GENERAL OBSERVATIONS, 3. Methods. 4. Instruction.

1. Organization.
2. Discipline.
Horton, Boys'-Inspected May 10, 1849, 1. About 240 boys in one good room, with
parallel desks and class-room. Ten classes under one master, four apprentices, and six
monitors. 2. Fair, for so huge a school under one master; but the drill might be more
adroit and accurate. 5. The master seems diligent and conscientious. Upon the whole
the school exhibits evidence of considerable painstaking. More contrivance seems re-
quisite in the reading lessons of the lower classes, with a more judicious selection of
elementary books, and generally more method and arrangement, without an unusual
degree of which so large a school must become unwieldy in the hands of a single master,
however anxious and assiduous in the discharge of his duty. Apparatus sufficient.
Books to be shortly supplied in more abundance. Desks and furniture very good.

Horton, Girls'.-Inspected May 10, 1849. 1. Girls' room over boys'; light and airy. Ten
classes arranged chiefly in squares; good parallel desks. Under one mistress and five
pupil-teachers. Great readiness to adopt any improvements that are suggested. 2. Very
satisfactory; clean and orderly. The lowest classes have to learn reading exclusively
from Scripture selections, which of course retards them considerably; but there is the
utmost desire to introduce secular elementary books, funds permitting. Desks and fur-
niture very good.

Clapham, Parochial.-Inspected May, 14, 1849. 1. One room; six classes under one
master, an assistant, and three apprentices. 2. Good. 5. A very commendable person;
intelligent, well-informed, and painstaking. 6. Writing good; arithmetic fair; reading
moderate. Distinction and deliberation wanted in reading. Books and apparatus not
sufficient, but a grant has been applied for. Desks and furniture bad. The room was
constructed originally for religious meetings, to which the mechanical arrangements of
the school are held secondary, very much to its disadvantage. The benches for these
meetings are piled round the school, to the total defeat of sightliness and convenience.
Temporary parallel desks have been introduced since last inspection in the middle of
the room, which, though not very good, are better than wall desks.

Bowyer School.-Inspected May 14, 1849. This school is under the influence of great
painstaking, integrity, and intelligence. It exhibits a degree of discipline and attain-
ment which is the more commendable as being realized in the face of serious embarrass-
ments arising from the crowded state of the school.

Battersea, Parochial, Girls'.-Inspected May 15, 1849. 2. Good, except that attention
sometimes flags for want of facility in drilling. 5. Intelligent and animated. Did not
attend Easter examination in consequence of not having had a circular. 6. A very pro-
mising and commendable school, on which all equitable encouragement will be well
bestowed. Books and apparatus sufficient, except a globe. Desks and furniture not
good at present, but new schools are projected.

Cambridge, King Street, Girls'.-Inspected May 17, 1849. 1. One large, good room,
light and airy. Under a mistress. 2. Very good. 3. National monitorial. 5. A person
of great integrity and diligence. 6. Want parallel desks, globe, maps, and secular read-
ing-books, which there is every willingness to supply. Desks and furniture not good,
but the managers are ready to adopt every reasonable suggestion,

Cambridge, St. Paul's, Boys'.-Inspected May 21, 1849. 1. One room and class-room.
Six classes (which appear to me of unwieldy size), under one master and three pupil-
teachers. Books, apparatus, desks, and furniture all good. Wrote upon the master's
certificate-"I have received a very satisfactory impression of the discipline and instruc-

5. Master and Mistress.

6. Special.

tion in this school, which appears to he conducted with unassuming intelligence, integrity,
and zeal, and with more than ordinary success,"

Cambridge, St. Paul's, Girls'.-Inspected May 21, 1849. 1. Over boys'; a good, light, airy
room, with good class-room. Six classes under mistress and three apprentices. . Good.
3. Ordinary national. 5. A person of excellent character and prepossessing manners,
6. Drill, and the mechanical discipline connected with it, is somewhat defective, and
more animation and variety might, perhaps, be infused into the teaching with advantage.
There is a deficiency of books adapted to the lower classes. Desks and furniture very good.
Barnwell, Boys'.-Inspected May 17, 1849. 1. A good room, with class-room, under
master and four pupil-teachers. 2. Excellent, 3. Modified national. 5. A person in
whom I should place great confidence for diligence and integrity. 6. More secular
reading with animated conversations, incidental geography, &c., after the reading would
be advantageously introduced. Plain reading, writing, and arithmetic are however very
good, though a little too mechanical. Secular books for lower classes wanting. Desks
and furniture good.

