Created out of the Elementary Education Act 1870. The LSB covered the same Inner London area as that of the Metropolitan Board of Works. The members of the LSB were directly elected. The LSB ensured there were sufficient school places for all the children, including the poorest, and in London school attendance was made compulsory for ages 5 – 13. The Boards were seen as expensive and so were abolished with the role of the LSB being taken on by the LCC.
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London School Board
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County Hall - Education
The home of Inner London's Education Service from 1922, ILEA succeeding the ...
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Martina Bergman Ősterberg
Pioneer of Physical Education for Women. A Swedish supporter of women's rights who settled in London in 1881. She was appointed Superintendent of Physical Education for London's public schools. Wil...
1 memorial
Sir John Kirk
J.P., Christian philanthropist, the children's friend. Not to be confused with Sir John Kirk (1832-1922), the African explorer. Sir John's great great grandson, Peter Mitchell, contacted us to sa...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Alec Dickson
Community educationist. Born Alexander Graeme Dickson at Duxhill Lodge, Ruislip. He served in Africa in World War II, where he began to formulate his ideas for mass education. He returned in 1948 a...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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