barnabas' C.E. (Cecil Road) St. Barnabas' C;E. (Alderson Road) St. Catherine's R.C. St. Charles' R.C. St. John's (Cricket Road) St. John's (School Street) St. Joseph's R.C. St. Marie's R.C. St. Mary's (Walkley) St. Oswald's R.C. St. Patrick's R.C. St. Paul's R.C. Secondary Modern St. Peter's R.C. Secondary Modern St. Silas' C.E. St. Stephen's St. Theresa's R.C. St. Vincent's R.C. St. Wilfrid's R.C. Stand House County Stradbroke County Tapton Secondary Modern Thornbridge Hall Training College Tinsley C.E. (School temporarily suspended) Tinsley County Totley C.E. Totley County Totley Hall Housecraft Training College Upperthorpe County Wadsley Bridge Special (Junior R.S.N. Boys) Wadsley Bridge Special (Senior E.S.N. Boys) Walkley County Western Road County Waltheof Secondary Modern Western Road Secondary Modern Whitby Road County Whiteley Wood Special (Del.) Wincobank County Wisewood County Wisewood Secondary Modern Woodbourn County Woodhouse County Woodhouse West County Woodseats County Woodside County Woodthorpe County Woodthorpe Secondary Modern Woolley Wood County Wybourn County Wybourn Secondary Modern
Description	Official minutes (not always signed)
Date	1903 - 2000
Extent	138 items
AccessStatus	Restricted
AccessConditions	From 1974 (CA-EDU/73) the volumes include minutes and papers of the Awards Working Party (which may contain information provided in confidence about named students). Under the Data Protection Act, these items are subject to access restrictions for a period of 50 years. For further information, please refer to a member of staff.
Level	Collection
RelatedMaterial	Related Material at Sheffield Archives: For minutes prior to 1902 see Sheffield School Board minutes (SY350) Related Material at Sheffield Local Studies Library: Copy minutes 1903/04 - 1979/80 (379.4274 S and 379.4274 SQ) (Committee minutes are also bound in the main Council minutes which are also available at the Local Studies Library up to the present day). Education Committee Handbooks of Information (these include Education Committee information, staff of Education Department; dates of school openings, reorganisations, etc.; staff at all schools etc. (including date and place of training, date of appointment and salary) and an alphabetical list of teachers), 1903 - 1940, 1942 - 1951/52, 1955/56 - 1964/65 (379.4274 S)

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