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Buildings, very good room undivided, but serving for both boys and girls ; & partition would be advantageoili to both schools, Desks, full supply, along wall, furniture good playground good. Books, full supply; apparatus good. Organization, five classes; girls, five classes, and infants. Methods ordinary. Discipline fair; instruction good. This is a good school, much above the average in all respects. The master is an exceedingly good teacher, but it does not quite sustain its former character. The loss of two pupil-teachers has no doubt been seriously felt; but after due allowance for this disadvantage, I think there is room for increased exertion to reach the former mark.

The tone of this school is good, the general progress fair; but neither in respect of discipline nor of knowledge of the higher subjects does it quite satisfy my expectations. The order would probably be better if there were a partition between boys and girls.

44 Buildings fair. Desks, full supply, along wall; furniture tolerable, fixed forms; playground fair. Books fair. Supported very liberally by Lady Sykes. I hope to see it reach a higher standard of attainment. The discipline and tone are very fair.

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Buildings, fair for numbers, not a regular school-room, but a room in a dwelling house belonging to
Sir T. Sykes. Desks and furniture sufficient; playground good. Books, pretty fair supply; apparatus
sufficient. Organization, two classes, first in two divisions. Methods ordinary. Discipline and instruc-
tion fair.

A nice little country school in Sir T. Sykes's grounds, very liberally supported, and likely to be useful in a
neighbourhood where good schools have hitherto been few. The attainments are at present moderate,
hardly worthy of a certificated teacher, but I have good hope of improvement, which I am sure the master
can and ought to effect.

fair.

Buildings fair. Desks, fair supply, along wall; furniture sufficient; playground very fair. Books, tolerable
supply; apparatus fair. Organization, four classes. Methods ordinary. Discipline and instruction very
I consider this a very satisfactory school of its class. The master deserves much credit, since all that is done
is his own doing. The range of subjects is not very extensive; but whatever is learnt seems to be well taught.
The Scriptural khowledge is very good. Like Wetwang and Sledmere, this school owes its existence to the
liberality of Lady Sykes. A pupil-teacher is much needed.

Buildings very fair, rather noisy. Desks, full supply, along wall; furniture sufficient; playground small, but
fair for a large town. Books, full supply, purchased; girls, full supply, each girl has her own; apparatus
very fair, slates are purchased by the children. Organization, six classes. Methods ordinary. Discipline
moderate, girls pretty fair; instruction very fair.
Very great pains are bestowed on these schools. Though at present in a transition state, they bear evident
marks of vigilant superintendence. Their moral influence must be most beneficial. The boys school was
without a master on the day of inspection, and the mistress was on the point of leaving.

62 Buildings very fair. Desks, fair supply, along wall; furniture fair; playground very fair. Books tolerable; apparatus pretty fair. Organization, three classes. Methods ordinary. Discipline very fair; instruction fair, rather mechanical. There is a pleasing tone in this school which makes an examiner unwilling to pass any severe judgment; nor, considering the prevalence of fever for many weeks, would it be fair to take this examination as a specimen of its actual state. Still, the intellectual standard is certainly not very high.

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This school has improved both in discipline and in attainments. Many of the first class were said to be
absent in the fields. The master takes much pains, and appears anxious to receive all suggestions.
Buildings moderate. Desks along wall; furniture sufficient; playground fair in itself for the centre of a
large town, but partly occupied as a place for hanging clothes by neighbouring families. Defective supply
of reading-books; apparatus moderate. Organization, eight classes; girls, ten classes. Methods ordinary.
Discipline moderate; the boys school is very noisy; instruction moderate; infants fair.
Boys. Nearly all the boys now in attendance have been admitted since last examination. There ought to be
four pupil-teachers; but it is said to have been found impossible to procure suitable candidates. The master
seems to have worked hard, and deserves encouragement. The present standard, though not high, is far
above that of last year. The district is one of the poorest in Sheffield.
Girls. I think that the school has improved since last year. The pupil-teacher's papers are also better but
improvement is still needed, and would be more likely to follow if the mistress were more willing to believe
in the existence of defects, both in her own attainments and in the condition of the school.
Infants-Either the school has greatly improved since my last visit, or I had this year a much more favourable

