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Rushden
A History of Education

Tennyson Road Infants in 1944 Alfred Street Junior School Rushden Adult Schools in about 1960
Left to right: Tennyson Road Infants, Alfred Street Junior, the Adult Schools in Wellingborough Road

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General History Primary (Junior) Schools
Introduction (includes audio clip)
School Board
Alfred Street (Board School)
Early Schools
Education Act 1870
Education Act 1902 - Resistance

Education Committee - mainpage

Denfield Park Junior
Charity - Report
National Schools - 1914
Arthur Mantle - Attendance Officer
Employment of Children Act 1920
New Fields for Schools 1929 Hayway Schools
History 1870-1933 by Mr Fred Corby
Education under NCC Newton Road
Evacuee School 1942
National Union of Teachers North End
Snippets
Retirements & New Head Teachers 1950 South End
Schools Overcrowded & plans
School Bus 1955
Teaching - News & Notes
Nursery Schools
Mrs Wagstaff's School Whitefriars
Miss Wagstaff's School
Miss Dobell's Kindergarten - Photos
Memories of Tennyson Rd Nursery 1940s
Manor Farm Nursery
Jack & Jill Nursery
New Nursery 1969
Memories of Hayway Nursery 1989-92
Hayway Nursery Unit 1990 Empire Day 1932
Little Street - Nursery 1990

Infant Schools Elementary/Secondary Schools
Alfred Street (Board School) Woodwork Classes 1898
Careers Convention 1971
C of E behind the Coffee Tavern Boys' Education 1949-1991
Hayway Infant School
Mission Hall

Moor Road

Intermediate

National Schools (South End)
Hayway Schools
North End Secondary Modern (mainpage)
  • National School - Notes

Newton Road (Board School)


Chichele School (mainpage)
South End
School Leavers 1951
Tennyson Road Wellingborough Technical School 1957

Whitefriars

Grammar School & High School
WGS - Memories 1940s

Music & Elocution
Schools Admissions Books Music & Elocution Successess
Introduction J Enos Smith - Music Teacher
Alfred Street School 1881 - 1922
George Farey
Newton Road School 1918 - 1952 Miss B A Fisher - Music Teacher
South End School 1870 - 1955 Miss Connie Hall

Bernard Tomkins
Adult Education Schools Music Festival 1953
Adult School - mainpage
National Union of Teachers
Newsclip 1951

Free Education 1889 Scholarships, Exams & Degrees
Workers Educational Association - WEA Scholarships
Evening Institute Herbert Sargent 1889
Adult Learning Brian Clayton

Exam Successes
Boot & Shoe School
Boot School 1900

New Technical Institute 1928

School Sports & Leisure
Schools Athletics 1927
Jack Tear - WEA Memories (includes audio clips) Schools Athletics 1928

County Athletics 1930
Private Schools Elementary Sports Day 1932
Private Schools County Athletics 1933
Rose Hill School Challenge Shield
Mrs George Farey Xmas Parties 1932
Miss Payne's High School
Eastfields High School Help Wanted, please
Mr Walker's - Commercial School Embroidery
Rushden Grammar School

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