Database : School Reports, 1874 - 1952

1876

Report of the High School Committee for the Year 1876

A Preparatory department has been opened at 274 Oxford St for girls aged 6 - 11. The Headmistress is Miss Whitlock, formally Head of the Upper School of the Home and Colonial School Society. There are 2 assistant mistresses and 40 girls.

The High School has 252 pupils.

General comments on the good attendance and health of pupils.

Mrs Corbett left after her marriage. Miss Welsh has become a Classics tutor at Girton College, Cambridge. Miss Woods and Miss Betham [details given of their academic qualifications] replace them.

Margaret Lomax has been awarded the Exhibition for the daughter of a clergyman and Anne Raynor has been awarded the Exhibition for the daughter of a doctor. Thanks to Prof Wilkins and Mr Style for examining the candidates.

The Salford School Board has sent an Exhibitioner to the school. The Salford School Board pay the fees.

Statistics given of successes in the Cambridge Local Examinations.

Thanks to Edward Hecht for examining the pupils studying music in the school. His report is quoted with references to the pupils of Miss Hubner, Miss Macmillan, Miss Millar and Miss Salomonson.

Edmund Ledger, Late Fellow and Lecturer of Corpus Christi College, Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College.

Thomas Woodhouse, Lecturer at St Catherine's College.

Report of the Examiners deputed by the Syndicate of the University of Cambridge.

Details of the numbers of girls taking specified subjects, the format of the examinations and of the standard of pupils in the following subjects: Reading, Writing, Dictation, English History, Geography, English Literature, English Grammar, Arithmetic, Euclid, Algebra, Latin, French, German, Harmony. 

There are 21 teachers and 280 [sic] girls. The financial state of the school is good. There is need of better accommodation and the Committee has secured an option to buy a site at the corner of Rumford St and Dover St.

369, 371 and 373 Portland Terrace, Oxford Street      

Visitor:  Rev James Fraser

Treasurer:  Mr Donner

Auditors:  R D Darbishire, Canon Tonge

Hon Secretary:  Mrs Roby

Managing Committee

Rev B M Cowie, J G Greenwood, Rev W J Kennedy, Mrs Anson, E Behrens, Mrs E Behrens, E J Broadfield, James Chadwick, Mrs Chambers, Mrs Christie, R D Darbishire, Mrs R D Darbishire, Miss Gaskell, O Heywood, Mrs Roby, T D Ryder, C P Scott, Mrs C P Scott, Canon Tonge, Prof Wilkins, Canon Woodhouse

Teaching Staff

[The academic qualifications of some of the staff are included]

Head Mistress: Miss Day

Assistant Mistresses:  Miss Bulley, Miss Turnbull, Miss Sanders, Miss Woods, Miss Cawthorne, Miss Macrae, Miss Eves, Miss Vyner, Miss Woodhead, Miss H E Day, Miss Lane, Miss Simpson, Mlle Didiez, Mlle Mayer, Mr Blacker, Miss Salomonson, Miss Macmillan, Miss Millar, Miss Hubner, Miss Martin

At the end of each term Mr Hecht examines the pupils who study music.

General Information

Information given about the following:

school hours, the curriculum, homework, examinations, absence, reports to parents, religious instruction, the library, holidays, school dinners, fees, the withdrawal of pupils.

The Manchester High School for Girls Preparatory School, 274 Oxford Street.

Visitor:  Rev James Fraser

Treasurer:  Mr Donner

Auditors:  Canon Tonge, R D Darbishire

Hon Secretary:  Mrs C P Scott

Preparatory School Managing Committee

Rev B M Cowie, J G Greenwood, Rev W J Kennedy, Mrs Anson, E Behrens, Mrs E Behrens, E J Broadfield, James Chadwick, Mrs Chambers, Mrs Christie, R D Darbishire, Mrs R D Darbishire, Miss Gaskell, O Heywood, Mrs Roby, T D Ryder, C P Scott, Mrs C P Scott, Canon Tonge, Prof Wilkins, Canon Woodhouse

Head Mistress:  Miss Whitlock

Assistant Mistresses:  Miss Hodgkinson, Miss Walker

Piano:  Miss Macmillan

General Information

Information given about the following:

school hours, the curriculum, homework, examinations, absence, reports to parents, religious instruction, the library, holidays, school dinners, fees, the withdrawal of pupils.

Statement of Accounts for the Year Ending 31 December 1876

Details of income and expenditure.