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Brighton Union Charity School for Boys, by Brighton Union Charity School for Boys, published 1818 (20 pp., Brighton: Ruddock, Printer, &c) accessible at: British Library

A Concise Description of the Endowed Grammar Schools in England and Wales: Sussex, 1818, by Nicholas Carlisle, published 1818 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5345]

Chichester: Oliver Whitby School; Prebendal School.
Cuckfield: Free Grammar School.
East Grinstead: Free Grammar School.
Horsham: Free School.
Midhurst: Grammar School.
Steyning: Free Grammar School

Rules and regulations of a school established … for the education of poor boys and girls in the town and neighbourhood of Lewes, in the year 1809, published 1821 (8 pp., Lewes: Sussex Advertiser Office) accessible at: British Library

A Plea for the Middle Classes, by Nathaniel Woodard, published 1848 (18 pp., London: Joseph Masters)   View Online

A brief account of the Hastings Ladies' Association for the schools in the East in connexion with the Church of England, published 1856 (London)

With a preface by the Rev. Thomas Vokes.

Extracts from the Journal of Walter Gale, Schoolmaster at Mayfield, 1750, by R. W. Blencowe, published 1857 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 9, article, pp.182-207) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2094] & The Keep [LIB/500228] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Oxford Matriculations, 1615-1640, by Rev. Philip Bliss, D.D., published 1857 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 9, notes & queries, pp.363-364) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2094] & The Keep [LIB/500228] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Muster Roll: Windlesham House, Brighton, A.D. 1837-1887, by Henry C. Malden, published 1887 (Windlesham House School) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Muster Roll: Windlesham House, Brighton, A.D. 1837-1902, by Henry C. Malden, published 1902 (2nd edition) accessible at: British Library

The Testament and Will of Agnes Morley, Widow, Foundress of the Free Grammar School at Lewes, dated 1511 and 1512, by R. Garraway Rice, F.S.A., published 1903 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 46, article, pp.134-144) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2131] & The Keep [LIB/500264] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Middle Street School, Brighton, Formerly the Royal Union School, 1805-1905, by George Haffenden, published 1905 (Brighton: Beal & Son)

West Sussex & Chichester Joint Education Committee Year Book 1906-1907, published 1906 (West Sussex Joint Education Committee) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5899]

West Sussex & Chichester Joint Education Committee Year Book 1906-1907, published 1907 (West Sussex Joint Education Committee) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5899]

Schools, edited by William Page, F.S.A., published 1907 in The Victoria History of the County of Sussex (vol. 2: Ecclesiastical, Maritime, Social and Economic History, Population 1801-1901, Industries, Agriculture, Forestry, Architecture, Schools and Sport, article, pp.397-440, London: Victoria County History, ISBN-10: 0712905863 & ISBN-13: 9780712905862) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2399][Lib 9097] & The Keep [LIB/500090][LIB/504899] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

East Sussex School Inspection Scheme, published August 1908 in The Lancet (vol. 172, article, pp.407-408)   View Online

West Sussex & Chichester Joint Education Committee Year Book 1908-1909, published 1909 (West Sussex Joint Education Committee) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5901]

West Sussex & Chichester Joint Education Committee Year Book 1909-1910, published 1910 (West Sussex Joint Education Committee) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5902]

West Sussex & Chichester Joint Education Committee Year Book 1913-1914, published 1914 (West Sussex Joint Education Committee) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5903]

West Sussex & Chichester Joint Education Committee Year Book 1915-1916, published 1915 (West Sussex Joint Education Committee) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5904]

Register of St. John's College, Hurstpierpoint, compiled by H. L. Johnson, published 1915 (298 pp., Hurstpierpoint School) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

West Sussex & Chichester Joint Education Committee Year Book 1915-1916, published 1916 (West Sussex Joint Education Committee) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5904]

Horsham Grammar School Magazine - 1922 to 1925, published 1925 (Horsham Grammar School) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13992]

Horsham Churchwardens' Account Book. I. Miscellaneous Matters. Grammar School , by R. Garraway Rice, F.S.A., published May 1926 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. I no. 2, article, pp.37-39) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8950] & The Keep [LIB/500203] & S.A.S. library

Peacock's School, Rye, Sussex, by A. F. de P. Worsfield, published 1927 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 68, article, pp.199-209) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2153] & The Keep [LIB/500286] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Schools, 2nd Series. 2 - Collyer's School, Horsham, by S. E. Winbolt, M.A., published 1931 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. V no. 3, article, pp.221-226) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2310] & The Keep [LIB/500174]

Collyer's School Fourth Centenary: 1532-1932, published 1932 (pamphlet, Collyer's School) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6677]

The life and work of Nathaniel Woodard, with special reference to the influence of the Oxford movement on English education in the 19th century, by R. Perry, 1932 at Bristol University (M.A. thesis)

The Rev. E. L. Browne, March 1st, 1856 - March 25th, 1933. Headmaster, St. Andrew's School, Eastbourne, 1890-1933, by Saint Andrew's School (Eastbourne), published 1933 (31 pp + 8 leaves of plattes, Eastbourne: V.V. Sumfield, printer) accessible at: British Library

Lancing: A History of S.S. Mary and Nicholas College, Lancing, 1848 to 1930, by B. W. T. Handford, published 1933 (Basil Blackwell) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

A Six-Year-Old School: Herons Ghyll, by Helen Campbell, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 11, article, p.742) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

Memoir of the Rev. E. L. Browne, M.A., Headmaster of St Andrew's School, Eastbourne, by Rev. F. B. R. Browne, published 1934

Willowhayne School, East Preston, by Dorothy Gardner, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 2, article, p.129) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500177]

Hastings & St Leonards Ladies College, by S.C.M. Contributor(s), published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 3, article, p.197) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500177]

Steyning Grammar School, by S. E. Winbolt, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 5, article, pp.319-324) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500177]

A Girls' School at Lewes, 100 years ago, by Maude Robinson, published 1934 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VIII no. 7, article, pp.427-432) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9329] & The Keep [LIB/500178]

Furzedown P.N.E.U. School, Littlehampton, by P. M. Ellis, published 1935 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IX no. 1, article, p.52) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9330] & The Keep [LIB/500179]

School Life at Lewes in the 'Seventies', by Maude Robinson, published 1935 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IX no. 10, article, pp.622-626) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9330] & The Keep [LIB/500180]

The Charm of Chamandean: An Ideal School for Girls, by S.C.M. Contributor(s), published 1936 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. X no. 6, article, pp.435-436) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2315][Lib 9331] & The Keep [LIB/500181]

A Sussex Home School: St. Michael's, St Leonards-on-Sea, by Capt. E. L. Wharton, R.N. (Ret.), published 1936 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. X no. 7, article, pp.509-510) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2315][Lib 9331] & The Keep [LIB/500181]

St. Cyprian's School, Eastbourne. Its history, development and present-day activities, by Saint Cyprian's School (Eastbourne), published 1937 (18 pp., Gloucester: British Publishing Co.) accessible at: British Library

The Story of the Woodard Schools, by K. E. Kirk, published 1937 (London: Hodder and Stoughton) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14708] & West Sussex Libraries

A Brighton Sunday School in 1900, by R. V. Ballard, published 1938 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XII no. 6, article, pp.370-371) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2317] & The Keep [LIB/500183]

History of Rye Grammar School, 1639-1939, by Leopold A. Vidler, published 1940 (40 pp., Rye: Adams) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The deeds and papers relating to the foundation of Rye's first Grammar School and its early history, long missing from an oak chest inscribed "Free Schoole Writings 1661," were fortunately discovered in the possession of the Corporation of Rye in time for the preparation of this excellent short sketch of the history of the two foundations, Peacocke's (1638) and Sanders's (1720), amalgamated in 1858 as Rye Grammar School. In few pages Mr. Vidler gives a clear and well documented account of the Trusts and their troubles, and the successive Headmasters, who were also not without troubles of their own, though the number of pupils apparently never dwindled away in the eighteenth century as they did in so many Grammar Schools of small towns throughout England, and we hear little of such scandals as that of Mr. Lewis Jones, the Master, who in 1746 was found to have allowed the school buildings to fall into disrepair and to have let them to an innkeeper for storing lumber and corn and the garden for keeping hogs, fowls and a skittle-alley.
The second foundation was subordinate to its founder's school at Hastings, and was only brought into effective existence by a shrewd speculation in a lottery on the part of the estate's receiver. It was clearly intended to extend to Nonconformists the advantages which at Peacocke's were confined to Churchpeople, and probably also to give a more "practical" education to the sons of Rye's nautical inhabitants; navigation was to be, and occasionally was, taught there. But there was not endowment enough to support two schools, and they were amalgamated in 1791, then divided in 1828, and finally amalgamated in 1856 under George Easton, who is still remembered by his surviving pupils.
The School has had three hundred years of life and fairly unbroken credit, the latter the rarer distinction of the two; and though it no longer occupies Peacocke's beautiful building of 1636 (shown in a plate), which still stands in High Street and is put fortunately to no degrading use, that is the price of healthy growth.

