Sources or Education in Riseley

The following list gives all the sources relating to education in … held by Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service. Due to the terms of the Data Protection Act records containing personal details of living individuals will be closed in total, or in part, depending on the nature of the information.

•  P50/1/3: appointment of the schoolmaster: 1653

Riseley Lower School

•  X25/28: cost of the school to Lord Saint John: 1839
•  WG2053/3: correspondence about building the school: 1839;
•  AD3865/36: plan: 1840;
•  WG2053: conveyance of the plot and recently erected school: 1841;
•  WG2056/1: ground plan of the school: 1841;
•  WG2056/2: abstract of title of Lord Saint John to land conveyed as the school site: 1841;
•  WG2054: conveyance of land in Church Lane for the schoolmaster's house: 1847;
•  WG2055: conveyance of land for the master and mistress' house: 1848;
•  WG2056/4: School correspondence: 1848-1850;
•  SJ2220: grant of land in Church Lane: 1848;
•  Bedfordshire Times report on bazaar to raise funds: 25th November 1848;
•  Riseley Primary School and the 1870 Education Act;
•  SDRiseleyLower2/1: logbook: 1870-1896;
•  SDRiseleyLower1 and CRT150/82: school managers' minute book: 1871-1890;
•  SDRiseleyLower5/5: grant payable: 1871-1885;
•  SDRiseleyLower51: reports on the school: 1872-1894;
•  SDRiseleyLower5/14: correspondence with the Department of Education: 1872-1892;
•  SDRiseleyLower5/12: circulars: 1873-1893;
•  SDRiseleyLower5/15: general correspondence: 1874-1891;
•  SDRiseleyLower5/3: engagement of pupil teachers: 1875-1885;
•  SDRiseleyLower5/2: duplicate examination schedules: 1876-1892;
•  SDRiseleyLower5/13: drawing examination syllabus: 1876-1893;
•  SDRiseleyLower5/6: correspondence on pupil teachers: 1884-1893;
•  SDRiseleyLower5/7: proficiency schedules: 1886-1893;
•  SDRiseleyLower5/4: examination of pupil teachers: 1887-1890;
•  SDRiseletLower5/10: report on evening school: 1890-1891;
•  SDRiseleyLower5/9: drawing examination correspondence: 1891-1894;
•  SDRiseleyLower5/11: diocesan inspector's report: 1892;
•  SDRiseleyLower5/8: drawing examination schedules: 1892-1894;
•  SDRiseleyLower2/2: logbook: 1896-1936;
•  SDRiseleyLower8: newspaper cuttings scrap book: 1898-1971;
•  Z50/142/493-497: school group photographs: c. 1900-1928;
•  P50/29/3: plan for additional classroom accommodation: 20th century;
•  SDRiseleyLower7/1: reports on the school: 1901-1903;
•  SDRiseleyLower7/2: school returns: 1901-1915;
•  SDRiseleyLower7/6: details of grant: 1901-1915;
•  SDRiseleyLower7/4: correspondence on pupil teachers: 1902-1903;
•  E/SA3/1/2: school managers' and inspector's reports: 1903;
•  SDRiseleyLower7/3: engagement of pupil teacher: 1903;
•  SDRiseleyLower7/5: proficiency schedules: 1903-1909;
•  SJ2220: appointment of new trustees: 1904;
•  E/TE5/3: details of teachers: 1904-1908;
•  SDRiseley3: register for training pupil teachers: 1906-1908;
•  SDRiseley4: evening school logbook: 1906-1930;
•  E/TE5/4: details of teachers: 1908-1912
•  E/IN1/1: inspector's reports: 1910-1936;
•  SDRiseleyLower7/7: balance sheet of a social to purchase a cooking stove: 1912;
•  E/SA5/1/3: attendance of Yelden pupils on closure of their school: 1925;
•  P96/29/4: attendance of Swineshead pupils on closure of their school: 1925;
•  Z50/142/581: photograph of the school hockey team: 1927;
•  P50/29/1: appointment of principal teacher: 1929;
•  P29/50/2: bills for school repairs: 1935-1947;
•  SDRiseleyLower2/3: logbook: 1936-1955;
•  EV36: correspondence on damage done by horses and cattle: 1933;
•  RDBP2/525: plans for lavatories: 1936;
•  E/PM3/1/4I: attendance register Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic School, London evacuated to Riseley: 1939;
•  P50/28/8: account of Riseley prepared by Burghley Central School evacuees: 1939;
•  RDBP3/925: plan of hut for temporary accommodation: 1947;
•  Z55/1/91/23: negative of the school: 1950s;
•  CDE376/1-8: drainage scheme: 1953;
•  SDRiseleyLower2/4: 1955-1970;
•  P96/29/6: appeal for support: 1962;
•  P50/31/5: press cuttings regarding dedication of school: 1962;
•  CA2/636: playing field works: 1962;
•  P50/29/5: carol service programme: 1964;
•  CA8/402: school maintenance file: 1964-1977;
•  E/YM7/8/6: 1st Riseley Scout Group use of the school: 1962-1985;
•  PCMelchbourne&Yelden11/1: E S Bunting's Charity to be applied to Riseley School: 1976;
•  CA2/705: nursery unit construction: 1976-1977;
•  CA8/865: school maintenance file: 1978-1983;
•  E/TE3/4: return of teaching staff: 1981;
•  E/SC1/Ris/1: "School Under Threat" leaflet: 1982;
•  E/TE2/2/L/65: school details: 1983;
•  E/TE3/7: return of teaching staff: 1986;
•  E/MS3/2/1: kitchen and other details: c. 1987;
•  CC/HS/3/2/1: accident report: 1987

Margaret Beaufort Middle School

•  CA2/21: school building contract: 1955-1960;
•  SGM26: school governors' minutes: 1962-1973;
•  SDMargaretBeaufortMiddleSchoolRiseley1/1: 1962-1967;
•  SDMargaretBeaufortMiddleSchoolRiseley2/1: punishment book: 1963-1975;
•  CA8/356: school maintenance file: 1966-1976;
•  SDMargaretBeaufortMiddleSchoolRiseley1/2: 1967-1973;
•  E/YM7/8/6: 1st Riseley Scout Group use of school: 1969-1985;
•  CA2/318: new heating and ventilation system: 1970-1974;
•  CA2/829: new parking bay for buses: 1971-1979;
•  E/SA1/4/2: file on comprehensive reorganisation: 1972-1976;
•  SDMargaretBeaufortMiddleSchoolRiseley1/3: 1973-1992;
•  E/TE3/2: return of teaching staff: 1981;
•  E/OL1/5/1: participation on school exchange visits with Calvados: 1984;
•  PCRiseley9/21: correspondence on dual use of sports facilities: 1984;
•  E/TE3/7: return of teaching staff: 1986;
•  E/TE2/2/11/21-22: details of school: 1986-1987;
•  E/MS3/2/1: kitchen and other details: c.1987;
•  CC/HS3/3/1: correspondence on CDT room floors: 1988;
•  SDMargaretBeaufortMiddleSchoolRiseley1/4: 1992-1997
•  SDMargaretBeaufortMiddleSchoolRiseley3/1-2: photographs including two school pupils: 1992;
•  E/Pu4/4/27: school prospectus: 1995;
•  HT13/2/11: Harpur Trust grant to school: 1999