July 18th

H. M. Inspector, Rev. R. Temple, examined the School. Elizabeth Smith obtained a Labour Certificate, having passed the IV Standard. The Rev. J. B. Davies, Mrs. Davies, the Misses Rider & Juckes present.

July 20th

Attendance of Scholars good.

July 27th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School and took a class. Attendance good.

Aug. 3rd

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School twice during the week, taking a class.

School going on satisfactorily.

Aug. 10th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

Attendance not quite so good.

Aug. 13th

Rev. J. B. Davies received the Report of H. M. Inspector Rev. R. Temple, from Government.

Copy. Water’s Upton C. E. School (Salop).

“This School is examined under Article 59 of the Code. I have no difficulty in recommending that the Mistress shall receive a certificate as the discipline is good, and the elementary subjects are well taught. Every effort should now be made to call out the intelligence of the scholars. The needlework deserves

special praise.” [Signed:] J. B. Davies.

August 17th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School twice during the week, taking a class. Attendance fair.

August 24th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the school several times during the week. Harvest Holidays begin to day. School closed for four weeks.

September 28th

Attendance of Scholars rather small, many being ill with Whooping Cough. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

October 5th

Attendance better this week. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School during the week, taking the first Class.

October 8th

Mistress received her Certificate from Government. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School, took second Class in [reading?].

October 12th

Attendance better this week, than last.

October 19th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School took a class. Attendance about the same as last week.

October 26th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School several times during the week.

Nov 2nd

Rev. J. B. Davies and Mrs. Davies visited the School during the week. Attendance fair.

Nov. 9th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School. Attendance improved. Two Children Admitted from Crudgington this week.

Nov. 16th

Rev. J. B. Davies and Mrs. Davies visited the School. Attendance good.

Nov. 20th

Mrs. Davies and Miss Rider visited the School this afternoon.

Nov. 30th

Rev. J. B. Davies & Mrs. Davies visited the School. Attendance not so good this week.

Dec. 7th

Attendance about the same as last week. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School twice during the week.

Dec. 14th

Attendance improved this week. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School several times in the week.

Dec. 21st

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.
Xmas Holidays commence this day school closes for a fortnight.

Jan. 11th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School took a class. Attendance fair. Two children admitted from Crudgington.

Jan. 18th

Attendance much improved. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School during the week.

Jan. 25th

Attendance good. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School several times, took a class.

Feb. 2nd

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School. Attendance good. One boy admitted.

Feb. 9th

Attendance very good.

Feb. 16th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School twice during the week, took a class each time. Mrs. Davies also visited the School, & examined the Knitting. Attendance very good.

Feb. 23rd

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School twice during the week, took a class each time. Attendance good all the week.

March 2nd

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School. Attendance not quite so good as last week. Many of the children with colds.

March 9th

Attendance good.

March 15th

Rev. J. B. Davies & Mrs. Davies visited the School. Attendance good.

March 22nd

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School several times during the week each time taking a class. Attendance very good.

March 29th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School several times during the week, took a class each time. Attendance good.

April 3rd

Rev. Christian Mortimer Diocesan Inspector examined the School. Rev. J. B. Davies, Mrs. Davies, Miss Rider & Miss Juckes present. Attendance very good.

April 12th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

April 18th

Mrs. Davies & Miss Rider visited the School, examined the Needlework & Knitting. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School and took a class. Attendance not so good as last week, many of the children Sick.

Ap. 20th

Easter Holiday’s.

Ap. 29th

Opened with a fair School. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

May 10th

Attendance very fair. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School. Children progressing satisfactorily.

May 15th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School, took a class.

May 24th

Attendance good throughout the week. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School four times during the week. Attendance very good.

[Note: Some duplication here, and no entry for week ending May 17th, which suggests that the first two sentences were intended as an entry for that date and the last two for the 24th.]

May 31st

Mrs. Davies visited this afternoon.

