MORLEY PLACE SCHOOL LOGS 1873 to 1906
Major & Mrs Grantham 1873
1874
Teachers areE E Lewis & J Smith
GrammarMistress 2nd ClassJ Pepper
Pupil Teacher 1st Year Jane Smith
1875
Mistress 2nd Class J Pepper
Pupil Teacher 2nd Year Jane Smith
Candidate C Jackson
1876
Mrs Ferdinand teaching infants along with pupil teacher
Mistress 2nd Class Mrs Ferdinand
Pupil Teacher 3rd Year Jane Smith
School Correspondent David Smith
Clerk C W Ferdinand
1877
Mistress Mrs Ferdinand ill
Temporary Mistress Miss Kirk
Pupil Teacher 4th Year Jane Smith
School Correspondent David Smith
Clerk C W Ferdinand
1878
Mistress J Ferdinand resigned her charge of Conisbrough Board Infants School
Mistress Jane Falconer
1878
Friday 15th March
All children with Whooping cough in the household have been sent home.
18th March
School Closed because of Whooping Cough
Harry Dufton died (pupil)
23rd April
School re opened after 5 weeks.
Mistress 2nd Class Jane Falconer
Pupil Teacher 5th Year Jane Smith
Pupil Teacher 2nd Year Annie E Barker
School Correspondent Major L Grantham
20th September
Attendance Poor. Only 90 present, many have been employed gleaning.
1879
14 January
Jane Smith left today.
Ellen Cocker and Mary Blakely from girls school to act as monitors alternately.
1st April
Albert Drabble punished for taking away a boys cap, children talked to on importance of honesty.
9th May
Alfred Lee and Harriet Swaby came to school late. Have visited parents and they promise to send them on time in the future.
1879
Mistress 2nd Class Jane Falconer
Candidate 1st Year Elizabeth Vasey
Candidate 1st Year Mary Blakeley
School Correspondent E Grantham
Some children´s names mentioned
George Taylor, John Henry Stenton, Charles E Crookes & Walter Warren Crookes (Truant)
Horace Marshall (late)
Florence Broadbent commenced duties as infants Mistress on 6th October.
17th October
Two new children Harriet Thompson and Ellen Horton.
1880
16th January
Emily Maxfield has been in to assist from Girls School.
23 January
Two monitors from Girls School to assist this week.
Lizzie Burnett in the mornings and Lizzie Blakely in the afternoons
February
Agatha Goodwin commenced as pupil teacher.
1880
Agatha P Goodwin Geography
Mary H Blakeley Arithmetic and Geography
1881
Miss Broadbent will shortly receive her certificate
Mistress 2nd Class Florence Broadbent
Pupil Teacher 3rd Year Agatha Goodwin
Pupil Teacher 3rd Year Mary H Blakeley
1882
Mistress 2nd Class Florence Broadbent
Pupil Teacher 4th Year Agatha Goodwin
Pupil Teacher 4th Year Mary H Blakeley
4th August
Children absent gathering peas
22nd September
School re opened – Children absent due to measles which has been bad for two months now. Also children absent gleaning. 159 on books only 75 attended.
1884
Mistress Florence Broadbent
Ex Pupil Teacher Mary H Blakeley
10th October
School intensely cold owing to want of fires. No coal ordered. Gas lighted to warm the room.
1885
Two new monitors Rhoda Radley and Gertrude Trickett.
1st June and 2nd June
School Inspection
Report
Reading method not approved. Look and say method to be used throughout the school. Alphabet not to be taught to any class. More assistance required for teaching. Frames to be fastened to the gallery to form desks for babies. An instrument to be purchased for exercises and marching. Pencil drill to be freely used. Slates to be placed with left hand lower corner pointing to child. The right hand upper corner to be level with desk top. Children not to cross their legs.
Mistress 2nd Class Lucy E Baron
Ex Pupil Teacher Mary Blakeley
1886
School inefficient
Lack of competent staff.
1887
Infants now in good order attainments show sufficient improvement to warrant the recommendation of a merit grant.
Mistress Mary Parkinson
Assistant Mary Blakeley
Clerk Geo Harrison
1888
1st February
Attendance Officer promised a toy and an orange for all children who did not absent themselves between this date and Shrove Tuesday.
