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ORDER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD PRESCRIBING ATTENDANCE AS REGARDS WORKHOUSE SCHOOLS.

TO THE GUARDIANS OF THE POOR of the several Unions and Separate Parishes in England and Wales ;

TO THE BOARDS OF MANAGEMENT of the several District Schools formed under the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1844, and the Acts amending the same;— And to all others whom it may concern.

Whereas by Section 5 of the Elementary Education Act, 1876, it is enacted as follows:

"A person shall not, after the commencement of this Act, take into his employment (except as hereinafter in this Act mentioned) any child—

(1.) Who is under the age of ten years; or

(2.) Who, being of the age of ten years or upwards, has not obtained such certificate either of his proficiency in reading, writing, and elementary arithmetic, or of previous due attendance at a certified efficient school, as in this Act in that behalf mentioned, unless such child, being of the age of ten years or upwards, is employed and is attending school, in accordance with the provisions of the Factory Acts, or of any byelaw of the local authority (hereinafter mentioned) made under section seventy-four of the Elementary Education Act, 1870, as amended by the Elementary Education Act, 1873, and this Act, and sanctioned by the Education Department."

And whereas, by Section 48 of the said Act, it is provided that the term "certified efficient school" in that Act means (among other schools) “any workhouse school certified to be efficient by the Local Government Board";

And whereas, by Rule No. 11 in the First Schedule to the said Act, it is provided that attendance for the purpose of that Schedule includes, where the attendance is at a workhouse school, such attendance as may be from time to time directed for the purpose by the Local Government Board:

Now therefore, we, the Local Government Board, in pursuance of the powers given by the statutes in that behalf, hereby direct, for the purpose of the said Schedule as regards children who attend a workhouse school certified by the Local Government Board to be efficient, as follows:

ARTICLE I.-An attendance of a child at a workhouse school certified as aforesaid shall be deemed to be an attendance for the purpose of the said Schedule, where such child has attended the school and been under instruction in secular subjects at the morning or afternoon meeting of the school for not less than two hours if the child is above seven years of age, or for not less

than one hour and a half if the child is above five and under seven years of age.

Provided, that where a child, if above seven years of age, has so attended and been under instruction in secular subjects for not less than three hours in the morning and one hour in the afternoon of the same day; or if above five and under seven years of age, for not less than two hours in the morning and one hour in the afternoon of the same day, each such attendance shall in each case be deemed to be an attendance for the purpose aforesaid.

ARTICLE II.-Any time which may be devoted to instruction in drill or to industrial training, other than a reasonable time for needlework in the case of girls, shall not be included in the time prescribed for an attendance for the purpose aforesaid.

ARTICLE III.-In this Order,

The word

66 union includes any union of parishes incorporated or united for the relief or maintenance of the poor under any Act of Parliament;

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The term "separate parish means a parish or place which is under a separate board of guardians;

The word "guardians" includes any governors, directors, managers, acting guardians, vestrymen, or other officers appointed or entitled to act in the distribution or ordering of relief to the poor from the poor rates under any Act of Parliament;

The term "work house school" includes any school, certified as aforesaid, belonging to a union or separate parish which is under distinct management from that of the work house, whether the school buildings are part of the workhouse premises or, being separate from the workhouse, are situated either within or without the limits of the union or separate parish, and also any school belonging to a school district formed under the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1844, and Acts amending the same.

Given under the Seal of Office of the Local Government Board, this Twenty-seventh day of October, in the year One thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.

G. SCLATER-BOOTH,

DANBY P. FRY,

Assistant Secretary.

President.

ORDER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD AS TO REGISTER OF ATTENDANCE FOR WORKHOUSE SCHOOLS.

TO THE GUARDIANS OF THE POOR of the several Unions and Separate Parishes in England and Wales;—

TO THE BOARDS OF MANAGEMENT of the several District Schools formed under the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1844, and the Acts amending the same;— And to all others whom it may concern.

Whereas the Local Government Board, by a General Order, dated the 27th day of October, 1877, gave directions with respect to the attendance, for the purpose of the Elementary Education Acts, of children attending workhouse schools certified by the Board to be efficient; and it is expedient that provision should be made with respect to the registration of attendances in every workhouse school, as hereinafter mentioned:

Now therefore, we, the Local Government Board, in pursuance of the powers given by the statutes in that behalf, hereby order as follows, with respect to the registration of the attendance of children in every workhouse school:

ARTICLE I.-The schoolmaster or schoolmistress, as the case may be, shall, within fifteen minutes from the commencement of the required instruction in secular subjects, mark the attendance of each child present at every meeting of the school in an Attendance Register according to the Form No. 1 in the Schedule to this Order; and shall from time to time make out a Summary of the Attendance Register according to the Form No. 2 in the said Schedule, which Summary shall be duly examined and signed by the clerk.

ARTICLE II.-The Attendance Registers shall be produced to the visiting committee, on their visits to the school, and to the guardians or the board of management at such times as they may direct.

ARTICLE III.—Every Attendance Register shall be carefully preserved by the guardians or the board of management for ten years.

ARTICLE IV.-The standards of examination to be observed shall be those prescribed in the Code of the Education Department in force for the time being. A list of the children arranged according to such standards shall be prepared by the schoolmaster or schoolmistress, as the case may be, and presented to the school inspector of the Local Government Board at the time of his annual examination of the school.

ARTICLE V.-The instruction in the school shall be given at the time specified in a time-table to be prepared by the schoolmaster or schoolmistress and approved by the guardians or board of management, as the case may be.

1 For standards of examination prescribed, see p. 370.

ARTICLE VI.-In this Order,

The word "union" includes any union of parishes incorporated or united for the relief or maintenance of the poor under any Act of Parliament; The term "separate parish" means a parish or place which is under a separate board of guardians;

The word "guardians" includes any governors, directors, managers, acting guardians, vestrymen, or other officers appointed or entitled to act in the distribution or ordering of relief to the poor from the poor rates under any Act of Parliament;

The term "clerk" means the clerk to the guardians or the clerk to the board of management, as the case may be;

The term "workhouse school" includes any school belonging to a union or separate parish which is under distinct management from that of the workhouse, whether the school buildings are part of the workhouse premises or, being separate from the workhouse, are situated either within or without the limits of the union or separate parish, and also any school belonging to a school district formed under the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1844, and Acts amending the same.

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SCHOOLMASTER OR SCHOOLMISTRESS.

The Schoolmaster or Schoolmistress, as the case may be, is responsible for the accurate keeping of this Register.

Every attendance must be marked in ink at each meeting of the school; the morning attendance by a stroke marked thus ; the afternoon attendance thus.

A horizontal line will denote that no meeting of the school has taken place.

Absence through sickness must be shown by the letter "S"

Absence on account of industrial work should be shown by the letter" W."

Absence through any other cause should be shown by the letter "A."
There should be no erasures, and no blanks.

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