Obituary, published 1943 in Analyst (vol. 68, no. 811, article, pp.297-297)

Reginald F. Wright left college some 45 years ago and went to the Uckfield Agricultural College (one of the pioneer agricultural colleges of the country) as lecturer in chemistry and later became its Principal. 

Heritage Chailey : craft schools and hospitals, Chailey 1903-1948 : being an account of the pioneer work for crippled children, by Grace Kimmins, published 1948 (123 pp., Baynard Press) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

All For Our Delight: poems by girls of Chichester High School, 1923-1945, published c.1950 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 162]

Robinson Road Schools, Crawley: Centenary Book, 1854-1954, edited by F. Keenlyside and A. G. Reeson, published 1954 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4823]

Horsham high School for Girls 1904-1954, by E. M. Marchant, published c.1955 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Lewes Mechanics' Institution, by Alethea Tynan, published 1955 in Bewley House Papers (vol. 3, no. 4, article)

The History of Hastings Grammar School, 1619-1956, by J. Manwaring Baines and L. R. Conisbee, published 1956 (248 pp., Hastings Grammar School Foundation) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503829] & East Sussex Libraries

Schools and Schooling in Sussex. (1) 1548-1607, by J. E. Wadey, published May 1957 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 13 & 14, article, pp.217-221) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

Schools and Schooling in Sussex. (2) 1579-1686 & (3) 1687-1800, by J. E. Wadey, published November 1957 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 15 & 16, article, pp.270-277) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library

Orders for a Proposed Free School at Petworth in 1691, by G. H. Kenyon, published May 1959 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 3, article, pp.85-91) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

The Free Grammar School of Chichester, by C. E. Welch, published May 1959 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 3, note, pp.99-100) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

A Petworth Grammar School, by G. M. A. Beck, published November 1959 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 4, note, p.128) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

The Lancastrian School for Girls, 1812-1926, by Francis W. Steer, F.S.A., published 1960 (Chichester Papers no. 26, Chichester City Council)

The School at Sedlescombe, by J. E. Wadey, published November 1960 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XV no. 6, article, pp.186-189) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8233] & The Keep [LIB/500217] & S.A.S. library

The established church and the education of the Victorian middle classes: a study of the Woodard Schools, 1847-1891, by W. B. D. Heeney, 1962 at Oxford University (D. Phil. Thesis)

Education yesterday: the Saunders' Foundation and the Uckfield National Schools - a brief history of two Uckfield schools from about 1700 to 1880, by Howard D. Gilbert, published 1963 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503019]

History of Collyer's School, by A. N. Wilson, published 1965 (xiii + 210 pp., London: Edward Arnold) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2793] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Almost Sixty Years of Teacher Training: A short history of Brighton College of Education, by C. E. Brent, published 1968 (Brighton Borough)

The Use of Television in Brighton and East Sussex Schools (1965-1966). , by A. J. Pursaill, 1968 at Sussex University (Ph.D. thesis)

Mission to the Middle Classes: the Woodard Schools, 1848-1891, by Brian Heeney, published July 1969 (262 pp., S.P.C.K., ISBN-10: 0281023263 & ISBN-13: 9780281023264) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Swan Downer's Girls' School at Brighton, by N. Caplan, published November 1969 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 4, article, pp.115-119) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

Brighton School of Librarianship: 1947-1972, published 1972 (12 pp., Brighton: Brighton Polytechnic School of Librarianship) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

A history of Christ Church School [St. Leonards], 1872-1972, by Barry Funnell, published 1972 (36 pp., St Leonards-on-Sea: Christ Church School) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Midhurst Grammar School Tercentenary 1672-1972, by Kim C. Leslie, published 1972 (Midhurst Grammar School) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

A study in the factors influencing educational provision in Worthing, 1870-1918, by J. A. C. Turner, 1973 at University of London (M.A. thesis)

Catholic Schoolmasters in Sussex 1558-1603. Addenda and Corrigenda to Beales's Catholic Schoolmasters, by Timothy J. McCann, published 1974 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2957]

Electoral procedures and implementation of the 1870 Education Act in Brighton, 1870-1902, by R. Newbold, 1975 at Sussex University (M.A. thesis)

The story of Shoreham Grammar School, edited by C. C. N. Wynne, published 1977 (84 pp., Guildford: Old Shorehamers' Association) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Sponsored by the Old Shorehamers' Association to mark their 50th Anniversary - 28th May, 1977

Handcross CP School Centenary, 1878-1978, by Elizabeth Hayes, published 1978 (booklet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10796]

The history of Bishop Otter College, Chichester, in relation to the development of teacher education in England and Wales, 1836-1976, by Gordon P. McGregor, 1978 at University of Chichester (Ph.D. thesis)   View Online

A Girls' School for Cuckfield in the 1860s, by Maisie Wright, published January 1979 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 12, article, p.10) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/12] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

Heene House Academy, Worthing, by Merle Tidey, published December 1979 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 2, article, pp.45-46) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A description of the author's research into the life of John Tidey (1773-1849), founder of Heene House Academy. Article covers the years 1773 - 1849 in the parish of Worthing.

Educational & Social Conflict in East Grinstead in the 18th & 19th Centuries: Part I The Payne Endowment, by Deidre Neville, published December 1979 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 2, article, pp.60-63) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Utopia Reconsidered. Edmond Holmes, Harriet Johnson and the School at Sompting, by M. H. Hyndman, published 1980 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 118, article, pp.351-357) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7805] & The Keep [LIB/500305] & S.A.S. library

Educational & Social Conflict in East Grinstead in the 18th & 19th Centuries: Part 2 The Zion Chapel, by Deidre Neville, published March 1980 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 3, article, pp.89-92) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Cuckfield British School, by Neil Caplan, published March 1980 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 4, article, pp.146-150) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17603] & The Keep [LIB/501187] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The former Congregational Church at Cuckfield and their records include material about the Day School which this Church set up in 1852.

Educational & Social Conflict in East Grinstead in the 18th & 19th Centuries: Part 3 The School at Sackville College, by Deidre Neville, published June 1980 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 4, article, pp.125-129) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Cuckfield British School - 2, by Neil Caplan, published June 1980 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 1, article, pp.31-35) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8671] & The Keep [LIB/501188] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

A Sussex Prep School in the First World War, by John H. Bishop, published September 1980 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 5, article, pp.150-153) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The author's reminiscences of his time at Eastfield House, Ditchling

Educational & Social Conflict in East Grinstead in the 18th & 19th Centuries: Part 4 The Hiatus, by Deidre Neville, published September 1980 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 5, article, pp.158-161) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Early Sunday Schools in Sussex, by Michael Leppard, published September 1980 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 2, article, p.64) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8671] & The Keep [LIB/501188] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Rowdell Estate, Washington, Part 2, by A. Jenner, published September 1980 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 17, article, p.10) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/17] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

Educational & Social Conflict in East Grinstead in the 18th & 19th Centuries: Part 5 Nevill v Blomfield, by Deidre Neville, published December 1980 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 6, article, pp.195-197) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

History of Broadwater Manor House and School, Golden Jubilee 1930-1980, by Henfrey Smail, published 1981 (Broadwater Manor School) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Education in Cuckfield, by Joan Ward, published 1981 (booklet, 54 pp., 6 plates & 2 plans, Chichester: West Sussex County Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7878] & West Sussex Libraries

