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Reference NoAS/AS/new
Alt Reference NoAC/5/69
TitleRecords of Newhills School Board
DescriptionThe collection comprises:

AS/AS/new/1-8: Minute Books (1873 - 1919)
AS/AS/new/9-27: Ledgers (1876 - 1919)
AS/AS/new/28-41: Abstract Books (1873 - 1919)
AS/AS/new/42: Balance Sheet (1874 - 1881)
AS/AS/new/43-45: Registers of Mortgages (1875 - 1885)
Date1873 - 1919
Related MaterialLog book AC5/203/1 1877 - 1904, entries to 1896 are for Blackburn Combination School, subsequently becomes Kinnellar School.
Extent45 volumes
​Open or Restricted AccessOpen
Administrative HistoryNewhills School Board covered the area of Newhills civil parish in central Aberdeenshire near Aberdeen.

The Education (Scotland) Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict., c.62) created school boards in Scotland with a statutory duty to provide education for all children between the ages of 5 and 13. The boards had an elected membership made up of owners and occupiers of property of the value of £4 or over. They were responsible for the building and maintenance of schools, staffing and attendance of pupils. They were overseen by the Scotch Board of Education.

The Education (Scotland) Act 1901 (64 Vict. and 1 Edw. VII, c.9) raised the school leaving age to 14. School boards were abolished by the Education (Scotland) Act 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. V, c.48) and replaced by education authorities and school management committees.

See also Blackburn Combination School- situated in Kinnellar Parish and in which the Newhills School Board had an interest, in combination with the Kinnellar Board.
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