Schools

Conisbrough Balby Street

Conisbrough Ivanhoe Junior School

Conisbrough Morley Place Junior School

Conisbrough Pennine View School

Conisbrough Rowena Nursery & Infants School

Conisbrough Secondary School – History

Conisbrough Secondary School – Log Book

Conisbrough Station Road Junior School

DeWarenne Academy

DeWarenne Academy

Morley Place School Log 1873 to 1906

Morley Place School Log 1907 to 1926

School Pageant at the Castle

1880 Oct Conisborough School Board – Attendance Officer’s Salary

1885 Oct Conisborough School Board – New Girl’s Mistress – Tenders for Partition Wall

1887 Oct Ambulance Class to be Held

1887 Oct Denaby Main – 1st Ambulance Class

1887 Oct Formation of an Ambulance Class At Denaby Main

1888 Jan Denaby Main Infant School Concert

1888 Nov School Attendance Case from Conisborough

1888 Dec Board School Concert at Conisborough

1889 Dec An Evening with the Children at Denaby

1891 Apr St. John Ambulance Association – Denaby Main Colliery Class.

1894 Feb Attendance Cases

1894 Feb Conisborough Notes – Vicar – School Board – Station Inn

1894 Feb Conisbro’ School Board.

1897 Aug Conisborough School Board – Examinations – Cleaning – Inspector

1897 Aug Conisborough School Board – Land – Deaf & Dumb

1897 Nov Conisborough School Board.

1898 Mar Conisbro’ School Board – Attendance Officer’s Salary – Irate Parent

1898 May Conisborough School Board – New Schools – Appeal To Parents – Urban Powers Question.

1898 Sep Conisbro’ School Board.

1898 Sep Technical Education at Denaby Main – Coal Mining Lecture.

1898 Oct Conisborough Notes – Evening Classes – Baptist Chapel – Coloured Clay Pipes

1898 Oct Conisborough School Board – Caretaker’s Wages – Precept Needed

1898 Nov Conisbro’ School Board

1898 Dec First Class Certificates

1899 Mar Conisbro’ School Board.

1899 Jul Conisbro’ School Board Election – Liberal Victory.

1899 Oct Conisborough School Board.

1900 May Conisborough School Board – The Clerkship

1900 Sep Conisborough School Board – Tenders for New Schools

1900 Dec The New Schools – Comment

1900 Dec The New Schools. – A Heated Discussion.

1901 Jan Conisborough School Board.

1901 Apr Conisborough School Board – The Blind Boy, Precept, Clerk’s Extra Work

1901 Jun Conisborough School Board – New Desks – The Blind Boy – The New Act

1901 Jun Conisborough School Board – New Schools – Overcrowding – Blind Boy – Government Reports

1907 Jul Conisborough Education Subcommittee – The New School Site.

1909 Jan New School for Conisborough.

1909 Sep Denaby Notes – Cadet Corps – School News

1909 Sep Teachers’ Difficulties.

1910 Sep Conisboro’ Evening Classes

1910 Oct Neglectful Denaby Main Parents

1911 Mar Denaby Developing – New Elementary School to be Opened To-Day.

1911 Apr A Conisboro’ Canard – Baseless Report Contradicted – School Playground Occurrence

1911 Apr New School for Denaby – A Handsome Building – County Council’s Good Bargain.

1919 Feb Conisborough Schools Closed.

1920 Jan Set Court At Defiance. – Parents Ordered to Send Children to School.

1927 Oct Swimming – Two Ties for Conisborough Schools Shield.

1928 Apr Choirmaster – Presentation to Mr. G. V. Smith.

1928 Jun Denaby Mother Resents School-Master’s Rebuke – Slapped His Face.

1928 Sep A Fine Swimming Team (picture)

1928 Sep The Diver (picture)

1928 Dec New Headmaster (picture)

1929 Apr Conisborough Middle School (picture)

1929 May The New Middle School

1929 Jun New Middle School At Conisboro’ : The “Quad’ (picture)

1929 Nov New Morley Place Headmaster

1930 Mar Conisborough Arts and Crafts (picture)

1930 Oct Denaby School Gala .

1930 Oct Denaby Swimming Gala (picture)

1930 Oct Gallant Girls. (picture)

1930 Nov Denaby Folk Dancers (picture)

1930 Dec School Concert – “House Plays”

1931 Mar Handicraft for Women (picture)

1931 Mar The School “Smithy” (picture)

1937 Aug £1,000 a Year Required – Cost of School Extensions at Denaby

1937 Oct Poor Attendance at Schools – Ratepayers Suffer

1937 Dec Denaby Loss of Good Friend

1938 Feb Disasterous Fire – Children Calmly Led From School (pictures)

1938 Feb Disastrous  Fire  At Confectionery Warehouse Gutted – School & House Endangered (picture)

1938 Feb Playing Cards on School Roof – Gamblers’ Damage at Denaby

1938 Mar Don Quixote – Sancho and The Ass.

1938 Mar Don Quixote at Conisborough Senior School (picture)

1938 May Name for New School – Conisborough Committee Choose “Ivanhoe”

1938 Sep Ivanhoe School

1938 Sep School Children greet Queen Mary (picture)

1938 Oct Conisbrough Senior Girls School Prizegiving

1938 Dec School Leavers at Work

1938 Dec Race Week Holiday – Pros and Cons at Conisborough

1939 Mar Conisborough School Operetta – “Dickon the Bedlam” (picture)

1939 May Conisborough Station Road School May Queen (picture)

1939 Jun Conisborough Modern School Girls (picture)

1939 Jun Whitsun Sunday School Queen

1939 Jul Conisborough Modern School Party

1939 Aug Denaby Schoolmasters – 111 Years Service (picture)

1940 Apr Obituary – Former Station Road Headmaster

1940 Nov New Headmaster With Cricket and Football Connections

1941 Mar Children’s Day – Parents Impressed at Conisborough

1941 May Evening Institute – Successful Season

1941 May Modern School Governors

1947 Oct Morley Place Infants’ School – Teachers Leaving (picture)

1947 Nov Conference Issue – Suggestions Considered At Conisbrough

1947 Nov Conisbrough School Headship

1948 Apr Double Arabesque (picture)

1948 May Conisbrough School Experiment – Boys Learn About Land – Farming For Miners Sons

1948 May Study in Expressions (picture)

1948 Dec ” Ivanhoe ” Girls from Ivanhoe Town (picture)

1949 50 May Pageantry at Denaby (picture)

