TABULATED REPORTS, in detail, for 1851-2, on Schools inspected by Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools, Rev. H. W. BELLAIRS. 25 67 Mixed under mistress and monitor. A very nice promising school. The mistress is untrained, but successful as a teacher, energetic and painstaking. The discipline and instruction good. The children purchase their own books. The school hours are from ten to three, half an hour allowed for dinner; this plan is said to work well. 301 books sold to the children during the last fifteen months, money paid for them 41. The general condition of this school is very bad. No member of the committee met me. 3. Mixed, under master, mistress, and one pupil-teacher. 4. Fair, but the children not sufficiently trustworthy. 5. Not sufficiently skilful; the defects in the school attributable to this. 6. The master and mistress areuntrained, imperfectly educated, and deficient in professional skill, but painstaking and diligent. The children only just returned from harvesting. The school is improved. 55 Conducted by a master and monitor. Organization and classification imperfect. The attainments of the children in religious and secular knowledge very imperfect. Their intelligence very low; irregularity of attendance is pleaded in extenuation, but this will not excuse the present most unsatisfactory condition of the school, which is mainly attributable to the deficiencies or neglect of the master. The moral tone is very low; the boys dirty and not trustworthy. I was unable to examine the girls very fully, but so far as the examination went was pleased with them. There are some points in the junior classes in which improvement might be introduced. The children are very clean, tidy, and well behaved. 35 55 30 36 Boys and girls classed separately in same room, under master, mistress, and monitor. Discipline fair. Methods, intelligence, and attainments moderate. The master has misconducted himself, and is under notice to quit; the mistress appears to be a nice person with good tone and earnest in her work. 2. Sufficient. 3. Mixed, under master and monitors; the needlework taught by a mistress. 4. Satisfactory. 5. Fair. 6. Possesses a conditional certificate; is somewhat deficient in professional skill. 2. Sufficient. 3. Girls under mistress and one pupil-teacher. 4. Good. 5. Satisfactory. 6. Appears to be diligent in the discharge of her duties, and has succeeded in her school. 94 10 Nov. 40 18 32 88 24 10 8 28 76 5. Good. 6. Trained 2. Sufficient. 3. Mixed, under master and pupil-teacher. 4. Good. 5. Good. 6. Certificated; has discharged 2. Sufficient. 3. Boys under master and one pupil-teacher. 4. Fair. 5. Good. 6. Appears to have discharged There were forty-eight boys present, irregularly classified. The intellectual work is confined to an hour 1 and 2. Sufficient. 3. Mixed, under mistress and monitor. 4. Good. 5. Fair. 6. A quiet gentle person, exercising a good moral influence in her school but deficient in vigour. Visited this school, on invitation of the manager, in order to consult upon the introduction of some manual industry in connection with it. The intellectual work carried on is of an elementary kind. 1 and 2. Sufficient. 3. Four classes, under master and one pupil-teacher; classes in hollow squares; classification imperfect. 4. Fair; tone not sufficiently high. 5. Not skilful; the principles of arithmetic imperfectly taught. 6. Appears to be diligent in the discharge of his duties. 1. Along the wall. 2. Deficiency, which will be supplied. 3. Girls in four classes, under mistress and 1 and 2. Sufficient. 3. Mixed, under mistress and monitor. 4. Good. 5. Fair. 6. Possesses some very good 3. Infants, under mistress, two pupil-teachers, and monitor. 4 and 5. Satisfactory. Infants, under mistress and monitor. Discipline and instruction good. Mistress diligent and efficient. Boys in four classes, under master and monitor. Discipline generally good; dirty hands. Methods generally 10 Dec. 48 4-4 49 12. Offenham, Girls 1832. 51 5 22 13. Dumbleton 7 Jan. 53 25 34 53 14. Evesham, Boys 19 Jan. 73 Mixed 20 Jan. 53 16. Birmingham, St. Luke's, Infants 21 Jan. 78 |