June 7th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School several times during the week. Mrs. Davies visited this afternoon & examined the Needlework & Knitting. Attendance good all the week.

June 14th

Children progressing. Attendance good.

June 21st

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

June 28th

Mrs. Davies visited the School.

July 1st

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

July 5th

Rev. J. B. Davies took a class in Scripture.

July 12th

Attendance good throughout the week.

July 19th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School several times during the week. Attendance very good.

July 26

Attendance of children not quite so good. Many kept to carry dinner into the hay field.

August 2nd

Attendance very good all the week. Rev. J. B. Davies & Mrs. Davies gave the Children a treat this afternoon. (Friday)

August 9th

Attendance this week not as good. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.
Harvest Holidays commenced & School closed until the 9th September.

September 9th

Reopened School with a fair attendance; Some of the children still Gleaning. Ten children have left and gone to the new Board School situated at Crudgington, it being nearer their homes and in their own Parish.

Sep. 16th

Attendance much better this week.

Sep. 27th

Children with few exceptions have all been at School this week. One boy left.

Oct 4th

Rev. J. B. Davies, Mrs. Davies & Friend visited the School, and remained some time. Two girls left the School & district. Attendance fair.

Oct 11th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School. Attendance about the same as last week.

Oct 18th

Rev. J. B. Davies & Mrs. Davies visited the School. Attendance fair.

Oct 25th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School several times during the week.

Novr. 1st

Attendance not quite so good as last week, several children absent on account of the wet, and colds.

Novr. 8th

Attendance fair this week.

Novr. 15th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School several times during the week. Attendance fair.

Novr. 22nd

Several children kept at home this week to assist their parents in the turnip field. Rev. J. B. Davies, Mrs. Davies & Miss Rider visited the School. Attendance fair.

Nov 26th

School inspected by John C Colvill Esq & examined by The Assistant Inspector Mr. Booth. On [teachers?] parchment. This School is going on Well.

Decbr. 6th

Attendance fair considering the severe weather. Mrs. Davies, Mrs. Taylor & the Misses Riders visited the School & inspected the Needlework.

Decbr. 13th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School. Attendance good.

Decbr 16

Waters Upton C. E. S. Salop
“This School is in good order and the results of examination in Elementary Subjects are decidedly satisfactory

upon the whole. The Infants and first Standard are not in proportion as far advanced as the elder children . The course of instruction in the higher Standards might now be extended with great benefit to the general intelligence of the Scholars.”
[Signed:] J. B. Davies Correspondent
of the Managers.

Jany 10th

The School this week has been thinly attended, owing to the severe weather.

Jany 17th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited School. Attendance fair, considering the severe weather.

Jany 24th

Attendance about the same as last week. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

Jany 31st

Attendance rather better this week. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

Feb. 7th

Attendance fair. Rev. J. B. Davies visited School several times during the week.

Feb 14th

Rev. J. B. Davies & Mrs. Davies visited the School during the week. Attendance fair.

Feb 21st

Attendance better this week.

Feb 25th

Mr. Vaughan School Attendance Officer visited the School today. Attendance this week fair.

March 7

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School several times during the week. Attendance the same as last week.

March 14

Several of the children kept at home this week through colds. Attendance not good. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

March 21st

Many of the children still absent through colds. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School several times during the week.

March 28th

Attendance fair.

April 4th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

April 9

Mr Vaughan School Attendance Officer visited the School today, several of the children absent.

April 10th

School closed for the Easter vacation.

April 25th

Attendance fair. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

May 2nd

Several children absent this week.

May 9th

Mr. Vaughan School Attendance Officer visited the School, attendance better. Mr. & Mrs. Davies visited the School during the week.

May 16th

Attendance fair, entered three fresh children into the School.

May 23rd

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School. Attendance fair.

May 30th

Readmitted one scholar. Attendance fair. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

June 6th

The Rev. Christian Mortimer Diocesan Inspector examined the children, present Rev. J. B. Davies, Rev. — Burden & Miss Rider. Attendance good.

