List of Birmingham board schools

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This is a list of the Birmingham board schools, built between the Elementary Education Act 1870 which established board schools, and the Education Act 1902, which replaced school boards with Local Education Authorities. Most of the board schools were designed by the firm Martin & Chamberlain (M&C).

List of board schools

From these sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Name Picture Address, Notes Architect Grid reference Coordinates
(links to map & photo sources)		 Grade Images of England or other link
Name Picture Memorial Stone: "The first state school built in Birmingham stood on this site Bloomsbury 1873 - 1968" 1873–1968 SP0888788356 52.493046, -1.870536
Allcock St School †Demolished. Other names: Deritend or Bordesley, now listed as The Bridge Centre and Community Industry. 1875–80 M&C [2] SP081864 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Grade II listed Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Bristol Street Board School †Demolished 1960s for widening of the Horsefair road. At junction of Irving Street and Bristol Street. Was used as a meeting place for the Christian Society from 1877 until 1892. [5][6] SP068861 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[7]
  • Birmingham Images - Picture of school before demolition - when in website, search for Bristol Street School
Icknield Street School
Icknield Street Board School.jpg
 near the Hockley Flyover, north of the Jewellery Quarter. 1883 M&C [1] SP057882 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Grade II* listed Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Stratford Road Primary School
Ladypool School Sparkbrook.jpg
 Now Ladypool Junior & Infant School, Sparkbrook. First M&C school built after Chamberlain's death.[5] The school was extensively damaged in the Birmingham Tornado on 28 July 2005 and lost its distinctive Martin & Chamberlain tower. For damage see [1] and [2]. 1885 M&C [1][2] SP086848 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Grade II* listed Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Harborne School
Clock Tower Harborne.jpg
 106 High Street, now the Clock Tower Community Education Centre. Built by Harborne School Board (Staffordshire) and acquired by the expansion of Birmingham.[8] 1885, M&C [2] or 1881 J. P. Sharp & Co[9] SP035845 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Grade II listed Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. = Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Oozells Street Board School
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 Listed as Furniture Stores of City of Birmingham Education Department; College of Food and Domestic Arts; now the Ikon Gallery. 1878 M&C [1][5] SP060866 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Grade II listed Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Floodgate School
Floodgate School Deritend.jpg
 Floodgate Street and Milk Street, Deritend, now South Birmingham College Arts and Media Campus, formerly Hall Green College annexe. 1890 [2][10] SP078864 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Grade II listed Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Waverley Road
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 Waverley Road, Byron Road, also known as County Grammar School, Small Heath; Hall Green Technical College;[5] Small Heath School 1880–85 or 1892 M&C [1][2] SP097852 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Grade II* listed Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Somerville Road
150px
 omerville School, Somerville Road, Small Heath, B10 9EN (modernised). 1892-4 M&C [11] SP099859 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Tilton Girls School
Tilton Girls School Birmingham.jpg
 Tilton Road, B9. Now Darul Barakaat Mosque and Community Centre. 1890 [3] SP092866 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Grade II listed Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Dixon Road County Primary School
Cooksey Road School Bordesley.jpg
 Dixon Road, Small Heath, B10 0BP. Also fronts Cooksey Road. Was Newlands Centre and Regents Park Annexe & 48 Cooksey Road, Bordesley. Also BCC furniture recycling and Birmingham Community Transport. Now Shah Poran Islamic Jami Mosque And Community Trust. 1880–90 [1][3] SP088857 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Grade II listed Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Garrison Lane Nursery School
Garrison Lane School Birmingham.jpg
 Garrison Lane, Bordesley, B3 4BS. Now Kownayn Primary School and Garrison Lane Centre. c1885 M&C [3] SP086869 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Grade II listed Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Dudley Road School
Summerfield Dudley Road Board School Birmingham.jpg
 Now Summerfield Centre; was Summerfield Junior and Infants School, Dudley Road, Winson Green; listed as Main Block to Handsworth Technical College 1878 M&C [5] SP042876 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Grade II listed Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Barford Road School
Barford Road School Birmingham.jpg
 Now Barford Road Primary School, Barford Road, Winson Green 1887 M&C [5] SP044873 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Hutton Street, renamed to Eliot Street
Nechells County Primary School, Eliot Street, Birmingham.jpg
 Opened for over 1000 pupuils[12] Now Nechells Junior and Infant School, Eliot Street, Nechells. Originally Nechells County Primary School 1879 SP094896 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Grade A locally listed building
The Broadway Comprehensive School, Aston Whitehead Road, Aston, Birmingham, England.[3] 1900, Crouch & Butler SP072896 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[7] Grade II listed Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Dennis Road School
Anderton Park School - Dennis Road Board School.JPG
 Now Anderton Park School. Originally called Dennis Road School, Balsall Heath.[5] 1896 M&C SP084837 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Grade II listed Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Cromwell Street School
Cromwell Street School Birmingham 01.jpg
 Opened for over 1000 pupils.[12] Now Cromwell Street Junior School, Nechells.[12] 1889 J. A. Cossins SP084886 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Grade II listed Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Other board schools