Barnwell, Girls'.-Inspected May 17, 1849. 1. A good room, with a class-room. Under
one mistress with three pupil-teachers. Under same roof as boys'. 2. Excellent; clean,
cheerful, orderly. 3. National. 5. Wife of the boys' master; a very trustworthy and
diligent person. 6. More secular reading with animated conversation after each lesson
would be an advantage. Books deficient. Desks and furniture good. Notwithstanding
some room for improvement in the respects noted, these two must be pronounced very
useful and highly creditable schools.

Trumpington, Boys' and Girls'.-Inspected May 21, 1849. 1. One-third of the room
curtained off for infants under mistress (wife of master); remaining two-thirds occupied
by mixed school, under master assisted by one pupil-teacher. There are four classes.
2. Good; children clean, healthy, cheerful, and well-drilled. 3. Ordinary national
method. 5. Master diligent, frank, and unassuming, and interested in his duties.
6. An exceedingly neat and pretty building. It would be a great advantage if the
infant school could be transferred to any other convenient place, so as to leave this free
to the mixed school. It is, however, upon the whole a very pleasing rural school, in
which a good influence is exercised upon the children of a very small population. Attain-
ments exhibit some deficiencies, as might be expected where the attendance is very much
interrupted by field labour. In books and apparatus there is a great desire to supply
deficiencies. One black-board, one globe, and natural history pictures wanted. Desks
and furniture good.

Witchford.-Inspected May 22, 1849. 1. A cottage, of which two rooms are converted
into one for mixed school, under a master, assisted by wife for the girls, Wall desks.
Quite a rural school of the homeliest order, but doing considerable good. Overcrowded
by an average of 60, insomuch as to interfere with, or rather entirely to prevent, the usual
drill movements. Yet discipline is not wanting, nor good moral tone. 5. A good-
tempered, painstaking, rural schoolmaster, very unassuming, and of moderate preten-
sions. 6. What is wanted is a new school, for which there seems to be a ready dis-
position. In the unavoidable absence of the clergyman I could only learn imperfectly
what resources are available for a new school, but it appeared that there was reasonable
probability of this being attempted. Great commendation and encouragement are due
to this little school as a first step in parochial education here.

• Tabulated Reports by Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools, the Rev. W. H. Brookfield-continued.

Number of Children learning

Number of Children learning Number of Children

No. of Children

12 12 22 10 23 12 44 34 22

27 27 27

150 4 28

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GENERAL ODSERVATIONE. 3. Methods.

1. Organization.
2. Discipline.
Sunvesey, Boys'-Inspected May 23, 1819. . A room separated by folding doors
from girls: under one master and monitors, 2. Good. 5. Very creditable person, and
likely to do justice to apprentices. 6. The village feast makes holiday at this season,
and only a few children could be collected; just enough for the candidates to teach
in my presence. Books and apparatus suflicient for the present. Desks and furni-
ture good.

Swavesey, Girls'.-Inspected May 22, 1849. 1. Similar to that of boys' school. No
infaut school, so that lowest classes tend to embarrass progress a little. One mistress,
two pupil-teachers, and one monitor (not stipendiary). 2. Good; children neat, clean,
cheerful, and orderly. 3. Ordinary national. 5. This is the mistress's first school; she
seems very intelligent, zealous, and unpretending. 6. Being at the time of the village
feast, it was with extreme difficulty that the small numbers present could be assembled.
They were enough, however, to give me satisfactory evidence of the creditable condition
of the school. Copies of books too few, but character and variety good. Apparatus good.
Desks and furniture good. Wrote upon the mistress's certificate-"I have to record a
very favourable impression of the zeal, discretion, integrity, and modest intelligence
with which this school is evidently conducted, and also of the discipline, and apparently
progressive attainment which it exhibits."