June 13th

Mr. Vaughan School Attendance Officer visited the School, found several children absent in his district.

June 20th

Attendance good. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

June 23rd

Mr Eardley Attendance Officer of the High Ercall School Board District visited the School to look at the Attendances of some children out of his district.

June 24th

Rev. J. B. Davies & Rev. — Leigh visited the School.

July 4th

Attendance good.

July 11th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School. Attendance very good.

July 18th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School. Attendance good.

July 21st

Mr Eardley Attendance Officer of the High Ercal District visited the School.

July 25

Attendance not so good. Children have been employed by their parents in the hay fields &c.

August 1st

Attendance fair.

August 8th

Attendance good.

August 15th

Attendance good.

August 22nd

Attendance good. Mr Eardley Attendance Officer of the High Ercall School Board District visited the School.

August 29th

Attendance good. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School several times during the week.

Sept. 5th

School broke up for the Harvest Holiday, four weeks. Attendance not so good as the previous week.

Oct 6th

The attendance was very small indeed. Nearly the whole of the children Gleaning. Rev. Christian Mortimer Diocesan Inspector’s report. Copy.
This School passed a “Good” Examination. The Repetition was very good & the paper work & general intelligence are both improved.
[Signed:] J. B. Davies
Correspondent of The Managers

Oct 10th

Attendance much better than last week. Some of the children are still kept from School to glean. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

Oct 17th

Mr. Vaughan Attendance Officer visited the School.

Oct 24th

Attendance very good the whole of the week. Rev. J. B. & Mrs. Davies visited the School.

Oct 31st

Attendance good. Admitted two into the School. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School. October 31st closes the School year.

Nov 3rd

Very good attendance. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

Nov. 14th

Attendance good all the week. Rev. J. B. Davies & Mrs. Davies visited the School.

Nov. 17th

Admitted two children from Roden.

Nov. 21st

Attendance not so good as last week. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

Nov. 26th

John C. Colville Esq & Mr. Booth examined the School.
Pieces sung by the children
O happy English children
Lightly tread his hallowed ground.

Dec. 1st

Samuel Wynne & Thos Tannyane received Labour Certificates.

Decbr. 12th

Report
Waters Upton Church of England School, Salop
This School is in good order, but has not made as much progress as I expected. Arithmetic is weak in all classes, and Spelling is bad in the upper Standards. Writing is as a rule too small and cramped. The Infants should

write between the lines. Grammar and Geography quite below the mark. Needlework is pretty good.”
[Signed:] Hannah Price Certificated teacher of the third Class
[Signed:] J. B. Davies, Correspondent
of the Managers

Christmas vacation two weeks.

Jany 9th

A fair attendance all the week. Mr. Vaughan Attendance Officer visited.
Jany 16th Much better attendance this week than last. Rev. J. B. & Mrs. Davies visited the School.
Mr. Shakeshaft Attendance Officer of the High Ercall District visited the school.

Jan. 23rd

Attendance good. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

Jan 30th

Attendance good.

Feby 6th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited School.

Feby 13th

Attendance good.

Feby 20th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited School. Attendance good. Mr. Vaughan Attendance Officer visited.

Feby 27th

Attendance not quite as good as last week, several absent with colds & coughs.

March 5th

Attendance good.

March 12th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

March 19th

Attendance very good.

March 25th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited School.

March 26th

Good Friday
Easter Vacation one week.

April 5th

Very good attendance.

April 16th

Attendance not so good this week. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

April 19th

Two children left. Parents removed to another District.

April 30th

Attendance good.

May 7th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School. Attendance good all the week.

May 14th

Mr Vaughan School Attendance Officer visited. Several children had not attended well. Reported the same to the School Committee.