  • Cotteridge School, 1900[13]

Using source:[3]

  • Soho Road (Benson Road). Benson Junior School, Benson Road, Winson Road, 1888,[9] Grade II listed, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Grove Junior School, Grove Lane, Handsworth, late 19th century, Grade II listed, Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Using source:[5]

  • Constitution Hill 1883 (demolished 1967)
  • Upper Highgate Street (demolished)
  • Moseley Road
  • Marlborough Road School 1896

Other board schools acquired in 1891 when Birmingham was expanded

Birmingham Board Schools
Name Picture Address, Notes Architect Grid reference Coordinates Grade Images of England link
Clifton Road School
Clifton Road Board School.jpg
 Clifton Road School, Balsall Heath. 1878 by Kings Norton School Board. Now used by St Paul's Trust.[14] 1878 M&C (or George Ingall[9]) SP081842 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Tindal Street School
Tindall Street Board School.jpg
 Tindal Street School, Balsall Heath, 1880 by Kings Norton School Board.[15] 1879–80 M&C (or George Ingall[9]) SP075841 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Kings Norton Village Board School, 1878 by Kings Norton School Board.[16]
  • Mary Street School, Balsall Heath, 1878 by Kings Norton School Board. Demolished.[17]
  • Stirchley Street School, 1879 by Kings Norton School Board.[18]

Other schools from the board school era

Birmingham Board Schools
Name Picture Address, Notes Architect Grid reference Coordinates Grade Images of England link
Camp Hill Circus School
Bordesley Centre.jpg
 Listed as City of Birmingham Polytechnic. Built as the original King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys (so not run by the School Board) (used until 1956), and extended with a school for girls. Tower and roof damaged by fire in 1901.[4] Now the Bordesley Centre, run by Muath Welfare Trust. 1883 M&C [2] SP083856 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Grade II listed Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Buildings of England – Warwickshire, Nikolaus Pevsner and Alexandra Wedgwood, 1966, 1974, ISBN 0-14-071031-0
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 *Victorian Architecture in Britain – Blue Guide, Julian Orbach, 1987, ISBN 0-393-30070-6
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Images of England
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys 1813–1983, D I Thomas
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 The Best Building in the Neighbourhood?, Martin and Chamberlain and the Birmingham Board Schools, The Victorian Society, West Midlands Group, May 1968, F. W. Greenacre, Birmingham Central Library, Birmingham Collection B.Col 48.33
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Digital Ladywood (photographs of Birmingham)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Ordnance Survey Maps 1890
  8. ↑ Victorian Society Newsletter, September 2010, p11.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ University of Birmingham Domus – Floodgate School PDF 24Kb
  11. ↑ University of Birmingham Domus – Somerville School – PDF 37 Kb
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ The National Archives, Cotteridge School
  14. ↑ Digital Balsall Heath, Clifton Road
  15. ↑ Digital Balsall Heath, Tindal Street
  16. ↑ A History of Birmingham Placenames, Kings Norton School
  17. ↑ Digital Balsall Heath, Mary Street
  18. ↑ A History of Birmingham Placenames, Stirchley School

Further reading

  • John Ruskin and Victorian Architecture, Michael W Brooks, 1989
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