History of Christ Church CE Primary School | 1900s

 

HISTORY OF CHRIST CHURCH SCHOOL

1900s

 

In 1902, the new Education Act brought voluntary schools under the local County and Borough Councils and in May 1904, the powers and responsibilities of the L.S.B were transferred to The London County Council (LCC).

The LCC began to subsidise religious schools and they demanded extensive structural alterations and improvements be made to schools to bring them up to a standard comparable with that of the Council schools.

In May 1905, the LCC took over the school and amalgamated the different departments under the headmaster.

A year after the LCC took over, they abolished school fees and the managers made the more cost-effective decision to completely rebuild the whole school. 

 


ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP 1916
CREDIT: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND
 
 
In 1907, the whole school was rebuilt by A.H. Ryan-Tennyson as architect and W. Hammond as builder at a cost of £3600, with Rev. Edward Arthur Cartwright providing the money for the rebuilding of the school.
 
The school was designed with six classrooms on either side of a ‘marching corridor’ measuring 80ft long and 12ft wide and was built in a Georgian style using stock bricks with red dressings. 
 
Easter 1908, the new school was reopened with a roll of 330 children.
 
Then in 1932, the school was reorganised as a Junior and Infants school with a roll of 274 children.


ARTICLE FROM THE SOUTH WESTERN STAR 1908
CREDIT: THE WANDSWORTH HERITAGE SERVICE

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