Nathaniel Woodard, Educator of the Middle Classes, by John A. H. Wylie, published 1981 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7796] & West Sussex Libraries

The Effects upon Schooling in Sussex of the Legislation dissolving the Religious Houses and Chantries, by A. R. Morris, published 1981 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 119, article, pp.149-156) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7989] & The Keep [LIB/500306] & S.A.S. library

Compulsory Education in Lyminster, by Ann Hudson, published January 1981 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 18, article, p.1) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/18] & The Keep [LIB/500480]

Educational & Social Conflict in East Grinstead in the 18th & 19th Centuries: Part 6 Mainly Concerning Mr. Duplex, by Deidre Neville, published March 1981 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 7, article, pp.224-228) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Cradle of Empire: A Preparatory School Through Nine Reigns [Temple Grove School], by Meston Batchelor, published 1 April 1981 (128 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0850333911 & ISBN-13: 9780850333916) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506184] & East Sussex Libraries

School Records. Part 1, by R. A. Villiers, published October 1981 (contribution no. 3, 3 pp., Warnham Historical Society) accessible at: Warnham Historical Society   Download PDF

A Very Exceptional Instance: Three Centuries of Education in Steyning, Sussex, by J. M. Sleight, published December 1981 (104 pp., Worthing: Gadd's Printers, ISBN-10: 0950785008 & ISBN-13: 9780950785004) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7974] & West Sussex Libraries

Ringmer School in the Twenties, by Edith M. Courage, published 1982 in Ringmer History (Bo. 1, article, pp.8-11)

Memories of the primary school.

School Records. Part 2: Note on Warnham School 1873-1885, by A. A. Henderson, published May 1982 (contribution no. 4, 4 pp., Warnham Historical Society) accessible at: Warnham Historical Society   Download PDF

Broadbridge Heath Shelley School: Extracts from the Log Books, 1873-1920, by Tom Leach, published 1983 (booklet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8833]

The Village School: Two hundred years of history at Felbridge School, by George Wilkinson, published 1983 (80 pp. & illus., published by the author)

Private Schools in Bognor Regis 1860-1960, by J. M. Lee, published 1983 (Bognor Regis Local History Society)

The Village Schools 1819-1984, by Nigel Peake, published 1983 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 2, 40 pp. & illus., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0950749613 & ISBN-13: 9780950749617) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Brighton College v. Marriott: Schools, charity law and taxation, by Martin D. W. Jones, published 1983 in The Journal of the History of Education Society (vol. 12, issue 2, article, pp.121-132)   View Online

Schooling in Brighton before the first Elementary Education Act of 1870, by Ronald Tibble, published June 1983 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 1, article, pp.4-12) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9173] & The Keep [LIB/501191] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The York Place Varndean Story 1884-1984, by Joan Miller, published 1984 (published by the author)

Two hundred years of education in Glynde, 1765-1965, by Andrew Lusted, published 1984 in Ringmer History (No. 3, article, pp.18-25)

Eastbourne and the school board era that never was, 1870-1902, by Clive Griggs and Debbie Wall, published 1984 in The Journal of the History of Education Society (vol. 13, issue 4, article, pp.272-286) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502693]   View Online

The Brighton Charity School in the Early 18th Century, by John H. Farrant, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, article, pp.139-146) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library

Nathaniel Woodard: Educator of the Middle Classes, by John Wylie, published March 1984 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 4, article, pp.139-144) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9173] & The Keep [LIB/501191] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Subjects of Higher Degree Theses, by Brian Harwood, published March 1984 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 4, article, pp.161-162) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9173] & The Keep [LIB/501191] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

A Brighton Educator: Dr Henry Stein Turrell (1816-1863), by Ronald Tibble, published June 1984 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 1, article, pp.13-18) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501192] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

A History of the Prebendal School, by Neville Ollerenshaw, published 28 September 1984 (108 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0850335523 & ISBN-13: 9780850335521) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9091] & West Sussex Libraries

Great-grandfather's Schooldays - James Coomber, by Sandra Williams, published December 1984 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 4, article, pp.145-147) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9788] & The Keep [LIB/501258] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A glimpse of life in a country school as revealed by the log books of St. Wilfrid's School, Haywards Heath.

Health Education in West Sussex Schools, by J. Brand, J. French and S. McLaren, published 1985 in Education and Health (vol. 3, no. 4, article)

Evidence of Schooling in West Sussex, 1574 - 1640, by Dr. Andrew Foster, published 1985 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 123, historical note, pp.273-275) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9514] & The Keep [LIB/500310] & S.A.S. library

St. Wilfrid's School, Haywards Heath, Sussex, by Sandra Williams, published June 1985 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 6, article, pp.228-229) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9788] & The Keep [LIB/501258] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Swan Downer's Charity School, Brighton, by Ronald Tibble, published June 1985 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 1, article, pp.17-22) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501193] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

From Art School to Polytechnic : serving industry and the community from Brighton : 1859 to 1986, published 1986 (46 pp., Brighton: Faculty of Art and Design, Brighton Polytechnic, ISBN-10: 0904167305) accessible at: British Library

A short history of Burgess Hill School for Girls, 1906-1986, by Angela Davies, published 1986 (80 pp., Burgess Hill School for Girls) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

A case for local history in schools, by D. R. Banting, published January 1986 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 33, article, p.28) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/33] & The Keep [LIB/500481]

Tanbridge House 1887-1987, published 1987 (booklet, Tanbridge House School) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9943]

Heene Church of England School, 1886-1985, by Muriel Huxley-Williams, published 1987 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9991] & West Sussex Libraries

A 19th-Century Dame School from West Wittering, by F. G. Aldsworth and Caroline Hallam, published 1987 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 125, historical note, pp.262-266) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9994] & The Keep [LIB/500304] & S.A.S. library

London Road School, Burgesse Hill, published March 1987 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 4, article, p.146) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Copy of examination schedule for 1874 listing Student's name, age last birthday, number of attendances during the year and date of admission

Ebernoe Church of England School - A History, by Frances Abraham, published 1988 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The author of this book lives in what used to be Ebernoe School. The book describes the history of the school, memories of some of the pupils and includes the admissions register for the school from 1877-1951.

Three Cheers for Yoga! A Brighton Experiment in Adult Education for the Mentally Handicapped, by Vivien Martin, published 1988 in Adult Education (vol. 60, no. 4, article, pp.314-321)

Rev. Thomas Redman Hooker, D.D. (1762-1838), by Ron Tibble, published December 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 4, article, p.149) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Thomas Redman Hooker was born at Tonbridge, the son of Thomas Hooker owner of Tonbridge Castle. He was educated privately and then at Oriel College, Oxford. He came to Sussex in 1791 as Rector of Whatlington and then Vicar of Rottingdean in 1792. In the vicarage he conducted the school that made him famous for forty years. He also established one of the first Sunday Schools.

Rustington School: A History, 1859-1989, by Harry Clark and Kay Wilson, published 1989 (pamphlet, 40 pp., Rustington County Primary School Parent Teacher Association, ISBN-10: 0951484702 & ISBN-13: 9780951484708) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10432] & West Sussex Libraries

Scholars and Slates: Sussex Schools in the 1880s, by Steve Johnson and Kim Leslie, published 1989 (pamphlet, 83 pp., Chichester: West Sussex County Council, ISBN-10: 0862601673 & ISBN-13: 9780862601676) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10190] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

East Preston Schools, 1840-1902, by R. W. Standing, published 1989 (booklet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10486] & West Sussex Libraries

A comparative study of education and society in selected areas of West Yorkshire and West Sussex between 1660 and 1835., by Doreen Elsie Smith, 1989 at University of Leeds (Ph.D. thesis)

Schools in Rye, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 July 1989 (Rye Memories, 100 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600088 & ISBN-13: 9781870600088) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Revd. John Mossop, M.A., (1756-1794), by Ronald Tibble, published December 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 8, article, pp.368-374) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of Revd. John Mossop and the Grammar School, Brighthelmston from 1787.

