| Description | The Education (Scotland) Act 1872 set up a system of education for the whole of Scotland, administered by the Scotch (later Scottish) Education Department (SED). School Boards had to return a variety of forms to the Department relating to the schools under their control, and the information recorded on the forms gives us a picture of how individual schools were run.
The series is arranged by school.
The forms included in the series are:
2 Annual Grants Preliminary Letter to Schools Applying for Aid
3 Reply to application for a Building Grant
7 Contains details of school room measurements; and building, furniture and fittings expense.
VI.B Details of tenure, condition of building, expenses and teachers.
9b or IX.B Contains attendance records, pupil numbers, bank and library details, income and expenditure tables, class details (size, instruction methods, grants for),teaching methods, building dimensions, teacher details including war service
XII Fixes Date of Inspection
15 Details appointment of pupil teachers.
XVa No 2 Date of Inspection Charged
15 D Report on the progress of pupil teachers, gives instructions as to what course the pupil teachers should take in their training.
16 Form of medical certificate for candidate or 2nd year pupil teacher
17 A Grant Schedule. (May contain a summary of the inspector's report)
17A/15 Grant schedule. Usually includes a summary of inspector's report. (Front page may appoint pupil teachers as 15 above)
17C Inspector's report on cookery classes.
17D Inspector's report on drawing and manual instruction classes and details of grant.
17M, 18, 62 List of Merit Certificate Holders
18 List of merit certificate holders.
30 Certifies newly qualified teachers.
32 Inspector's report, (general summary or on specific class)
63 Special attendance schedule - contains a list of scholars on whose account additional attendances are claimed
64 Exception schedule - contains list of scholars absent from examinations and reason for absence
67 Fee schedule.
68 Attendance record during an outbreak of infectious disease.
91 Claim for grant form for blind and deaf-mute children, with lists of pupils.
Memo Memorandum of agreements appointing new pupil teachers.
A4 Cookery and Laundry Work Inspection
A82 Claim for Grant form, contains attendance records, income and expenditure details, and teacher details.
E2 Attendance record.
E7 Details of pupil numbers and teaching methods.
S5 Form stating that School is of Intermediate and Secondary Schools Status |