Identity area
Reference code
CBC/3/1
Title
Date(s)
- 1871-1949 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
To be defined
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
These volumes are bound files of correspondence, reports, and other papers, compiled by the Croydon School Board, 1870-1902; and by its successor, Croydon Corporations Education Office, from 1903 onwards. They fall into two groups: those on general topics, and those relating to individual schools (the 'School Portfolios). Many of these sets of papers appear to have been bound up as volumes in 1903 (when education became the direct responsibility of the local authority); in 1924; and in about 1932 (when there was a major reorganisation of the education service). The 1920s and 1930s files were kept in spring-backed binders, until they were bound as volumes in the early 1990s. The files seem to have fallen into disuse during World War 2 (when, for example, the system of regular annual returns from schools was discontinued); and were only added to sporadically in the 1940s. Some of the volumes contain more than one file bound together.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Some of the records in our collections contain sensitive and personal data that we have a legal responsibility to control access to. In these circumstances, staff may search the collection on your behalf, having received consent or proof of death of the individual concerned.
Please contact us at archives@croydon.gov.uk for further information regarding the particular collection you wish to access.
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