| Catalogue Reference | SCH11 |
| Title | St Bartholomew's Grammar School records |
| Records of St Bartholomew's Grammar School, Newbury |
| Date | 1578-2013 |
| Repository | Berkshire Record Office (code: GB 005) |
| Level | Fonds |
| Extent | 40 vols, 71 bdls, 1 roll, 59 docs |
| Admin History | The school was founded in 1466, and was originally run by the priest attached to Henry Wormestall's Charity. At the Reformation, it was absorbed into St Bartholomew's Hospital Charity. By the end of the 16th century this charity was managed by Newbury Corporation. The school ceased to exist in 1814 when the master died, having had no pupils since 1800.
In 1841 a new Scheme was made to manage the educational part of the charity, and a new school and master's house were built in 1848 in the Litten, Newbury. The first pupils were admitted in 1849. In 1883 the charity merged with Kendrick's Charity to form St Bartholomew's Hospital and Grammar School Foundation. A new school building was erected in Enborne Road, Newbury, in 1884.
In 1949 the school became a Voluntary Aided grammar school for boys, including some boarders. It closed in 1975, and pupils transferred to the new St Bartholomew's School (SCH13), a comprehensive formed by the merger of this and Newbury County Girls' School (SCH12). |
| Acquisition | Deposited in August 1989 (acc. 4449 part); January 1992 (acc. 4949); October 1994 (acc. 94/SCH/4); March 1995 (acc. 95/SCH/2); April 2001 (acc. 2001/SCH/1); August 2004 (acc. 2004/SCH/1 part); April 2008 (acc. 8213); April 2011 (acc. 8780); May 2015 (acc. 9641); February 2019 (acc. 10482)
Schedule of accessions
Acc. 4449 (part): 15/1-19; 16/1; 18/9, 12
Acc. 4949: 4/16; 11/12; 18/3-7
Acc. 94/SCH/4: 11/1-9
Acc. 95/SCH/2: 6/1-3
Acc. 2001/SCH/1: 4/1
Acc. 2004/SCH/1: 2/1
Acc. 8213: 17/1-9; 18/1-2
Acc. 8780: 1/1, 3-5; 3/1-2; 4/2-15, 17-23; 5/1-9; 6/4-8; 11/10-11, 13-14; 13/1; 17/10; 18/8, 10-11
Acc. 9641: 9/1
Acc. 10482: 2/2-3; 6/9-19; 7/1-5; 13/2-4; 14/1; 15/20-47; 16/2-9; 18/13-21 |
| Arrangement | CLASSIFICATION SCHEME
[This scheme shows how the collection is arranged. This collection does not include every type of record in the scheme.]
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
1 Managers'/governors' minutes
2 Inspection records
3 Head teachers' reports
4 Accounts
5 Correspondence
6 Property records
7 Prospectuses
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
8 Log books
9 Staff meeting minutes
10 Curriculum papers
PUPIL RECORDS
11 Admission registers
12 Punishment books
13 Records of prizes
MISCELLANEOUS
14 Newsletters and magazines
15 Photographs
16 Handbills, programmes, etc
17 Parent Teacher Associations
18 Miscellaneous |
| Related Material | Records in other collections
Some of the early administrative records of the charity of which the school was a part have been catalogued as N/QB:
N/QB1/7 Proposals of vestry meeting for management of St Bartholomew's Grammar School, n.d. [1833]
N/QB1/8 Leaflet relating to proposed schemes for the school, 1834
N/QB1/14 Extract from 1841 scheme relating to the management of the school, n.d. [c.1858]
N/QB1/15 Papers of commission enquiring into endowed schools, 1866
N/QB1/16 Notes relating to management of school, 1876
N/QB7/3 Papers relating to annual Exchequer payment to the school, 1849-1852
N/QB12/1 Draft advertisement for a master for the school, 1849
N/QB12/2 Notice of paying places at the school, 1849
N/QB12/3 Appointments of headmasters, 1849-1876
N/QB12/4 Administration papers, including lists of scholars, applications for admission, and subjects taught, 1849-1876
N/QB12/5 Inventory of fixtures in master's house and school, c.1850
N/QB12/6, 8 Resignations of headmaster, 1852, 1867
N/QB12/7, 9, 11 Applications for post of headmaster and related papers, 1866-1876
N/QB12/10 Papers relating to redecoration of school buildings, 1867
N/QB15/2 Photograph of headmaster (1876-1902)
N/QB15/3 Certificate of merit presented to pupil, 1869
N/QB15/4; 33/3 Accounts of prizegiving, 1877, 1896
N/QB15/5 Note of election of foundation scholar, 1849
N/QB17/1, 4, 8 Schemes and orders, 1883-1967
N/QB19/1-5; 20/1 Papers relating to building new school, 1880-1887
N/QB20/3 Correspondence relating to school fees, 1883-1887
N/QB20/4 Letter of protest against rate assessment, 1886
N/QB20/5 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1887-1903
N/QB20/6 Report on examination of school, c.1890
N/QB20/7 Correspondence with Charity Commission, 1891
N/QB20/8 Correspondence relating to BCC grant for science master's salary, 1897-1898
N/QB20/9 Report on science teaching, 1898
N/QB20/10, 13 Papers relating to building laboratory, lecture room and workshop, 1900-1904
N/QB20/11-12 Inspection reports, 1901-1902
N/QB20/14 Plans of gymnasium and cricket pavilion, 1904
N/QB20/15 Correspondence relating to alterations to school year, 1904
N/QB21/1-2 Staff registers, 1903-1950
N/QB23/1-5, 8 Cash books, 1907-1968
N/QB33/1 Athletic sports programme, 1890
N/QB33/2, 4, 7-8 Exam results, 1876-1906
N/QB33/5 Prospectus, c.1900
N/QB33/6, 9, 18-19 Lists of pupils, (1876)-1943
N/QB33/10 Letters relating to past pupils, 1928-1943
N/QB33/11 Correspondence relating to will of founder, 1928-1934
N/QB33/12 Printed register of staff and pupils, 1849-1933
N/QB33/13 School project on school's history, 1932-1935
N/QB33/14 Papers relating to school badge, 1934-1938
N/QB33/15 Article on history of school (1686-1817), 1935
N/QB33/16 Speech day programme, 1955-1960
N/QB33/17 Landmarks in history of school, 1466-1938
N/QB33/20 List of prefects, 1903-1937
N/QB33/21 Article on history of school, c.1903
N/QB33/23 Fees ledger 1908-1909
N/QZ1/1 Decree of Commissioners into charitable uses, 1600 (refers to school)
N/QZ2/11 Letter re re-establishment of school, 1846
N/D161/1/8-46 School magazines, 1918-1975
N/D161/1 Papers of Frank Crump, governor, 1902-1975
SCH13/6/1 Papers re proposed reorganisation of accommodation, 1972
SCH13/14/1 List of Old Newburians killed in WWI
SCH13/18/1 History, 2010
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