Poverty : a study of town life / by B. Seebohm Rowntree.

  • Seebohm Rowntree
Date:
1902
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Credit: Poverty : a study of town life / by B. Seebohm Rowntree. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (b) Education The following brief review of education in York will enable the reader to estimate how its educational facilities compare with those provided in other towns. No School Board was established in York until 1889, that is, nineteen years after the passing of Mr. Forster’s Education Act. A few schools did excellent work, but the general state of education in the city was low. Since 1889, however, the standard of education in York has greatly improved, and is now probably equal to the average of other towns. The Act providing for free elementary education was passed in 1891. There are now twenty-one free elementary schools in York, viz.— Number of Places provided. Number of Children on Registers, October 1900. 5 Board Schools (1 of them in tem- porary premises) 14 Voluntary Schools (Church of England) ..... 2 Voluntary Schools (Roman Catholic) 5,306 5,288 1,815 4,958 5,186 1,252 Total 12,409 11,396 In addition to the above, there are eight elementary schools which are not free (seven Church of England and one Wesleyan), providing accommodation for 3213 children, and having 2039 on their registers