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PLYMOUTH
SCHOOLS |
PLYMOUTH SCHOOL BOARD
NORTH ROAD BOARD SCHOOL
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The North Road Board School, Plymouth, was officially
opened by the Mayor of Plymouth, Mr J T Bond, on the evening
of Friday April 10th 1896. Work had started on the building in 1894. It was
designed by Mr James Hine of Messrs Hine and Odgers.
In order that the Oxford Street Board School could be
extended to alleviate the chronic overcrowding, the girls were transferred to North Road.
The building provided accommodation for 350 girls and 450 infants and was the most
expensive school erected to date by the Plymouth School Board. The cost worked out
at £18 per pupil compared with £12 per pupil in the past.
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The former North Road Board School,
Plymouth.
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Deborah Watson. |
The average attendance in 1901 was 476 girls under Miss
Kate Firks and 503 infants in the charge of Miss Louisa Moore.
Following the transfer of responsibilities for education
from the Plymouth School Board to the Plymouth Local Education Authority, as from April 1st
1903 the North Road Board School became the North Road Elementary School.
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