16th September
New Infant Mistress Hannah Leathley commenced duties
1890
23rd April
Albert Hudson marked absent by mistake instead of Fred Burton.
10th June
Half day holiday due to visit of a large Circus to the village.
1891
Mistress Hannah Leathley
Assistant A B Roberts
Pupil Teacher R Fisher
Clerk Geo Harrison
1892
Mistress Hannah Leathley
Assistant ex Pupil Teacher A B Roberts
Assistant A C Fritche
Clerk Geo Harrison
1893
27th January
Two children left to attend the dame´s school. The parent of one had taken his child away so that he should not be taught by a young teacher.
16th March
School visited by Mr Dufton, Mr Pagdin, Mr Norwood and Mr Kilner.
Mistress Hannah Leathley
Assistant A C Fritche
Assistant A A Dey
Pupil Teacher E Rawson
Clerk Geo Harrison
1894
Miss Worsley (Denaby Main Colliery School) commenced.
Head Teacher Hannah Leathley
Assistant Ex pupil teacher M Cave
Assistant Ex pupil teacher J E Worsley
Pupil Teacher 2nd Year E Rawson
Candidate M Marlborough
15th October
Piano arrived
1895
17th January
Half day holiday on account of Mr Norwood ( vet) member of school board. Children left at 11.30 and were presented with oranges and sweets.
1896
Head Teacher Hannah Leathley
Ex pupil teacher M Cave
Ex pupil teacher J E Worsley
Pupil teacher E Rawson
Pupil teacher M Marlborough
Candidate on probation D Sargentson
15th September
Classroom occupied by the five year old children is very much overcrowded – 63 present. The teacher Miss Cave is in very indifferent health and almost unable to cope with so large a class.
1897
Head Teacher Hannah Leathley
Assistant S Maxfield
Pupil teacher E Rawson
Pupil teacher 3rd Year M Marlborough
Pupil teacher 2nd Year D Sargentson
1898
24th January
The stove which was placed at the lower end of the schoolroom for extra warmth has had to be removed on account of it smoking so badly.
D K Sargentson has passed her examinations well.
Mistress Hannah Leathley
Assistant S Maxfield
Assistant E Rawson
Assistant M Cave
Pupil teacher 4th year M Marlborough
Pupil teacher 3rd Year D K Sargentson
Clerk Geo Harrison
18th November
The school has been heated today for the first time by the new heating apparatus and feels much more comfortable.
1899
6th February
Miss Rhodes who was appointed Assistant in place of Miss Maxfield has sent word that she cannot accept the situation as the salary is insufficient.
1900
D R Sargentson has obtained a 2nd Class in the Queens Scholarship Examination.
Head Teacher Hannah Leathley
Assistant Certificated C Harrison
Ex Pupil teacher E Rawson
Ex Pupil teacher M Marlborough
Ex Pupil teacher D Sargentson
Clerk Frank Allen
1901
All staff as 1900 with addition of C Ledger ex pupil teacher.
21st October
Between 40 and 50 children have left this department during the past fortnight in order to attend the new schools which have opened in Station Road.
1902
Head Teacher Hannah Leathley
CA E Rawson
Assistant article 50 D Sargentson
Ditto C Ledger
Ditto F Chadwick
Ditto A Exley
23rd July
It has been decided to reduce staff in this department. Miss Chadwick has been transferred to Station Road Infants. As my senior assistant Miss Rawson is about to leave I have asked that Miss Chadwick return to me after summer holidays to prevent another change of teacher.
1903
Head Teacher Hannah Leathley
C Assistant M Marlborough
Assistant Article 50 D Sargentson
Ditto C Ledger
Ditto A Exley
Pupil teacher 1st year Frances Evison
Ditto Mary A Wright
Candidate Ethel Marsh
1906
Head Teacher Hannah Leathley
C Assistant R Dickson
Uncert Assistant A Laughton
Ditto M A Wright
Pupil Teacher E Marsh
17th August
Hannah Leathley resignation terminates today.
17th September
Ada L Swift commenced duties as Head Teacher.
Theodora Mellor, Edith Mellor and Sarah E Burton commenced duties as monitresses.
Possible that curate was Mellor