Over.-Inspected May 23, 1849. 1. Boys' separate from girls'; well-built, light room;
one master, one pupil-teacher; no monitors. 2. Moderate; more drilling exercises
wanted. 5. Very painstaking, active, and prompt to accept suggestions. 6. This school
cannot be pronounced as exhibiting high attainments; but there seems to be a good spirit
in it; and the master is frank, cheerful, and industrious. He ought to visit a few good
schools, and adopt some of their system. Deficiency of books. Want a second black-
board and easel. Narrow wall-desks.

Hockwold-cum-Wilton, Mixed.-Inspected May 24, 1849. 1. One long, light, and airy
room, in which a mixed school is assembled under master and his wife, and one boy pupil-
teacher, and one girl pupil-teacher. Great interest is taken in the school by the clergy-
man, very much to its advantage. 2. Discipline very commendable; clean, orderly,
and cheerful-looking; girls very neat. Drill movements might be more varied. 5. Not
originally educated for the employment, and but partially acquainted with the methods
of teaching; but by energy and good sense has certainly brought his school into a state
of very fair efficiency. Books and apparatus sufficient. Desks parallel, and furniture
sufficient.

Newington, St. Mary's.-Inspected May 25, 1840. 1. One large room; under one
master, two pupil-teachers, and ten monitors. 2. Discipline not bad in a discreditable
sense, but defective for want of the introduction of modern habits of drill and mechani-
cal arrangement, the necessity for which is manifold enhanced by the unwieldy numbers
under a single master. The master is a person of integrity, activity, and zeal; but
it is no disparagement of him to say that this enormous school would be too much for him
single-handed, even if its organization, mechanical arrangements, books, furniture, and
apparatus were as much in his favour as they are now against him. An infant school is
very much wanted.

Rotherhithe, Deptford Road, Boys'.-Inspected May 29, 1849. 1. One moderate-sized room below the girls', under master and monitors. A class-room in common with the girls. 2. Discipline very good; drill improving. The master a highly-respectable, steady,

4. Instruction.

5. Master and Mistress.

6. Special.
painstaking person; might perhaps acquaint himself without disadvantage with more
recent improvements and adroitnesses in teaching; very much disposed to accept sug-
Books and apparatus abundant
gestions; and I have not the slightest doubt about his doing his duty by pupil-teachers.
Desks and furniture good and sufficient.
Rotherhithe, Deptford Road, Girls'.-Inspected May 29, 1849. 1. One large room, light
and airy. Five classes under one mistress, two pupil-teachers, and monitors. 2. The
girls very cleanly attired, well arranged, and happy-looking; but chattering too much.
5. The mistress very conscientions, unassuming, and industrious, and of superior manners;
might cultivate perhaps with advantage the adroitness which converts teaching into a
pastime, and engages the reflection of the children unawares in what they learn. She
exercises, however, an excellent moral influence upon the school, in which she takes
great interest. Books and apparatus sufficient by recent grant. Good parallel desks
since last visit. Furniture sufficient.

Rotherhithe, Trinity, Boys'-Inspected May 30, 1849. 2. Good. 5. Seems intelligent
and active. 6. This inspection took place at a time very unfavourable for attendance.
The discipline and attainments of such as were present, very fair. Books, apparatus,
desks, and furniture all good.

Ewell, Boys'.-Inspected May 31, 1849. 1. One room separated from girls by resi
dence; under a master. 2. Good. 5. Of most excellent character for diligence and in-
tegrity: husband of mistress. Instruction very fair for rural scholars, whose attendance
is much interrupted. Books and apparatus sufficient. Desks and furniture indifferent.
Ewell, Girls'.-Inspected May 31, 1849. 2. Good. 5. An excellent person, of homely
attainments, but very useful in such a sphere. 6. This school is of quite rural pretensions,
but is of excellent character and influence; much cared for by the clergyman, and has
improved considerably in attainment since last year Books and apparatus sufficient.
Wall-desks. Furniture sufficient.