St Nicholas School, Portslade, by Judy Middleton, published 1990 (published by the author)

The Infant Schools of Broadwater Parish, by R. F. Drake, published 1990 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 128, article, pp.187-194) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11106] & The Keep [LIB/500301] & S.A.S. library

Access to and development of secondary and technical education in Brighton in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, by David Alan Stainwright, 1990 at Sussex University (Ph.D. thesis)

The Bishop Otter College Permanent Art Collection, edited by Paul Foster, published 1 January 1990 (booklet, 16 pp., West Sussex Institute of Higher Education, ISBN-10: 0948765240 & ISBN-13: 9780948765247) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10648] & West Sussex Libraries

Moulsecoomb Days: Learning and Teaching on a Brighton Council Estate, 1922-47, by Ruby Dunn, published 1 May 1990 (74 pp., Brighton: QueensSpark Books, ISBN-10: 0904733351 & ISBN-13: 9780904733358) accessible at: The Keep archive of QueenSpark Books & British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Tales of the Old Hove Schools, by Judy Middleton, published 1991 (published by the author)

Payment by Results: Uckfield Parochial School, 1863-1895, by Simon Wright and illustrated by Peggy Langton, published 1991 (Uckfield and District Preservation Society, ISBN-10: 0951850504 & ISBN-13: 9780951850503) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503029] & East Sussex Libraries

The National Union of Teachers in the Eastbourne area 1874-1916: a tale of tact and pragmatism, by Clive Griggs, published 1991 in The Journal of the History of Education Society (vol. 20, issue 4, article, pp.325-340)   View Online

The Victorian Boarding School in a Suburb of an English Seaside Resort, by Michael Ray, published 1991 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 129, historical note, pp.255-258) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11694] & The Keep [LIB/500295] & S.A.S. library

Walter Gale, A Man of Parts, by Maurice Packham, published March 1991 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 5, article, pp.163-169) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of Walter Gale, schoolmaster at Mayfield

Public Schools for the Middle Classes, by Nathaniel Woodard, published June 1991 (facsimile of 1852 edition, The Toucan Press, ISBN-10: 0856944653 & ISBN-13: 9780856944659) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Literacy in Yorkshire and West Sussex 1660-1835, by Doreen E. Smith, published 1992 in Journal of Educational Administration and History (24(1), article, p.58)

A Pig in a Sack, by Maurice Packham, published June 1992 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 2, article, pp.45-47) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The "Pig in a Sack" was the schoolhouse at Mayfield where Walter Gale and his successor Benjamin Hearnden taught.

A Portrait of Bishop Otter College, Chichester, 1839-1990, by Heather Warne and Trevor Brighton, published 1 July 1992 (132 pp., University of Chichester, ISBN-10: 0948765631 & ISBN-13: 9780948765636) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11764]

Alfriston Village School, 1879-1908, by W. H. Johnson, published 1 December 1992 (64 pp., Downsway Books, ISBN-10: 0951856421 & ISBN-13: 9780951856420) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Economic awareness for primary teachers and children: Experiences in Sussex, by Katrina Fry, published 1993 in Education 3-13 (vol. 21, no. 1, article, pp.8-10)

Brighton's Ragged Schools, by R. C. Grant, published March 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 5, article, pp.187-189) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Victorian press reports of 1850 about education in Brighton

Admission registers to St. Joseph's Roman Catholic School 1891 - 1938, by R. C. Grant, published December 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 8, article, p.313) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A list of pupils who attended St. Joseph's R.C. School, Milton Road, Brighton, and later emigrated. Each entry has the name of the pupil, date of birth, where came from, date left school, and destination.

Sir Henry Fermor School, 1794-1994: A History, by John Hackworth, published 1994 (230 pp., Crowborough: Ashdown Press, ISBN-10: 0952290707 & ISBN-13: 9780952290704) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Waterfield's school: a preparatory school in its Victorian heyday, by Simon Wright, published 1994 (xii + 244 pp., Herons Ghyll Press, ISBN-10: 0952327600 & ISBN-13: 9780952327608) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The story of Temple Grove School in Victorian times under headmaster Ottiwell Waterfield. It was a preparatory school for boys originally at Parsons Green, later at East Sheen, then Eastbourne, and finally at Heron's Ghyll, an estate between Uckfield and Crowborough in East Sussex

Sunday Schools in Sussex in the late 18th century, by John Caffyn, published 1994 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 132, article, pp.151-160) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12979] & The Keep [LIB/500294] & S.A.S. library

The Brighton School Board and Technical Instruction Committee: a study in conflict, by David Stainwright, published January 1994 in Vocational Aspect of Education (vol. 46, no. 1, article, pp.17-30, ISSN: 0305-7879) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502578]   View Online

This article describes the strained relationship between the Brighton School Board and the Brighton Technical Instruction Committee in the late nineteenth century, putting the Brighton events into a national context. The troubled relationship between the two organisations is explained in terms of the overlap of their functions, which, in turn, stemmed from the imprecise definitions of technical and secondary education prevailing in the nineteenth century. However, a comparison of relationships between school boards and technical instruction committees in other towns indicates that a number of factors were involved in determining the degree of cooperation, or its absence, between the two organisations and not just a lack of clear demarcation of their respective roles. Some comments are made on the possible significance of the events described in the nineteenth century and developments in education and training during recent years.

Heathfield School: The First Fifty Years 1899-1949, by F. J. Maylin, published June 1994 (39 pp., Heathfield School, ISBN-10: 095236610X & ISBN-13: 9780952366102) accessible at: British Library

Shoreham Grammar School, by Annabelle F. Hughes, published October 1994 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 54, article, p.29) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/54] & The Keep [LIB/500483]

A Letter from School, by Maureen Fry, published December 1994 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 4, article, pp.150-152) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Letter written by Walter George Fry, nearly 15 years old, in 1877

West Preston Manor School: Old Girls' Reminiscences, edited by D. E. Stromwall, published 1995 (booklet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12900]

Farlington School, 1896-1996: a centenary history [Haywards Heath], by Elizabeth Garrett, published 1996 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13073] & West Sussex Libraries

Iron Hoops and Holly Sticks: Schooling in Brightling 1733-1951, by Anne Holman and Pauline Sondheim and illustrated by D. Smith, published November 1996 (30 pp., published by the authors, ISBN-10: 0952931001 & ISBN-13: 9780952931003) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Photographs and Memories of St Andrew's CE High School, Worthing, by Danny Banting, published 1997 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13576]

"Unwillingly to School" A Victorian Education, South Bersted Church School in the 19th Century, by Ron Iden, published 1997 (pamphlet, published by the author, ISBN-10: 0953089304 & ISBN-13: 9780953089307) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13476] & West Sussex Libraries

Hurstpierpoint College 1849-1995: The School by the Downs, by Peter King, published 1997 (xiii + 306 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co., ISBN-10: 1860770436 & ISBN-13: 9781860770432) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14034] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Hurstpierpoint College was founded at Shoreham in 1849 and moved to its present buildings in 1853. One of several schools in Sussex founded by Nathaniel Woodard, 'Hurst' was probably the most important and certainly the largest school in Woodard's grand scheme to provide a good Church of England education. Edward Lowe, the School's first headmaster, was one of the Victorian 'giants' among headmasters. His career is remarkable not only for making Hurst a notable public school, but also for his contribution in national educational developments.

