Hi John, There seems to have been a distinction between the two, according to a couple of Google references I found - the 'organising visitors' were more like advisers and were not official. a quick skim of http://www.archive.org/stream/officialyearboo02britgoog/officialyearboo02britgoog_djvu.txt seems to suggest that, in the case of church schools anyway, inspectors were paid by the government while visitors were paid by the church. I'm probably wrong ;) Anne South Australia John Newport wrote: > Just to say thanks to all for your replies! It would seem most likely that > his/her job was as an inspector and to advise on the day-to-day running of > the school. > > Thanks again. > > John >

You're right Anne, Strangely enough, not long before I got your email, doing yet another search, I found a snippet in a "Google-book" which said, "They obtain the services of the Organising Visitor free of charge for their schools, by paying a lump sum to the Diocesan Board of Education" Though it's only a snippet, I'm now sure, from what it said, that the school paid for the services of the "organising visitor" to help with organising the lessons, and possibly the curriculum and the method of teaching. As you said, not really officials, such as inspectors, but help, at a price, available from the Church - after all they were still, strongly, Church Schools at that time. Interestingly, looking at the web address you sent, that was the first one I tried (in fact three times, I tried!) but each time I got the "Not responding" message so, reluctantly, gave it up though it looked the most promising. You, obviously, managed to pull it down! Thanks very much Anne - I may try again later! John -----Original Message----- From: kent-eng-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:kent-eng-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Anne Chambers Sent: 16 February 2010 09:12 To: KENT-ENG@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [KENT-ENG] "Organising Visitor" Hi John, There seems to have been a distinction between the two, according to a couple of Google references I found - the 'organising visitors' were more like advisers and were not official. a quick skim of http://www.archive.org/stream/officialyearboo02britgoog/officialyearboo02bri tgoog_djvu.txt seems to suggest that, in the case of church schools anyway, inspectors were paid by the government while visitors were paid by the church. I'm probably wrong ;) Anne South Australia John Newport wrote: > Just to say thanks to all for your replies! It would seem most likely that > his/her job was as an inspector and to advise on the day-to-day running of > the school. > > Thanks again. > > John > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2690 - Release Date: 02/15/10 19:35:00