Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY GEORGE E. EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE,

PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.

1853.

MINUTES OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL

ON EDUCATION, FOR 1852-3.

CONTENTS.

MINUTES, &c.

PUPIL TEACHERS:-

1. 2. 3. MINUTES, dated 10 December 1851, 12 May 1852, and 23 July

1852, withdrawing so much of Minute dated 21 December 1846 as

relates to employment of Pupil-teachers in public service, and regulating

conditions of their services as Certificated or Assistant Teachers in

schools under inspection

SCHOOLMASTERS' ASSOCIATIONS:—

4. MINUTE, dated 21 February 1853, extending Supply Grants of Books

and Maps to Schoolmasters' Associations

MANAGEMENT CLAUSES:

5. MINUTE, dated 2 April 1853, cancelling Minute of 12 June 1852, re-

lating to " Management Clauses" for insertion in Trust Deeds of

National and Church of England Schools

ANNUAL GRANTS:

6. MINUTE, dated 2 April 1853, as to Grants for support of Schools in

Agricultural Districts and in small unincorporated Towns, in England

and Wales

BUILDING GRANTS:

7. MINUTE, dated 2 April 1853, as to Grants to promote voluntary Assess-

ments towards expense of building Schools in rural Districts

INSPECTORSHIPS :—

Appointments of Inspectors and Assistant Inspectors of Schools

COMMITTEE of council ON EDUCATION :-

Appointment of new Committee

JEWISH SCHOOLS :-

Model Trust Deed for Jewish Schools

INSTRUCTIONS TO INSPECTORS:—

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Circular letters containing special instructions to Her Majesty's In-

spectors of Schools, relating to-

(1) Inspection of Schools

(2) Pupil-teachers and Assistant Teachers (with reference to fore-

CORRESPONDENCE, &c.

CORRESPONDENCE on Questions of GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, and
on BUILDING GRANTS, BOOK GRANTS, and ANNUAL GRANTS.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION :-

1. Elementary Instruction in Drawing (renewed correspondence with
Board of Trade (Department of Practical Art)

2. School Registers

3. Ragged Schools

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4. Evening Schools (circular letter, with enclosures; and extracts from

letters)

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5. Middle and Endowed Schools

BUILDING GRANTS:-

1. Form of Covenant and Declaration to be inserted in School Deeds con-

taining Reservation of Mines

2. Constitution for Schools held in trust for more than one parish, as
regards superintendence of religious instruction and general manage-

ment

BOOK GRANTS:-

Letter inquiring as to a Grant of Specimen Copies of Books and Maps for

Libraries of a Training School;--with reply thereto

ANNUAL GRANTS :-

1. Apprenticeship of Pupil-teachers and Augmentation of Salaries of
Certificated Teachers (6 Letters, with enclosures)

2. Examinations for Certificates of Merit

3. "Broad Sheets." Apprenticeship of Pupil teachers and Stipendiary

Monitors: Augmentation of Salaries of Certificated Schoolmasters and

Schoolmistresses

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, &c.

GENERAL SUMMARIES:-

1. Tables showing Expenditure, classified (1) according to object of

Grant, and (2) according to denomination of recipients; for year

ended 31 December 1852, and from 1839 to 1852

2. Summary and Balance Sheet of all Disbursements actually paid between

1 January and 31 December 1852

3. Summary and Balance Sheet of all Disbursements actually paid between

1839 and 1852

4. Summary of Grants awarded in aid of Erection, Enlargement, or Im-

provement of School Buildings (Elementary and Normal Schools), in

year ended 31 December 1852; (with explanatory tables)

5. Summary of Grants awarded in aid of Purchase of Books and Maps
in year ended 31 December 1852

6. Table showing total number of Pupil Teachers under apprenticeship on

31 December 1852, and total number in each of five years of appren-

ticeship

7. Table showing total number of Certificated Schoolmasters and School-

mistresses named in Calendar for year ended 31 December 1852

8. General Summary of Results of Inspection for year ended 31 October

1852

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9. General Summary of Aggregate Annual Income and Expenditure (as
stated by Managers) of an ascertained number of Schools inspected
in year ended 31 October 1852

CALENDAR Of certificated teachERS :-

Annual Calendar (completed to 1 January 1853) of Schoolmasters and

Schoolmistresses who have obtained Certificates of Merit

INSPECTORS' REPORTS, &c., FOR 1852.

1. Special Reports (of 1849 and 1852) by H. M. Inspector of Schools, Page

Rev. H. Moseley, on proposed Scheme for creating Teachers' Super-

annuation Fund

2. Special Report by H. M. Inspector of Schools, Rev. H. Moseley, on pro-

posed Grants to aid in purchase of Apparatus for instruction in

Science

3. Special Report by H. M. Inspector of Schools, Rev. J. Norris, on

South Staffordshire Iron and Coal Masters' Prize Scheme for

National Schools

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4. Report by H. M. Inspector of Schools, Rev. H. Moseley, on Schools for

Apprentices in Her Majesty's Dockyards

NORMAL SCHOOLS:—

Reports by H. M. Inspector of Schools, Rev. H. Moseley, on Training

Schools for Schoolmasters :-

Appendix (Preliminary Correspondence)

4. National Society's, Diocesan, and others of Church of England:—

REPORT

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Appendices A and B (Examination Papers of Christmas 1852)

5. Report by H. M. Inspector of Schools, Rev. F. C. Cook, on National

Society's, Diocesan, and other Church of England Training Schools

for Schoolmistresses :—

REPORT .

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Appendices A and B (Examination Papers of Christmas 1852)

6. Report by H. M. Inspector of Schools, T. W. M. Marshall, Esq., on

Roman Catholic Training School of St. Mary's, Hammersmith

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ENGLAND AND WALES.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS CONNECTED WITH CHURCH OF ENGLAND:-

General Reports, by—

(1) Rev. H. Moseley, on Schools in Counties of
Berks and Wilts

(2) Rev. F. C. Cook, on Schools in Counties of Mid-

dlesex, Bedford, Buckingham, and Hertford

(3) Rev. H. W. Bellairs, on Schools in Counties of

Gloucester, Warwick, Worcester, Hereford, and

Oxford

(4) Rev. F. Watkins, on Schools in County of York

(5) Rev. E. Douglas Tinling, on Schools in Counties

of Somerset, Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall

(6) Rev. M. Mitchell, on Schools in Counties of Cam.

bridge, Essex, Huntingdon, Norfolk, and Suffolk;

also in Cornwall, Scilly Isles, and Isle of Man

(7) Rev. J. J. Blandford, on Schools in Counties of

Derby, Lincoln, Nottingham, Leicester, Rutland,

and Northampton

(8) Rev. W. H. Brookfield, on Schools in Counties of

Hants, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex; and in

Channel Islands; (Tabulated Reports for

1850-1-2)