Stockwell, St. Michael's, Boys'.-Inspected June 1, 1849. 1. As last year, boys, girls,
and infants, under one roof, divided from each other by curtains only. Noise, therefore,
considerable, though counteracted as far as possible by discipline. School employed for
Divine Service, which cannot at present be foregone. 2. Very good as to moral tone;
but the mechanical defects of a triple school, divided only by curtains, must affect the
discipline detrimentally. 3. Modified monitorial. 5. The master, Mr. White, is con-
scientious, diligent, unpretending, ready to adopt suggestions, and a good disciplinarian
without any unkindness. 6. The infants might be removed to an entirely sepa-
rate school with great advantage. The school has suffered somewhat, but appears
to be recovering from certain untoward local circumstances connected with the infant-
school, for which nobody remaining here was responsible, and in which the infant-mistress
(since removed) seems to have been more unfortunate than blamable. Apparatus,
sufficient. Books, deficient, but a grant is proposed. Moveable desks, not so bad as wall
desks. Parallels could hardly be introduced in the present crowded condition of this
triple school.

Stockwell, St. Michael's, Girls'.-Inspected June 1, 1849. 1. Similar to boys' school.
2. Very good. 5. Wife of the master; an intelligent, well-principled person, and keeps
the girls in nice order; and, with assistance from her husband in instruction, is likely
to do well by pupil-teachers. 6. Desks and furniture not of good arrangement. Books
and apparatus, sufficient.

Tabulated Reports by Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools, the Rev. W. H. Brookfield-continued.

Number of Children learning

Number of Children learning Number of Children No. of Children

Writing on

Arithmetic as far as

Paper.

Slates.

Reading

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Number present at

Examination.
Algebra.

Mensuration.

Geometry.

Vocal Music, from
Notes.

Linear Drawing.

History.

Grammar.

Fractions and

Geography.

Compound Rules
and Reduction.

Proportion and
Practice.

Decimals.

Division.

Addition.

Numeration or
Notation.

Composition.

Abstracts or

From Copies.

Composition.
From Dictation

Abstracts or

Books of General
Information.

or Memory.

Holy Scriptures.

From Copies.

Monosyllables.

Easy Narratives.

Letters and

291. Bermondsey, St. James's.

Boys'

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1. Organization.

2. Discipline.

4. Instruction.

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
3. Methods.
1. The school is too crowded; com-
Bermondsey, St. James's.-Inspected June 4, 1849.
mittee-room is used as a class-room. 2. Ordinary. 6. I made no fresh recommendations
of apprenticeship here, inasmuch as the late master left the school a few days after my
inspection, and it is desirable that I should see it under its new government before ven-
turing upon any further apprenticeship. The general tone of the school was not quite
satisfactory when I visited it, but I have reason to hope that great improvement may be
looked for. Books and apparatus not sufficient for even first three classes. Desks good
enough as to repair, but ranged along the wall.

Whitstable, Boys'-Inspected June 5, 1849. 1. Precisely as last year, excepting addi-
tion of two pupil-teachers. 2. Discipline good. 5. Of great diligence, interested in his
work, and of considerable attainment. 6. The children do not begin to read in sufficiently
easy books, nor proceed with suitably graduated ones; nevertheless, the school is, upon
the whole, an unquestionably good one, both in respect of discipline and instruction.
Books and apparatus, sufficient. Desks and furniture, good.

Whitstable, Girls'.-Inspected June 5, 1849. 1. One room, with parallel desks. Fixed
rectangular class forms. Six classes, under one mistress and six monitors. 2. Discipline
good. Children very neat, clean, and orderly, but painfully shy and timid. 6. The
manner of the children indicates, what closer observation confirms, namely, that they are
treated with a somewhat more peremptory tone of admonition than is quite judicious.
This is to be ascribed merely to a mistaken notion of discipline, which experience will
cure, and not at all to any unkindness of temper. On the contrary, the mistress is obvi-
ously a very well-disposed and intelligent young person, and takes much pains and
interest in her school. Books, deficient. Apparatus, fair. Desks and furniture, good.

Elham, Mixed.-Inspected June 7, 1849. This school I believe to be conducted with
conscientious diligence, and influenced by a good moral tone; but, no doubt, its attain-
ment suffers considerable hindrance from the irregular attendance incidental to a labour-
ing rural population.

