If you're asking "Was there a Jewish secondary school in Yorkshire in the 1870's", then the answer is almost certainly "no", but there may be another answer depending on the question that you're really asking, and any other information that you have but haven't posted. The 1870 Elementary Education Act set out a framework for the provision of education for all children between the ages of 5 and 13 in England and Wales. Naturally, this wasn't taken up or enforced overnight, and it wasn't for another 10 years that children aged 5 to 10 were actually compelled to go to school. Age 5 to 13 was primary education. Secondary education commenced at 13, an age when the vast majority of people were well capable of, and expected to be, earning a living for themselves. If you went into secondary education, instead of a job, someone had the money to spare to pay for it. Yorkshire had an influx of Jews in the mid to late nineteenth century. They were fleeing the persecution in what is now Poland, and usually intending to go to the USA. The usual route was into England via Hull, and out via Liverpool. Some ran out of money and ended up settling in cities along the route such as Leeds and Manchester. What became the Leeds ghetto was an area called the Leylands, to the north of the city centre. Following the 1870 Elementary Education Act the area benefited from the same education provision as the rest of the country. The first Board school (board, as in School Board, not boarding) in the Leylands was set up in Gower street in 1875 (the building is still there, but it's no longer a school). In time, the Board schools in the Leylands had an almost 100% Jewish attendance, but they were neither Jewish, nor Secondary schools. Kushti bok, Chris Westmoreland > -----Original Message----- > From: west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:west-riding- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary Heppell > Sent: 14 October 2007 03:40 > To: west-riding@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WRY] Jewish school in Yorkshire in the 1800's > > Hello Listers, > > I am hoping someone will know if there was a Jewish School in Yorkshire > probably a secondary school] for the years after 1871. > > Thanks for any help. > > Mary Heppell > > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.9/1068 - Release Date: 13/10/2007 10:15