Plymouth, Devonport Local Education Authority Schools 1903-1914

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DEVONPORT LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY SCHOOLS
1903 - 1914

Although it was possible for local councils to adopt the new Education Act as from May 1st 1903, Devonport did not take it up until Monday June 1st. The new Education Committee consisted of twenty-seven members elected from Devonport Council and ten co-opted from elsewhere. They appointed Mr W H Crang as the secretary of the Committee and Director of Education for the Borough.

The Committee also appointed members of the committee to be managers of individual schools:-

PROVIDED SCHOOLS
(i.e. the former Board schools)

St Budeaux (Victoria Road)	Rev. S G Ponsonby
	Mr W H Short
	Mr W Cousins

Johnston Terrace	Mr A Stephens
	Mr T P Treglohan

Montpelier	Mr J B Love
	Mr H Banbury

Ford	Rev. A T Head
	Mr P C Goodman

Stoke	Mr A J Rider
	Mr G H Smith junior

Stuart Road	Rev. S G Ponsonby
	Mr W Hornbrook
	Miss Raymond

Morice Town	Rev. W Mantle
	Mr W Moon

Cherry Garden Street	Mr E Blackall
	Mr W Hornbrook

Mount Street	Rev. T P Kent
	Mr W Moon

Exmouth House Special	Miss Raymond
School	Rev. W Mantle
	Alderman W Littleton

Cornwall Street	Mrs G T Rolston
	Mr A Carlton

NON-PROVIDED SCHOOLS
(i.e. the former Church schools)

St Budeaux (Church)	Mr W Cousins
	Mr W H Short

St James the Great (Church)	Alderman W Littleton
	Mr F Paul

Royal Naval and Military	Mr R Bond
	Mr J L K Martyn

St Mary's (Church)	Mr T H Gill
	Mr F M Leest

St Stephen's (Church)	Dr. G A Rae
	Mr W Hornbrook

Stoke Public School	Mr G H Smith junior
	Mr H Banbury

St Joseph's Roman Catholic	Dr. G Rae
	Mr P C Goodman

Devonport National School	Mr A Carlton
(formerly St John's)	Mr T H Gill

St Stephen's School also had three Foundation Managers; the Vicar (the Reverend H H Leeper BA), Miss Proctor, Mr Bailey and Mr W Sowden.

By the end of 1903, Devonport could boast 19 schools, over 400 teachers and some 13,000 pupils.

Between 1903 and 1914 the Devonport Education Authority opened the following new schools:

Ker Street Infant School 1903

Devonport High School for Boys
Purchased 1906

Weston Mill Temporary Infants' School 1906
(formerly Sir John Jackson's School)

Paradise Road Junior Mixed and
Special Instruction Schools 1907

Devonport Municipal Secondary School for Girls 1908

King Street Elementary School
(formerly the Royal Naval and Military Free School)
Transferred by its Trustees 1910

Camel's Head Elementary School 1912.

College Road Junior School 1914

Following the amalgamation of Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport in 1914, the Local Education Authorities became one and took over from Devon County Council the responsibility for Stonehouse.