May 21st

Attendance fair. Several children sick. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

May 28th

Attendance good the first part of the week, much rain the latter which was the cause of many being absent. Mr. Vaughan Attendance Officer visited the School.

June 4th

Attendance better.

June 11th

Attendance good.

June 18th

Mr Shakeshaft School Attendance Officer of the Ercall District visited the School. Attendance very good all the week.

June 25th

Mr. Vaughan Attendance Officer visited the School. Attendance very good.

July 2nd

Attendance not quite as good as last week.

July 9th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

July 16th

Attendance not so good, several children unwell with colds.

July 23rd

Rev. Christian Mortimer Diocesan Inspector examined the Children.
Rev. J. B. & Mrs Davies & Miss Rider visited the School. Several children absent with whooping cough.

July 30th

Attendance small, whooping cough & wet weather the cause.

August 6th

More than half the scholars absent with sickness. Mr. Vaughan Attendance Officer visited the School to-day.

August 13th

Whooping Cough still bad in the School. Children absent with whooping cough have not yet returned. Numbers in attendance small.
Closed the School for Harvest holidays. One Month.

School Inspected July 23rd 1880 by Rev. C. Mortimer

Diocesan Inspector’s Report
The Examination of this School was very satisfactory. The Paper work was “good” for so small a School and the answering intelligent. The Repetition as usual was accurate.
J. B. Davies.
Correspondent of the Managers.

Sep. 20th

Commenced with a fair School. Whooping Cough much better. Rev. J. B. Davies visited.

Oct 1st

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School. Attendance fair. Mr Vaughan School Attendance Officer visited the School.

Oct 8th

Several children still absent with colds & coughs &c.

Oct 15

Attendance of children better.

Oct 22nd

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

Oct 29th

Attendance good.

Nov 18th 1880

Her Majesty’s Inspector John C. Colville Esq. came to the School. Mr S. K. Booth Assistant Inspector examined the children.
Spring Spring lovely Spring & I come from haunts of coot & hern were sung by the children.
Report Received Feb. 17th 1881.

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“The results of examination are much the same as last year, though in some respects there is a little improvement. In the upper standard the failures in Arithmetic are not so complete. Notation and spelling are both faulty in the second standard. – Writing has generally improved but still requires careful attention. Reading is the most satisfactory subject being as a rule fluent and fairly expressive.
Grammar should improve, especially in the higher standard where it is very meagre.”

Hannah Price Certified Teacher of the 3rd Class to resign at Lady Day next.
J. B. Davies. Correspondent of the Managers.

Novbr 1st

Attendance good. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School.

Novbr 12th

Attendance good all the week.

Novbr 18th

School examined by S. K. Booth Assistant Inspector to John C. Colville Esq.

Novbr 23rd

Mr Shakeshaft School Attendance Officer of the High Ercall School Board visited the School & looked at the names of Absentees in his District.

Novbr 30th

Mr Vaughan School Attendance Officer examined the list of Absentees.

Decbr 3rd

Attendance very fair.

Decbr 10th

Several children absent during the week.

Decbr 15th

Very wet day many children absent.

Decbr 17th

Not so good Attendance this week.

Decbr 24th

Xmas Vacation, 1 week.

January 3rd

Commenced with a fair number after the holidays.

January 12th

Many children absent through the heavy fall of snow and several sick.

January 14th

Attendance small, weather very severe.

Jan 18th

Many children absent, weather continues to be very severe.

Jan 28th

Children not able to attend School on account of the cold.

Feby 4th

Attendance small.

Feby 7

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School. [Note: His first recorded visit since 1 Nov 1880.] Very few children present owing to a very severe storm of wind & snow.

Feby 18th

Attendance better this week.

Feby 25th

Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School most mornings this week, taking a Class.

March 4th

Attendance good.

March 11th

Attendance good. Rev. J. B. Davies visited the School during the week.

March 18th

Attendance good all the week.

March 24th

Attendance good.

March 25th

H Price resigned charge of Waters Upton School