25 Aug. 274 312 358 310 189 223 210 210

26 Aug. 169 205 263 175 108 289 315 156

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Buildings fair; need some repairs, Desks, boys fair, girls, two long lines along each wall, very inconvenient;
furniture fair; playground tolerable. Books fair supply; apparatus, boys very fair, box of objects from Home
and Colonial School Society; girls sufficient. Organization, boys, properly ten classes, under master, six
pupil-teachers, and two candidates; girls, eight classes, under mistress, six pupil-teachers, and four candi-
dates, of whom one only is likely to pass. Methods, boys, class-teaching and collective gallery lessons to
younger classes; girls, a good deal of gallery-teaching on Home and Colonial method. Discipline, boys very
fair, girls moderate; instruction, boys good, girls moderate hitherto, promises to be very fair.
Boys.-Deserving of encouragement; numbers reduced by prevalence of fever. The general management is
effective, and the teaching energetic. Girls.-In a transition state. The present mistress has been a fortnight
here; her first year will be one of up-hill work; but I believe she is capable of effecting great improvement.
Buildings, boys, large and in fair repair, but inconvenient, and rather dark; girls fair. Desks, boys, parallel in
different parts of room; girls tolerable; furniture fair; playground very fair. Books, boys, secular reading-
books needed for younger classes; there are more than can be used of higher works; girls tolerable;
deficiency in younger classes; apparatus, boys pretty fair; more blackboards needed; girls, as good, perhaps,
as the present staff could work. Organization, six classes. Methods ordinary. Discipline moderate;
instruction, boys fairly intelligent; deficient in art of securing attention; girls moderate; the two junior
pupil-teachers teach fairly. The great defect in these schools is the want of discipline and the inattention
of the children. The lessons are fair, but are nearly thrown away. Some allowance is to be made for great
fluctuation, but still the evil might be greatly mitigated.

27 Aug. 87 49 70 102 Buildings very fair. Desks along wall; furniture pretty fair; playground very fair. Books, defective supply;
apparatus tolerable. Organization, six classes, three of boys, three of girls. Methods old-fashioned;
delicient in lively collective or class-teaching. Discipline very fair instruction moderate. Either the
classes in this school should be mixed, or the girls placed under a teacher who should be really responsible
for their progress. The present mistress undertakes sewing only, and is in this department moderately
successful. There is want of judgment shown in the attempt to teach a great many extra subjects, while the
ordinary ones are very imperfectly known. The whole tone is heavy, and rather pedantic.

Mixed

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Buildings tolerable. Desks, furniture, playground, books, and apparatus fair. Organization three classes.
Methods ordinary. Discipline good; instruction very fair.
The master has been a very short time here, and is about to leave; he is a good disciplinarian, and a fair
teacher; he is said to have produced great improvement since he came.
40 Not fully inspected. There is a want of discipline, and also of real energy in the management and
teaching.

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48 Buildings very fair. Desks along wall; furniture, playground, books, and apparatus very fair. Organization,
five classes, one pupil-teacher. Methods ordinary; a good deal of gallery-teaching. Discipline very
fair; instruction fair. A very fair specimen of a village school of no high pretensions, but giving a tolerable
amount of elementary instruction.

45 Buildings, tolerable room, ceiled roof rather low. Desks, furniture, and playground fair. Books and apparatus
fair. Organization, four classes. Methods ordinary. Discipline fair; instruction moderate.
This school does not appear to thrive. It has undoubtedly great difficulties to contend against, arising from
scanty means, the indifference of parents, and the presence of a rival, an endowed school, now in the hands
of Unitarians. It has, however, slightly improved in efficiency since last examination.
children promise very fairly. The master appears to do his best.

The younger

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instruction moderate.