As Clean a Lot of Children as He Had Ever Seen: Story of East Hoathly Schools from 1865, by Jane Seabrook, published 1997 (124 pp., CTR Publishing, ISBN-10: 0952451611 & ISBN-13: 9780952451617) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502814] & East Sussex Libraries

Journal of the First 25 Years of Broadfield North First and Middle School, by Nicholas Sexton, published 1997 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13640]

The Education of Wadhurst, by Kenneth F. Ascott, published 1998 (Book Guils, ISBN-10: 1857762096 & ISBN-13: 9781857762099) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503095] & East Sussex Libraries

Education in Pulborough: Pulborough schools in the 19th and 20th centuries, by David Morris, published 1998 (booklet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13970]

St Peter's C E School, Ardingly, Then and Now, 1848-1998, by Peter Simpson, published 1998 (pamphlet, St Peter's C.E. School, ISBN-10: 0953266400 & ISBN-13: 9780953266401) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13732] & West Sussex Libraries

Reading, Writing and Riot: Bushby and the East Preston and Kingston Schools, by R. W. Standing, published 1998 (pamphlet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13883] & West Sussex Libraries

School Memories of Yesterday 1933-79, the History of West Preston Manor, by D. E. Stromwall, published 1998 (Book Guild, ISBN-10: 1857763521 & ISBN-13: 9781857763522) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Sussex Schools in the 18th Century, by John Caffyn, published 1 September 1998 (vol. 81, vii + 505 pp., Sussex Record Society, ISBN-10: 0854450424 & ISBN-13: 9780854450428) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13825][Lib 13828] & The Keep [LIB/500458][Lib/507864] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The 18th century has often been dismissed as an educational desert: a period of inertia and decline. John Caffyn's impressive research has produced a picture of schools and schooling in Sussex which shows how mistaken such a dismissal can be. By exploring a vast range of sources, he describes over 600 schools. The results reveal, throughout the century, a steady rise in elementary education for the poor, and - in the second half particularly - an explosion in the extent, range and quality of private education. Additionally he has compiled a biographical dictionary of all 700 known teachers - which adds significantly to our picture of the social and intellectual state of the county. And finally he has created a further biographical dictionary covering every recorded pupil (over 2000 of them) - providing both a mine of information on children's school careers and the range of their learning, and incidentally a major genealogical database for family historians. The variety of schools is remarkable: little rural dame's schools; workhouse schools; charity schools (providing for almost half of the county's 300 parishes); ancient endowed grammar schools; Sunday Schools; and a host of private establishments (some in country vicarages but most in the growing seaside towns and the major inland towns). They range from the Prebendal at Chichester, one of the oldest in England, to the Allfree's innovative co-educational boarding school at Herstmonceux. The teachers provide an amazing collection of biographies including: the radical Hannah Adams, who had been imprisoned in Paris during the Terror; Elizabeth Allfree, who married at 17, had 13 children, and ran her successful co-educational school; Mary Blesard who progressed from teaching to being the mistress of a duke; Benjamin Martin, author and celebrated instrument maker; and William Prince, music master and opera composer. The scholars range from paupers, to French Protestant refugees, to privileged gentry like the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. An invaluable source for anyone interested in the history of education, as well as Sussex local and family history.

The Bluecoat Boy - Thomas Battell, by Mary Taylor, published December 1998 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 4, article, pp.143-144) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508819] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Thomas Battell, born 1831, second of ten children Thomas and Mary Battell was educated at the Oliver Whitby School, known as the Bluecoat School, Chichester

Schools in the 18th Century, by John Caffyn, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.82-83, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Schools in the 19th Century, by Roger Davey, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.84-85, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Education, by Anthony Freeman, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.138-139, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The W.E.A in Midhurst, by F J-D [Mrs D.V.F Johnson-Davies], published April 1999 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 11 Number 3, article, pp.28-31, Spring 1999) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15969]

The history of the Midhurst Branch of the WEA (Workers Educational Association) which started in Midhurst in the early 1900s. Includes photo from around 1912.

One of the Best Schools in the District: The Story of Ringmer School, edited by Anna Kay, published 1 May 1999 (64 pp., Fair Meadow Press, ISBN-10: 0953564509 & ISBN-13: 9780953564507) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

A Flavour of Life at Easebourne School, by Linda Pugh, published June 1999 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 6, article, pp.191-192) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508821] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Extracts from the Log book from 1890 to 1891

Uckfield Schools. Revd Dr Saunders' Charity and Uckfield National (Parochial) School, by Howard Gilbert, published 2000 accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503017]

Adding Value to Boys' and Girls' Education: a Gender and Achievement Project in West Sussex, by Madeleine Arnot, published 2001 (Chichester: West Sussex County Council, ISBN-10: 0862604907 & ISBN-13: 9780862604905) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

South Bersted School: Lessons in History, by Sue Enticott, published 2001 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14373]

The History of Winchester House School and Hollington Park School 1860-1976, by Susan Pitman, published 2001 (333 pp., Meresborough Books, ISBN-10: 0948193867 & ISBN-13: 9780948193866) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

West Hoathly School the Story So Far: A History of West Hoathly Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) School, by Basil Humphrey Cridland, published 23 November 2001 (104 pp., West Hoathly School, ISBN-10: 0954171500 & ISBN-13: 9780954171506) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14610] & West Sussex Libraries

A History of Central Schools, Chichester, 1812-1992, published 2002 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14710]

School partnerships in action: A case study of West Sussex specialist schools, by Sarah Aiston, Peter Rudd and Lisa O'Donnell, published 2002 (76 pp., National Foundation for Educational Research, Slough) accessible at: British Library   View Online

This research was funded by the Local Government Association Educational Research Programme and the Technology College Trust, with support from West Sussex Local Educational Authority (Advisory and Inspection Service). The overall aim of the case study was to provide initial illuminative evidence on the development and outcomes to date of Specialist School partnerships, the processes by which they work and the strategic coordinating roles of the LEA, the TCT and other bodies in ensuring that they are effective.

Peacehaven's Old Tin School, by Malcolm Troak, published 30 April 2002 (56 pp., New Anzac Publications, ISBN-10: 0953911519 & ISBN-13: 9780953911516) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503002] & East Sussex Libraries

A Little School on the Downs: The Story of pioneer educationalisy Harriet Finlay Johnson, headmistress at Sompting School, West Sussex, 1897-1910, by Mary Bowmaker, published 1 December 2002 (136 pp., Woodfield Publishing, ISBN-10: 1903953308 & ISBN-13: 9781903953303) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

In the early years of the 20th century, the village school at Sompting (on the South Downs just north of Worthing) became the focus of national and international interest due to the modern ideas of its headmistress, Harriet Finlay Johnson, whose liberal approach to teaching challenged the authoritarian methods commonly in use at the time.
Having taken up her post as headmistress at Sompting school in 1897, Harriet introduced such items as nature rambles, educational visits, library mornings, lessons out of doors, cookery, handicraft, art and drama into the curriculum, and allowed her pupils a degree of freedom and autonomy that was unheard of in other Victorian schools.
The results were so remarkable that educationalists from far and wide were soon making their way to Sussex to see Harriet's school for themselves. Many of them liked what they saw, and Harriet's ideas were subsequently put into practice by other teachers in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. In time they would become integral to almost every school curriculum.
But then, in 1909, just as it seemed she had the world of education at her feet, Harriet's glittering career came to a premature end when she announced her intention to marry 20-year-old George Weller, a former pupil 17 years her junior.
Despite the fact that there was nothing improper about their relationship and that Harriet and her husband would remain happily married until George's death in 1952, the scandal was too much for the authorities at the time and Harriet was forced to leave the job she loved so much. She would never enter a classroom again.
However, this was not the end of her story, because she now had time to write a book expounding the ideas she had formulated during her 12 years as a teaching practitioner. The book, entitled The Dramatic Method of Teaching, attracted a great deal of attention in educational circles and influenced the thinking of teachers as far away as the USA and Japan. Harriet's small place in history was assured.
Mary Bowmaker has gathered a wealth of information from a variety of sources, including interviews with former pupils and surviving members of Harriet's family, to tell the whole story of Harriet's short but highly influential career for the first time.
It is a fascinating and entertaining insight into the character of an extraordinary woman who, in twelve short years, managed to make a little school on the downs the focus of international interest and acclaim - a truly remarkable feat.

Nyewood 1900-2000: 100 Years in the Life of a Church School, by Roger Wardale, published 2003 (Nyewood C.E. Junior School) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14950] & West Sussex Libraries

School Reports: Past Pupils' Memories of St Luke's, edited by Jackie Blackwell, published 5 July 2003 (120 pp., Brighton: Queenspark Books, ISBN-10: 0904733173 & ISBN-13: 9780904733174) accessible at: The Keep archive of QueenSpark Books & British Library

This book contains reminiscences and anecdotes from past pupils who attended St. Luke's School, in the Queens Park area of Brighton in the years between 1908 - 1983. It contains an eclectic mix of anecdotes that express both fond memories and less happy recollections of pupils' schoolday experiences and the reality of belonging to a close-knit community. It also provides the reader with valuable first-hand accounts of the changing education system during that period, covering the First form through to the Sixth form.