1949 Feb  New Headmistress (picture)

1949 Mar School Retirement Presentation (picture)

1949 Apr Senior Assistant Retires

1949 May Balby Street Junior School Queen

1949 Oct Conisbrough Station Road School Harvest Festival (picture)

1949 Oct Station Road School Harvest Festival (picture)

1949 Nov For Huntingdon (picture)

1949 Dec Denaby Balby Street School Children’s Concert (picture)

1950 Mar New Denaby “Head”

1950 Mar School Overcrowding – Conisbrough Hut Urgency

1950 Apr Balby Street School Queen

1950 Apr Conisbrough Modern School – “The Pedlar”

1950 May Old Denaby School Queen (picture)

1950 Jun Twelve Denaby Scholars are Going to Town

1950 Jun Visit of Fairy Godmother

1950 Jul Change of Site For New Infants’ School at Conisbro’

1950 Jul One Teacher for Old Denaby – Don Valley Executive Decision

1950 Jul Conisbrough Dance Classes “Cheap Evenings Out “

1950 Jul Denaby Flower Queen- Yesterday’s School Ceremony

1950 Jul Evening Institute Arts and Crafts Exhibition (picture)

1950 Jul Students Up In Arms – Seething” after Dance Class Comments (picture)

1950 Jul To France Again – Another Conisbrough Excursion

1950 Jul No Domestic Science Mistress – Conisbrough’s Country-wide Search.

1950 Oct School Visit to Printing Works (picture)

1950 Oct Theory and Practice – Conisbrough Visit for Bolton Girls

1950 Nov Craggs, Castle and Priory – Conisbrough Schools’ New Names ?

1950 Nov Measles Epidemic Affects Schools

1950 Dec “Dickon” In Trouble (picture)

1951 Jun Don and Dearne Schools Sports (picture)

1951 Jul Rossington Street School Art (picture)

1951 Jul School in Miniature – Boys make Model of new Neighbour (picture)

1955 Jul Conisbrough News – Summer fair (pictures) – Stack Fire

1957 Aug Conisbrough Northcliffe Swimming Gala (picture)

1957 Oct Conisbrough Teacher To Move to the North Riding

1957 Nov 20 All  “Present” Congratulations at Conisbrough

1957 Nov School Stock Room Gutted Midnight Blaze at Denaby (pictures)

1957 Dec Conisbrough Northcliffe School Girls (picture)

1957 Dec Conlsbrough Rowena Infants’ School (picture)

1957 Dec Northcliffe Girls’ Modern School (picture)

1957 Dec Road Safety at Northcliffe (picture)

1958 Jan Religion in Schools – Headmaster from Conisbro’ on Importance

1958 Feb Attractive Careers Programme For Conisbrough School Leavers

1958 Feb Denaby Bell Has Tolled for Last Time (picture)

1958 Mar Bang Goes A Record ! Conisbrough Boy’s Success in Wombwell Event

1958 Apr Combined Junior Schools Choir from Denaby and Conisbrough (picture)

1958 Apr Recorder Group from Conisbrough Northcliffe Girls’ School (picture)

1958 May Conisbrough Schools Annual Festival

1958 May May Festivities – Delightful Old Denaby Programme

1958 May May Queen of Conisbrough Station Road

1958 May May Queen of Old Denaby -Making a Delightful Picture

1958 May Old Denaby Church of England School Dressed for May Celebrations

1958 May Station Road Infant’s School May Festivities

1958 May Station Road May Festivities

1958 May Station Road May Queen

1958 Jun Conisbrough Castle Mural

1958 Jul Conisbrough and Denaby Schools Arts and Crafts Exhibition (picture)

1958 Jul Conisbrough and Denaby Schools Arts and Crafts Exhibition (picture)

