RefNoCA865
TitleWoodbourn Road School, Sheffield
AdminHistoryThe school was established in 1891. Tthe school comprised two separate buildings, one housing the infants and the other housing the boys’ and girls’ departments. In 1941 the boys’ and girls’ departments amalgamated forming a mixed school, then in 1963 the infants became a department of the mixed school.

The Mixed / Middle School closed in 1982.
DescriptionLog Books:
Boys', 1931 - 1941 (CA865/1)
Girls', 1921 - 1941 (CA865/2)
Mixed, 1941 - 1982 (CA865/2)
Infants', 1933 - 1963 (CA865/3)

Admission Registers:
Boys', 1933 - 1941 (CA865/2/1)
Girls', 1935 - 1941 (CA865/2/2)
Mixed, 1941 - 1945 (CA865/2/2)
Junor mixed, 1946 - 1968 (CA865/2/2)
Infants', 1936 - 1965 (CA865/2/3)
Junior and Infants', 1962 - 1982 (CA865/2/3)

Punishment Books:
Girls' and Mixed, 1892 - 1965 (CA865/4/1)
Boys' and mixed, 1897 - 1955 (CA865/4/2)

Headteachers notes of criticisms of lessons, 1911 - 1956 (CA865/5)

Stock and Stores Books, 1943 - 1949 (CA865/6)

Photographs, 1950s (CA865/7)

Other Records, 1912 - 1946 (CA865/8)
Date1892 - 1982
Extent37 items
AccessStatusRestricted
AccessConditionsSchool records include references to named individuals (children and staff). Consequently they are closed to public inspection for 75 years under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) (exempt under section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act). Please refer to Sheffield City Archives for advice on how to access such items.
LevelCollection
CustodialHistoryThe majority of these items were transferred to Sheffield Archives direct form the school/ via the Education Department in February 1981 and January 1984. A number of the admission registers came from the Pupils Administration Section of the City Council's Education Department in Dec 1987.
ArchNoteCatalogue retro-converted by Peter Evans, February 2021.
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