Pupil Teachers did not necessarily go to training College. My aunt who was born in 1906 was a pupil teacher and taught at a church school in Cheshire and taught me when I was 5 years old. She eventually became head of the infant department at that school and was very highly regarded by her ex-pupils. Many of them attended her funeral in 2001. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "sharon starkey" <rlsastarkey@shaw.ca> To: <bucks@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 10:20 PM Subject: Re: [BKM] Off topic - Schoolteachers With regard to training school teachers, I acquired the following information on the Internet (but, I have misplaced the website). "In 1846 the British Government took on most of the costs of training school teachers, although the training colleges remained denominational. A pupil-teacher system was adopted whereby, in schools approved by an inspector, children aged thirteen years could be apprenticed to a teacher for five years and, after passing an examination, could attend a training college for three years. During the day the pupil teacher acted as an assistant teacher, and after school he received special instruction from the schoolmaster, following a set syllabus. Pupil-teachers had to undergo annual examinations by H.M. Inspectors of Schools, and were paid £10 during the first year with an additional £2-10s for each subsequent year. The intention was for pupil-teachers to progress to teacher training college where they would receive specific training aimed at certifying them to a set standard." My 2xs great grandfather, Henry King, was noted as a pupil teacher at Steeple Claydon, Bucks, on the 1851 census, when he was 16 years old. Family notes state that he later went to London to a teacher training college - possibly the Borough Road College, but I don't have access to records to confirm this possibility. I assume that Henry applied for a teaching position at one or more schools as he neared the completion of his teacher training. But, again I have no documentation to back up my assumption. Henry King was married at Steeple Claydon in 1858, and was later noted as a schoolmaster on the 1861 and 1871 census of Kimbolten, Hunts. Sharon Starkey, nee King ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gill Smith" <geneagill@i-zoom.net> To: <bucks@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 8:00 AM Subject: [BKM] Off topic - Schoolteachers > Hello all you knowledgeable people ! > > This is a general question that I am hoping someone can help me with. > Does anyone know how a person in the mid to late 1850's would obtain > certification as a National Schoolmaster/Mistress? Also how they obtained > their "postings" to the various schools in which they taught. > > I have a husband and wife who were born and schooled in > Gloucestershire and Wiltshire respectively. Their first joint posting was > to Burton Latimer, Northants. The next to Sowerby, West Riding, Yorkshire > amd lastly to Middleton in Lancashire. > > It would appear that there was some central body directing these > teachers around the country and/or taking applications for transfers, > apart from the original certifications. > > Has anyone come across a website on the subject ? > > Any direction to some kind of information would be much appreciated. > > Gill Smith > *************************************** > > BGS Website: http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/ > BFHS Website: http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/ > Bucks Genuki Website: http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BUCKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message *************************************** BGS Website: http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/ BFHS Website: http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/ Bucks Genuki Website: http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BUCKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message