Birdham National School, by Mike Dewey, published September 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 7, article, pp.326-329) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A list of children who attended the Birdham National School in 1817 giving child's name, age, name of parent or sponsor, and Parish.

A Brief History of the Wispers Estate and St Cuthman's School, by Michael Gates, published 2004 (pamphlet, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15351] & West Sussex Libraries

Ebernoe Church of England School: a history, by Francis Abraham, published 2005 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15394] & West Sussex Libraries

Broadwater Manor School 1930-2005, 75th Anniversary Booklet, by Henfrey Smail, published 2005 (Gadds) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The acquisition and practice of working-class literacy in the nineteenth-century Sussex Weald , by Barbara Janet Allen, 2005 at Sussex University (Ph.D. thesis)

Itchingfield School: 150 Years of Education in Rural Sussex, by Mary Hallett, published July 2005 (100 pp., Fourbears Publishing, ISBN-10: 0955030501 & ISBN-13: 9780955030505) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Hurstpierpoint School 'To be Learned not Washed'. Three Centuries of Village Education, by Ian Nelson, published 2006 (301 pp. + 23 pp. of photos, Hurst History Group, ISBN-10: 0954374622 & ISBN-13: 9780954374624) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15629] & West Sussex Libraries

Woodard, Nathaniel, 1811-1891, founder of the Woodard schools, by Janet Pennington, published 2006 in New Dictionary of National Biography (article, Oxford University Press)

Churchill in Petticoats: Gertrude Ashworth and the Warren School, Worthing, by David A. Cross, published 1 August 2006 (booklet, 60 pp., Fell Foot Press, ISBN-10: 0955320801 & ISBN-13: 9780955320804) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15713] & West Sussex Libraries

Schooldays remembered 1914 - 2006 : Oxford Road Senior Boys School : Oxford Road Senior Girls School and St. Leonard's Infant School : the story of the three schools which occupied the building in Oxford Road between the years 1914 and 2006, by the pupils and teachers, published 26 September 2006 (100 pp., Horsham Museum Society, ISBN-10: 1902484274 & ISBN-13: 9781902484273) accessible at: British Library & Horsham Museum Society & West Sussex Libraries

West Hoathly School the Story So Far: A History of West Hoathly Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) School, by Basil Humphrey Cridland, published 18 November 2006 (second edition, 120 pp., West Hoathly School, ISBN-10: 0954171519 & ISBN-13: 9780954171513) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The West Dean Archaeological Project: research and teaching in the Sussex Downs, by Bill Sillar, published 2007 in Archaeology International (vol. 10, article, pp.54-57)

The Education of Children in Kent and Sussex: interpreting the Medieval and Tudor ways, by Gillian Draper, published 2008 (Offprint) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16246]

Article in Nottingham Medieval Sudies LII - used sources at WSRO.

TASC at Tollgate Junior School, East Sussex, UK, by Louise Holyoake, published 2008 in Gifted Education International (vol. 24, no. 2-3, article, pp.213-216)

Tollgate Junior School is in Eastbourne. TASC stands for Thinking Actively in a Social Context. It has been described as a universal, inclusive, and well-proven framework for teaching, problem-solving and thinking skills. It is also a process whereby staff could identify their own area for development and their own focus for support and monitoring.

The Brighton Factor: New Graduates and Their Local Labour Market, by Emma Pollard, Linda D. Barber and Bridget Millmore, published 1 March 2008 (54 pp., Brighton: Institute for Employment Studies, ISBN-10: 1851843930 & ISBN-13: 9781851843930) accessible at: British Library

The Story of Rye College: A Short History of Education in the Ancient Cinque Ports Town of Rye, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 December 2008 (Rye Memories, 86 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600274 & ISBN-13: 9781870600279) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507881] & East Sussex Libraries

Education in Sompting Part I, by Eileen Colwell, published 2009 (booklet, Lancing & Sompting Pastfinders History Group) accessible at: Lancing & Sompting Pastfinders Local History Group & West Sussex Libraries

This booklet covers the early years of education up to 1872.

Education in Sompting Part II, by Eileen Colwell, published 2009 (booklet, Lancing & Sompting Pastfinders History Group) accessible at: Lancing & Sompting Pastfinders Local History Group & West Sussex Libraries

This booklet covers the period from the new school built in 1872.

Education in Sompting Part III, by Eileen Colwell, published 2009 (booklet, Lancing & Sompting Pastfinders History Group) accessible at: Lancing & Sompting Pastfinders Local History Group & West Sussex Libraries

This booklet covers the Harriet Johnson era.

A Buddhist Approach to Alternative Schooling: The Dharma School, Brighton, UK, by Clive Erricker, published 2009 in Alternative Education for the 21st Century: Philosophies, Approaches, Visions: The Dharma School, Brighton, UK (article, p.83)

Mary Stephens Corbishley MBE: A Biography of her Life and Work at her Oral Schools for Deaf children in Cuckfield, East Sussex, the UK, by Ian M. Stewart, published 18 March 2009 (286 pp., Trafford Publishing, ISBN-10: 1425142265 & ISBN-13: 9781425142261) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

This story is about a woman who pioneered an unorthodox method of teaching young deaf children speech, lipreading and English language. Mary Corbishley believed these fundamental elements formed an ideal beginning of preparing her deaf children from an early age for higher education and after-school life in the hearing world where they had equal rights with the hearing. She was a devout Christian whose calling for this enterprising adventure was inspired by the Bible and her faith in her God. A young woman, she left home for an unknown future in 1925 and, having embarked on a teaching career, courageously set up an Oral school for deaf children in Cuckfield, Sussex in 1939, which survived difficult years of battling against ignorance, officialdom and prejudice and triumphed in awakening the realisation that it is not impossible for deaf children to learn to speak, and to lipread and understand spoken English. Her school, Mill Hall, gained fame which lasted for nearly 50 years until its closure in 1996.

Old Town schools in Eastbourne, by Helen Warren, published June 2009 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 6, article, pp.323-325) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508973] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Recorded at the end of the 18th century, the first school in the Old Town educated 15 boys and was in a building (now long demolished) on the side of St Mary's Church tower.
In 1814 the joint Lords of the Manor bought land adjacent to what later became Brightland Road; St Mary's Church of England National School was built. Money provided by the GILBERT family in 1816 allowed the addition of a second floor; this enabled girls to be taught downstairs, while boys were taught upstairs.
In 1853 the Vicar's daughter, Lydia BRODIE initiated the building of St Mary's Infant's School in Church Street, it was enlarged in 1895. Later known as Flint Halls, it still stands and is now divided into residential units.

Our Space, by Marina Castleden and Will Nash, published 1 August 2009 (60 pp., Willingdon Community School, ISBN-10: 0956335802 & ISBN-13: 9780956335807) accessible at: British Library

Education in Sompting Part IV, by Eileen Colwell, published 2010 (booklet, Lancing & Sompting Pastfinders History Group) accessible at: Lancing & Sompting Pastfinders Local History Group & West Sussex Libraries

This booklet covers the period 1911 until the end of the Loose Lane school in 1973.

A Short History of East Dean Village School, by Mollie Bertin and Esther Worsfold, published 2010 (booklet no. 9, East Dean & Friston Local History Group) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509186] & East Dean & Friston Local History Group

From Agricultural School to State School & closure.

Mechanics' Institutes in Sussex and Hampshire, 1825 to 1875, by Jana Hilda Sims, 2010 at University of London (Ph.D. thesis)   View Online

Mechanics' institutes were the first systematic attempt to provide adult education for the skilled working classes, with emphasis on science and mechanics at a time when the quest for knowledge was a concern of the labour aristocracy. Traditionally associated with the northern and industrial areas, recent scholarship has revealed thriving and multifarious institute activity in the south. Although part of the national movement, each institution was a unique creation of its own environment, with local and regional networks. Thomas Kelly's pioneering work identified where institutes existed. This study of Sussex and Hampshire draws together a range of sources to indicate the presence of many more mechanics' institutes. While some survived only a short time, others endured for seventy years or more, charting their own history of change, continuity and progress. Religious issues were prohibited at the institutes, but Unitarian influence was crucial in their development. Management structures varied and affected the success of individual institutes, combining with influential patrons and charismatic leaders to direct their public image and relationship with the media. By the 1830s, mechanics' institutes had also begun to attract the middle classes and the original strict scientific curriculum had been modified to include more general subjects. Scientific dominance however persisted in some institutions such as those at Lewes and Portsmouth. Music featured prominently as a cultural focus, whilst a spirit of civic pride was fostered through the institutions' buildings and social events. Women's roles changed from noninclusion to significant participation, encouraged by Unitarian/Quaker influences and pioneering female lecturers. By 1875, mechanics' institutes had initiated vital developments in adult educational progress and above all, cultivated a desire for learning.