1958 Jul Conisbrough Northcliffe Girls’ Modern School Arts and Crafts (picture)

1958 Jul Conisbrough Northcliffe Girls’ Modern School Swimming Gala (picture)

1958 Jul Headmaster of Denaby St Albans Catholic School (picture)

1958 Jul Trip To China For Denaby Teacher

1958 Aug Conisbrough U.D.C. Schools Gala

1958 Oct Nautical Holiday – Holland Trip for Conisbrough Boys

1958 Nov Conisbrough “Short Cut” – School Governors to Close It

1958 Dec Conisbro Pupils  Making Metal Castings

1958 Dec Northcliffe Secondary School First year Christmas party (picture)

1959 Feb Long Wait For Hot Water For Conisbrough School Showers

1959 Mar Examination Success (picture)

1959 Apr Denaby Evening Institute’s Exhibition of Work (picture)

1959 Apr Three and a Half Years Unbroken Attendance

1959 May Attendants to Sunday School Queen.

1959 May Conisbrough Northcliffe Girl’s School Sports Day – A Good Jump (picture)

1959 May Conisbrough Northcliffe Girls School Sports Day (picture)

1959 May Denaby United Supporters Cup – Morley Place

1959 May Denaby United Supporters Cup – Presentation

1959 May Denaby United Supporters Cup – Rossington Street

1959 May Conisbrough Schools Basketball Team Plays In London.

1959 Jun Conisbrough Northcliffe Boys in Holland

1959 Jun Don and Dearne Inter-Schools Sports (picture)

1959 Jun Don and Dearne Inter-Schools Sports.

1959 Aug All Aboard for Scotland (picture)

1959 Nov Parents at Rossington Street School

1959 Dec “The Assassination of Lincoln”

1959 Dec Conisbrough Northcliffe Girls’ School Choir (picture)

1959 Dec Conisbrough Retirement  After 34 Years Teaching              

1959 Dec Conisbrough Station Road Infants School Party. (picture)

1959 Dec Denaby St. Alban’s Catholic School Team (picture)

1959 Dec Women Teacher Takes St. Alban’s to Success  – Trainer Best in the World

1960 Feb Northcliffe School Speech Day – Welcomes the Raising of School Age.

1960 Feb Preparing for a Career in a Practical Manner at Conisbrough (pictures)

1960 Mar Apprentice Course at Conisbrough

1960 Mar Conisbrough School Project Cut by £3,000

1960 Mar Conisbrough Student Gains Good Impression of Russia

1963 Mar Staff Shortage at Balby Street School

1964 Sep Temporary Classrooms.

1965 Jan Northcliffe ‘High’ in the Forefront

1967 Apr Conisbrough Head to Visit Canada

1967 Sep 30 Foot Long Caravan Will Become Flat at Northcliffe High (picture)

1967 Sep At Denaby School.

1967 Sep Fifth Form Block – First of Its Kind in the Country (picture)

1967 Oct Conisbrough Northcliffe High School 5th Form (picture)

1967 Dec Denaby St. Alban’s Nativity play (picture)

1967 Dec Balby Street School Concert (picture)

1967 Dec Denaby Balby Street Infants Nativity (picture)

1968 Jan “Tufty Club” at Conisbrough Rowena School (pictures)

1968 Jan A “Big Move Up” – Conisbrough Man Head of Music at Danum Grammar

1968 Feb Conisbrough Northcliffe High School Speech Day Guests (picture)

1968 Feb Conisbrough Northcliffe High School Speech Day Prizewinners (picture)

1968 Mar New School Planned At Conisbrough

1968 Mar Proud Of Their Skill – Own Skis

1968 May French, Without Tears for Children, At Conisbrough

