School Records

Nottinghamshire Archives holds a large number of records for schools throughout the county. Schools were administered by the local authority or through school boards. The records are grouped together under the Schools archive group. The records of private schools which have been deposited will be found in the Deposited Documents category.

Main groups of documents

Main groups of documents include:

School board records

Reference: S/B
Coverage: 1870 - 1902
Education throughout Nottinghamshire was usually provided by the County, City or relevant District Council. However, some parts of the county were governed by individual school boards. The records of these boards comprise largely administrative and financial records, such as minute books, reports, ledgers and accounts.

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Log books

Reference: S/L
Coverage: from c 1870
Log books were compiled by the school's head teacher on a daily basis, and record the daily running of the school: a school diary. They include details of the school curriculum, attendance trends and activities, but very little on individual pupils.

Many school log books are on restricted access. Contact us for more information.

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Admissions registers

Reference: S/A
Coverage: from c 1870
Registers of all pupils admitted to a school. They include names of pupils, dates of birth, name of parent, address and date of admission and departure.

Many school admission registers are on restricted access. Contact us for more information.

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Other records of individual schools

Reference: S/BX
Coverage: 18th - 20th centuries
This category comprises all other types of documents relating to a particular school other than the admissions registers and the log books. This can range in variety from governors' meetings minute books and headmasters' reports to class photographs and pupil publications.

Some of these records are on restricted access. Contact us for more details.

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How to find the document you want

There are separate catalogues in the archives search room for school admissions registers (S/A), school log books (S/L), and other school records (S/BX). The records are arranged according to the school they relate to.

There is a separate catalogue in the search room for records of school boards (S/B). Records of other education authorities can be found in the lists of the relevant organisation: County Council (CC), Nottingham Borough (CA), Mansfield Borough (DC/M), Newark Borough (DC/NK), Retford Borough (DC/R) and Southwell Diocese (DR).

Photographs, maps and plans can also be accessed through the photographs index and the maps and plans index, available in the search room.

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