The micro-geographies of studentification in Brighton and Hove, by Joanna Louise Sage, 2010 at University of Brighton (Ph.D. thesis)   View Online

Studentification is increasingly recognised as a leading-edge process of contemporary urban change; identified in over fifty university towns and cities across the UK. Adopting a micro-geographic approach, this thesis investigates the unfolding processes and impacts of studentification in five case study locations within Brighton and Hove City, UK, and intersects with debates of gentrification, segregation, community cohesion, and 'otherness'.

Fonthill: The Story of a School, by Ann Hacke and Jane Griffiths, published 2011 (64 pp., Pardoe Blacker Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 1897739567 & ISBN-13: 9781897739563) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

National School, C of E School Crawley , by Nadine Hygate, published 2011 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Story of the Manhood High School Showband, by Peter Ogden, published 2011 (spiral bound, Selsey Society) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Chi High, Chichester High School for Boys 1928-1958, by Roger Wardale, published 2011 (published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

In Search of Nathaniel Woodard: Victorian Founder of Schools, by David Gibbs, published 15 March 2011 (112 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 1860776671 & ISBN-13: 9781860776670)

Immensely energetic, driven, sure of his own faith and destiny, Canon Nathaniel Woodard founded ten schools between 1848 and 1890. Surrounded and shocked by social conflict, poverty, deprivation and a lack of godliness, he firmly believed in education as the means for transformation. His grand design was to create a national system of High Church Anglican schools accessible to the tradesmen and lower middle classes. Today there are 45 schools in the Woodard family. Characterised by their core Christian ethos, the family is unusual in that it embraces the independent and the maintained sectors, as well as primary and secondary levels. Members range from its fi rst born Lancing College with its majestic Gothic chapel high on the Sussex Downs, to its most recent additions, four transformational academies, beacons of hope to young people who have been failed by the educational system. The Woodard schools are a significant part of the national educational landscape, especially in an age when the religious dimension to education is oftencontroversial. But who was Nathaniel Woodard? Where did he come from? What shaped his outlook? What sort of person was he? Often seen as a divisive force in the Victorian church, he was sacked from his fi rst curacy yet gained the support of many of the great and the good, including two future prime ministers, Gladstone and Salisbury. His achievement in terms of bricks and mortar was enormous.

The Village Schools 1819-1984, by Nigel Peake, published 1 December 2011 (Bygone Westbourne, no. 15, 2nd edition, 40 pp. & illus., Westbourne Local History Group, ISBN-10: 0953655040 & ISBN-13: 9780953655045) accessible at: British Library & Westbourne Local History Group

The schools of Lewes: C13 to C21, by Brigid Chapman, published 2012 (95 pp., Lewes: C.G.B. Books, ISBN-10: 1873983093) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Life and Times of Miss Taylor, by June Hearn, published 2012 (422 pp., published by the authors) accessible at: British Library

Margaret Taylor (1892-1963) was Principal of the Hamilton Lodge School for the Deaf, Brighton

Floreat Lewys: 500 Years of Lewes Old Grammar School, by David Arscott, published 8 December 2012 (180 pp., Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 1907242333 & ISBN-13: 9781907242335) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

In 1512, during the reign of Henry VIII, the wealthy widow Agnes Morley left money in her will for a free school at Southover, close to the majestic pile of Lewes Priory. The priory was soon to be destroyed during the dissolution of the monasteries, but the school went on to survive centuries of religious, political and economic upheaval.
David Arscott's tracing of its colourful story sets the ups and downs of what is now Lewes Old Grammar School in the context both of Lewes history and the development of education as a whole throughout the country. The book's second section features the 2012 celebrations of LOGS' proud quincentenary.

Very poor attendance today: West Sussex education since the 19th century, by Brenda Forrester with contributions by Barrie Keech, Ron Kerridge and Nicola Sheeran, published 2013 (West Sussex heritage booklet no. 3, viii + 144 pp., Chichester: West Sussex County Council, ISBN-10: 0862605881 & ISBN-13: 9780862605889) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Hill Brow Preparatory School for Boys - a Short History, by Chris Newman, published 2014 (1v + 235 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 1631739662 & ISBN-13: 9781631739668) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508353] & British Library

The emergence of a Catholic identity and the need for educational and social provision in nineteenth century Brighton , by Sandy Kennedy, 2014 at U.C.L., University of London (Ph.D. thesis)   View Online

The 1829 Act of Emancipation was designed to return to Catholics the full rights of citizenship which had been denied them for over two hundred years. In practice, Protestant mistrust and Establishment fears of a revival of popery continued unabated. Yet thirty years earlier, in Regency Brighton, the Catholic community although small seemed to have enjoyed an unprecedented degree of tolerance and acceptance. This thesis questions this apparent anomaly and asks whether in the century that followed, Catholics managed to unite across class and nationality divides and establish their own identity, or if they too were subsumed into the culture of the time, subject to the strict social and hierarchical ethos of the Victorian age. It explores the inevitable tension between 'principle' and 'pragmatism' in a town so heavily dependent upon preserving an image of relaxed and welcoming populism. This is a study of the changing demography of Brighton as the Catholic population expanded and schools and churches were built to meet their needs, mirroring the situation in the country as a whole. It explains the responsibilities of Catholics to themselves and to the wider community. It offers an in-depth analysis of educational provision in terms of the structure, administration and curriculum in the schools, as provided both by the growing number of religious orders and lay teachers engaged in the care and education of both the wealthy and the poor. The evidence for this is based on evidence drawn from on a wide range of primary sources material relating to Catholic education in the nineteenth century. It shows, too, how this disparate Catholic body, both religious and secular, was subject to a number of significant ii national and international influences which had a profound effect in formulating a distinctive Catholic presence.

Art, Literature and Religion in Early Modern Sussex: Culture and Conflict, by Matthew Dimmock, Andrew Hadfield and Paul Quinn, published 17 September 2014 (286 pp., Routledge, ISBN-10: 1409457036 & ISBN-13: 9781409457039)

Art, Literature and Religion in Early Modern Sussex is an interdisciplinary study of a county at the forefront of religious, political and artistic developments in early-modern England. Ranging from the schism of Reformation to the outbreak of Civil War, the volume brings together scholars from the fields of art history, religious and intellectual history and English literature to offer new perspectives on early-modern Sussex. Essays discuss a wide variety of topics: the coherence of a county divided between East and West and Catholic and Protestant; the art and literary collections of Chichester cathedral; communities of Catholic gentry; Protestant martyrdom; aristocratic education; writing, preaching and exile; local funerary monuments; and the progresses of Elizabeth I. Contributors include Michael Questier; Nigel Llewellyn; Caroline Adams; Karen Coke; and Andrew Foster. The collection concludes with an Afterword by Duncan Salkeld (University of Chichester). This volume extends work done in the 1960s and 70s on early-modern Sussex, drawing on new work on county and religious identities, and setting it into a broad national context. The result is a book that not only tells us much about Sussex, but which also has a great deal to offer all scholars working in the field of local and regional history, and religious change in England as a whole.

Warren Farm School, by Allison Caffyn, published September 2014 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 3, article, pp.104-107) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508853]

In 1858 the Brighton Guardians were beginning the process of building a new workhouse with an industrial school located about two miles away at Warren Farm in Rottingdean. The aim of the school was to give pauper children a basic education and a grounding in industry so that they could go out and earn a living (so reducing the likelihood they would be a burden on the system in the future). The school opened in 1862, boys were taught trades such as gardening, tailoring and shoemaking whilst girls were taught domestic service. There was a school band and many boys were taught to play an instrument, often leading to a career in an army band.
The school produced a variety of records including a log book which lists the children as they were placed in employment. The log book is now at the East Sussex Record Office (reference R/S/37/1) and covers the period 1891 to 1935 but the 100 year rule means only entries up to 2013 can be viewed (two other log books survive which take the records up to 1951).

