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Article by Margaret Craddock (1978, amended 2005)

History of Education in

Burton Latimer

Appendix C


Average attendance figures for children attending Voluntary Mixed and Infants Schools 1885 -1910



Year 1885 1890 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1904 1910
Mixed 188 200 220 258 238 169 177 234 220 244 230
Infants 118 115 93* 220 192 106 102 98 120 106 149
TOTAL 306 315 313 478 430 275 279 332 340 350 379

* whooping cough epidemic

Note: November 1898 - 50 pupils were transferred to Finedon Road Infant School from Church Infant School
January 1899 - 111 pupils transferred to Nonconformist School




Average attendance figures for children attending Voluntary and Board Schools 1903 and 1910

1903
1910
Places Av Att Places Av Att
Voluntary Mixed
260
250
260
230
Infants
300
453
300
149
Board Mixed
170
180
170
248
Infants
100
101
146
110


Note: The average attendance at the Board Schools exceeds the number of places
available thus demonstrating the popularity of the Board School at this time.


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