• Source: School boards in England and Wales

      • School boards were ad hoc public bodies in England and Wales between 1870 and 1902, which established and administered elementary schools.


      Creation


      The Elementary Education Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 75) permitted the creation of school boards in areas where they were needed. The legislation followed campaigning by George Dixon, Joseph Chamberlain and the National Education League for elementary education free from Anglican doctrine. Education was still not free of fees.
      The first schedule of the 1870 act permitted school boards for:

      the Metropolitan Board of Works area
      the district of the Oxford Local Board of Health
      every municipal borough, except Oxford
      every civil parish (or part of civil parish) that was outside of the above
      Around 2,500 school boards were created between 1870 and 1896.


      Powers and functions


      Each board could:

      raise funds from a rate
      build and run non-denominational schools where existing voluntary provision was inadequate
      subsidise church schools where appropriate
      pay the fees of the poorest children
      if they deemed it necessary, create a by-law making attendance compulsory between ages 5–13 - until the Elementary Education Act 1880 when it became compulsory for all
      not impose any religious education, other than simple Bible reading.


      Election of members


      Members were directly elected, not appointed by borough councils or parish vestries.
      Unusually for the time, women were eligible to win election to school boards. When the first elections were held, in 1870, nine women were elected across the country: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Emily Davies in London, Anne Ashworth and Caroline Shum in Bath, Catherine Ricketts in Brighton, Lydia Becker in Manchester, Marian Huth in Huddersfield, Eleanor Smith in Oxford, and Jennetta Temple in Exeter.


      Abolition


      School boards were abolished by the Education Act 1902, which replaced them with local education authorities, which were the councils of counties and county boroughs in 1902. The London School Board was replaced by the London County Council in 1904.


      See also


      Joseph Chamberlain
      History of education in England
      National Education League
      Birmingham board schools
      List of former board schools in Brighton and Hove
      Board of education - US


      References




      Sources


      Educational Documents, England and Wales 1816 to the present day, J Stuart MacLure, 1965, 1979, ISBN 0-416-72810-3 370.942
      Education in Britain 1750–1914, W B Stephens, 1998, ISBN 0-333-60512-8

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