SCHOOL HISTORY
IN THE BEGINNING
In
the beginning, or
to be precise 1885 during the reign of Queen Victoria, Jarrow Central School was
built and opened the following year.
I
quote here from a booklet, published in 1925, which was celebrating Jarrow’s
first 50 years as a borough.
“The
next important event in the educational history of the town took place in 1885
when the school board, in the face of great opposition, decided to build the
Higher Grade School (now known as the Central Council School) in order to
provide advanced education for older boys and girls.
In spite of the opposition, and of numerous attempts to alter the
character of the School, it became the chief centre for advanced day and evening
work and has been of incalculable benefit to thousands of girls and boys.”
Further investigation indicates the school ceased being called the Higher Grade pre 1922.
It
closed in 1975.
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