1968 May Sketching in the Churchyard (picture)

1968 Jun Denaby St. Alban’s School Fayre

1968 Jun Denaby St. John Cadet Band (picture)

1968 Jun Northcliffe High School Sports Day (picture)

1968 Jun Queen of Rowena is Crowned (picture)

1968 Jun Conisbrough Rowena Infants’ School Rose Queen (picture)

1968 Jul Conisbrough Morley Place School Sports

1968 Jul Denaby and Conisbrough Schools Gala at Denaby baths (picture)

1968 Jul Have Their Own Rabbits

1968 Jul Inter Schools Gala (picture)

1968 Jul  Morley Place School Sports (picture)

1968 Sep Conisbrough Rowena School Fashion Show

1968 Oct African Safari Thrilled Denaby Teacher

1968 Oct Denaby Rossington Street School (picture)

1968 Oct Unique Double At Mexborough (picture)

1968 Nov Canteen Retirement at Northcliffe Secondary School (picture)

1968 Nov Conisbrough Hit by School Cuts

1968 Dec Conisbrough Rowena Infants School Concert (picture)

1968 Dec Denaby St. Alban’s School Christmas Bazaar. (picture)

1968 Dec Ivanhoe Road Children’s Party (picture)

1968 Dec Ivanhoe School Christmas Party (picture)

1968 Dec Northcliffe High School Christmas Party (picture)

1968 Dec Rossington Street Infant Snow Queen & King (picture)

1968 Dec Rowena Infant School P.T.A. Christmas Social (picture)

1968 Dec Snow Queen of Balby Street infants’ School (picture)

1969 Jan They See How Their Local Paper is Run (pictures)

1969 Jan Morley Place Junior School on BBC Television (picture)

1969 Jan Young Musicians in the Making . . . (picture)

1969 Feb Japanese floral arrangement (picture)

1969 Feb Northcliffe High School Speech Day (picture)

1969 Feb Northcliffe High School Speech Day – Guest Speaker

1969 Mar Conisbrough Pageant

1969 Apr All from Bits and Pieces (picture)

1969 Apr No Room at School Means 30 May Lose up to a Year’s Education

1969 May What About Our Tennis?- Plea

1969 May Denaby Saint Alban School Weekend in London (picture)

1969 May Diocesan Girls Friendly Society Rally

1969 May School Governors Will Say ‘Thank You’ To Staff By Giving Them A Party.

1969 Jun Old Denaby Church of England School Queen.

1969 Jun Rowens Infants School Rose Queen

1969 Jul Conisbrough Girl Sets Up National Javelin Record (picture)

1969 Jul Conisbrough Northcliffe High School – Music In The Air.

1969 Jul Conisbrough Urban Council Swimming Gala (picture)

1969 Jul Denaby Baths Swimming Gala (picture)

1969 Jul Dress Rehersal For School Open Day. (picture)

1969 Jul Sports At Northcliffe High School. (picture)

1969 Aug Another Find For Local Students.

1969 Sep Happily Playing In The Sandpit. (picture)

1969 Sep Research Brings Nursery School Boost To Area (pictures)

1969 Nov Exchange Project an Educational Breakthrough

1969 Nov How to Get The Ship in The Bottle (picture)

1969 Nov New York Professor at Morley Place (picture)

1969 Nov Rossington Street P.T.A. Christmas Fayre (picture)

1969 Nov Three Ships in One Bottle (picture)

1969 Dec Denaby Rossington Street School Nativity (picture)

1970 Feb Conisbrough Nortcliffe School Retirement (picture)

1970 Feb Old Denaby & Rossington Street School Football Teams

1970 Feb Rossington Street School & Trip to Wembley Exhibition (pictures)

1970 Feb Their Ain Place