Swingfield, Mixed.-Inspected June 7, 1849. 1. One large room, boarded, light, well
built, divided by slides in the afternoon, but otherwise a mixed school, under master,
with wife for chaperone. 2. Discipline good as to cleanliness and order; but the drill,
and the facilities of manoeuvre resulting from it, admit of improvement. 3. Instruction
fair. More vivacity, both in command and in obedience, needs introducing here; children
hang fire very much. Drill would tend to improve this. Books and apparatus, deficient.
Wall desks, which they are willing to remove by grant. School embarrassed by

infants.

Hythe, Boys'.-Inspected June 8, 1849. 1. One room on ground floor, brick floor, room low. Girls overhead, a makeshift place. Very desirable that some more competent building should be provided; funds, however, are not easily to be obtained. Apprentices can be assigned here only in the hope that some exertion will be made to improve the mechanical arrangements of the school. It appears to be conducted in a good spirit and intention, but it will require considerable energy and perseverance on the part of the master to redeem it from the inferior state of discipline and attainment in which I understand him to have found it six months ago.

Bermonsey, Star Corner-Inspected June 11, 1849. 1. One large but crowded room. No class-room. Under one master and three pupil-teachers. 2. Decidedly good. Pa

D. Master and Mistress

6. Special.

rallel desks wanted. Apparatus wanted. Books wanted. Both general tone and
instruction of the school seem to be improved since last year. Wrote upon the master's
certificate-"This school is embarrassed by children who might be placed with advantage
in an infant-school. It is conducted, however, with increased energy and skill, and exhi
bits as satisfactory a degree of discipline and instruction as, under certain disadvantages of
organization and supply not under the master's control, appears attainable."

Frant, Boys'.-Inspected June 12, 1849. 1. One room, separate from girls', under a
master. 2. Discipline good. 4. Instruction satisfactory. 5. Master very commendable.
Books and apparatus sufficient, with readiness to supply more, if wanted. Parallel desks
were putting up. Furniture sufficient. This school is under excellent influence, and it
presents very promising indications of progress.

Frant, Girls'.-Inspected June 12, 1849. 1. One room, separate from boys, and under
a mistress. 2. Discipline good. Clean, neat and orderly, Drilllimited. 5. A very
diligent, respectable young person. 6. This is a school, in which the zealous interest
taken by the clergyman justifies the expectation that its attainment will become
commensurate with its pleasing moral tone and discipline. There is some deficiency
of well-graduated reading-books. Wall desks, but tolerably furnished.

Rotherfield, Boys'.-Inspected June 13, 1849. 1. Two rooms opened into one since
last inspection by removal of a portion of partition wall, as if for folding-doors. Mixed,
under master; assisted, with regard to girls, by his sister. 2. Very clean, and well-
conducted; but a varied drill would contribute to the animation of the school. 5. A
person of excellent character and unassuming manners, much interested in his school.
Might, with advantage, cultivate energy of manner, and acquaint himself with the various
facilities and contrivances for teaching of recent introduction. 6. Clearness of articulation
needs attention here. Books insufficient in number of copies, but judiciously selected.
Desks against wall. Furniture sufficient. Parallel desks are proposed. The school enjoys
the assiduous care of the clergyman's family.

Hartfield, Mixed.-Inspected June 13, 1849. 1. Two rooms thrown into one, making a
very good room for present number. It is a mixed school, under man and wife, both
trained at Home and Colonial. 2. Very creditable, but the drill might be made more
lively and complete. 3. Modified national. 5. Appears quiet and intelligent, apt to take
suggestions, and quite capable of adopting them. 6. This is a very creditable rural school,
The cardinal subjects of instruction are very fairly attained, and religious knowledge is
sedulously attended to. It appears a proper one for apprentices. Books, deficient.
Maps sufficient for present. Good parallel desks, and furniture in good order.

Maidstone, Trinity, Girls'.-Inspected June 14, 1849. To report on Miss Daymond's
claim to a certificate of merit. The cleanliness, good order, and attainment of this school,
as well as the proficiency of the apprentices, show it to be under very good influence;
and on observing the mistress's manner of conducting the school, the impression of her
competency is most satisfactorily confirmed. She exhibits good sense and self-possession,
without any compromise of that feminine reserve which could as little be dispensed with
as intellectual ability. She has a kind, impressive manner; is not deficient in firmness;
adapts her resources to the task before her; has the confidence and affection of the chil-
dren; and appears to act under the influence of high religious principle.