Doors of Opportunity: Bognor Regis Emergency Teacher Training College (1946-50) and on into the Future, by Barbara J. Smith, published 1 November 2014 (170 pp., University of Chichester, ISBN-10: 1907852301 & ISBN-13: 9781907852305) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Not in education, employment or training : the educational life history of a young person in West Sussex , by Cate Mullen, 2015 at Southampton University (Ph.D. thesis)   View Online

Charlotte Mason: Hidden Heritage and Educational Influence, by Margaret A. Coombs, published 24 September 2015 (376 pp., James Clarke and Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0718894022 & ISBN-13: 9780718894023) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

As the acknowledged founder and philosopher of the Parents' National Educational Union (PNEU), Charlotte Mason was revered by her followers as a saintly Madonna figure. She died in 1923 at the peak of her fame, having achieved mythic status as the Principal of her House of Education and wide recognition after the introduction of her liberal educational programmes into state schools. Yet her early life and heritage remained shrouded in mystery. Drawing upon insubstantiated sources, the official biography released in 1960 confused rather than illuminated Charlotte's background, contributing to several enduring misapprehensions. In her new and definitive biography, Margaret Coombs draws on years of research to reveal for the first time the hidden backdrop to Charlotte Mason's life, tracing the lives of her previously undiscovered Quaker ancestors to offer a better understanding of the roots of her personality and ideas. Coombs charts her rise from humble beginnings as an orphaned pupil-teacher to great heights as a lady of culture venerated within prestigious PNEU circles, illustrating how with determination she surmounted the Victorian age's rigid class divisions to achieve her educational vision. A thorough analysis of Charlotte Mason's educational influences and key friendships challenges longstanding notions about the roots of her philosophy, off ering a more realistic picture of her life and work than ever accomplished before. With a growing following in the USA and Australia, Charlotte Mason's ideas have a clear relevance to the continuing educational debate today. Admirers of her philosophy and scholars of the history of education will fi nd much to enthral and instruct them in these pages.

Mistress of the Davison Memorial Infantine School in Worthing, 1861-1873, by Margaret A. Coombs, published 24 September 2015 in Charlotte Mason: Hidden Heritage and Educational Influence (pp.97-118, James Clarke and Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0718894022 & ISBN-13: 9780718894023) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Charlotte Mason (1842-1923) was a radical educational pioneer

Senior Governess at the Gentlewoman's College in Chichester, 1874-187, by Margaret A. Coombs, published 24 September 2015 in Charlotte Mason: Hidden Heritage and Educational Influence (pp.119-134, James Clarke and Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0718894022 & ISBN-13: 9780718894023) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Charlotte Mason (1842-1923) was a radical educational pioneer

From a Whisper to a Scream: The Campaign for Education in Brighton & Hove, by Nadia Edmond and Aidan Pettitt, published 2016 in FORUM: for Promoting 3-19 Comprehensive Education (vol. 58, no. 2, article, pp.275-282)

This article gives a brief history of the creation and first two years of the Campaign for Education in Brighton and Hove. It makes a case for grass-roots responses to the various neo-liberal policy initiatives undermining all phases of public education. This article was written prior to publication of the White Paper, Educational Excellence Everywhere. Since then the campaign has acted as the centre of a broad mobilisation against the White Paper.

Littlehampton School Logbook 1871-1911, edited by Ruth Brown, published June 2016 (vol. 95, lxx + 400 pp., Sussex Record Society, ISBN-13: 9780854450770) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18933] & The Keep [LIB/509227] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

All head teachers of Victorian elementary schools were required to keep logs of their pupils' progress, but few are as vivid and meticulous as that of Thomas Slatford, head of Littlehampton Boys' School from 1871 until 1911. The march of history can be traced, noted in concise and colourful local detail. The reluctance of the church to cede control of education to elected School Boards, well-documented in general histories of the period, shows up in the log in the suspicion that the vicar was bribing boys with drink and tobacco to get them to go to church. The growth of tourism in Littlehampton is reflected in Slatford's concern that children were allowed to run wild whilst their parents looked after paying visitors, one budding young entrepreneur truanting from school in order to sell strawberries on the beach. Tourism wasn't all bad however: one boy, whose family was host to the head of a firm of London architects, so impressed the gentleman with the standard of his homework that he was offered a job. There was a surprising amount of social mobility. The detail about everyday events in the lives of his pupils is interspersed, unusually for a school log of this period, with Slatford's reflections on education and society at a time of far-reaching change. His role was an ambivalent one. On the one hand, as headmaster of an elementary school in 1871 he was supposed to be the servant of a system designed to preserve class difference and keep the poor in order. He was to teach a narrow and closely regulated curriculum. But this was not the only ideology on offer: Slatford's logs show how, under enthusiastic and conscientious leadership, the tightly regulated class-bound system could be modified in accordance with another Victorian frame of mind, that is, a faith in technology, progress and hard work, and the optimistic belief that all were educable within a culture that could ultimately do away with classes. It is a spirit captured briefly by Conan Doyle when he has Sherlock Holmes describe Board Schools as: 'Beacons … out of which will spring the wiser, better England of the future.' As a dedicated teacher optimistic about human progress and prepared to write what he thought, Slatford is among the unsung heroes of Victorian elementary education, and his logs invite a reappraisal of its achievements.
Cover illustration: Memorial to Thomas Slatford River Beach School, Littlehampton.
Ruth Brown is a retired teacher, lecturer and writer. Born in New Zealand, she attended a primary school in the 1950s remarkably similar in its organisation and ethos to Thomas Slatford's Littlehampton school in the early 20th century. After graduating from University in Wellington and Teachers' Training College in Christchurch, she taught briefly in Marlborough before coming to England where she taught at Steyning Grammar School. She left Steyning in 1982 on marrying a widower with four young children, and with her husband's enthusiastic support went back to study and research. She completed an M.A. and a D. Phil. at the University of Sussex in the 1980s, a time of radical new developments and feminist, post-modern and postcolonial approaches, requiring an exciting re-think of established attitudes to English literature and history - and to the evaluation of their archival legacy. She was an Associate Tutor in the Centre of Continuing Education at the University for 23 years, whilst publishing in academic journals, and also keeping up an involvement with elementary education as school governor and classroom volunteer.

The Florances and Hollycombe School, by Janet Bettger, published June 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 2, article, pp.69-72) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509232]

Harry Edmund FLORANCE was born in 1844 in Chichester to Edmund FLORANCE Jnr and Jane READ. He had an older sister Frances and another sister Emma Sophia who was born in 1846 in Little London, Chichester. To give you a little more background I have included the following information on Harry's early days. The FLORANCEs were well established brewers of The Lion Brewery St. Pancras Chichester beginning with Christopher FLORANCE from 1773- 1818 then Edmund Snr 1818-1845 and continuing with his son William Adames Florance 1845-1869.
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In 1867 aged 23, he married Lucy Ester LEDAMUN at St Andrews Church in Chichester and his occupation was School Master. By 1871 he and Lucy had moved to St Fagan's Schoolhouse in Aberdare Merthyr Tyfil in Wales and were certified school master and mistress. Their first child Margaret Elizabeth was born in 1867. In June 1872 Harry and Lucy took up their duties as Headmaster and Headmistress at Hollycombe School. Until then the school had been 'conducted' by uncertified Masters and Mistresses. When it was built in 1869 by Sir John Hawkshaw of Hollycombe House, in memory of his children Ada, Oliver and Mary who died of Smallpox, there were 2 classrooms and a lobby and just 32 pupils. When Harry and Lucy took over, the pupil numbers had risen to 87 (of the lower 44, 12 could read and write indifferently and 20 knew simply nothing, not even the alphabet).

Way to School, An historical story of how Primary Education in Horsham evolved during three centuries, by Nicholas Sexton and Angela Sexton, published 2017 (published by the authors) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Roll of Masters and Ushers, 1541-1961, Collyer's School, Horsham, published (no date) (pamphlet, archives of the Mercers Company) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5380]