Falkirk Archives (Archon Code: GB558) FALKIRK ARCHIVES Local authority records Education Records Finding Aid How to use this finding aid Falkirk Archives is the official repository for the records of local authority schools in the Falkirk Council area. In this finding aid you will find lists of the records of schools and the various local education authorities. Records for School Boards and School Management Committees have been disaggregated and records relating to the Falkirk area are therefore held at Falkirk Archives, in Callendar House. The records of the Education Authority for Stirling County and the Education Committees of Stirling County and Central Regional Council (along with records of schools in the Stirling Council area) are held in Stirling Council Archives, 5 Borrowmeadow Road, Stirling FK7 7UW. Notes on records Most official records of schools date from 1873. The Education Act of 1872 required schools to maintain admissions registers, lefts registers, attendance registers and school log books. The requirement to keep a school log ceased around 1974 but many headteachers continued to keep a log for some time after this. Some schools maintained registers prior to 1873, but on the whole these have not survived. There was no legal requirement to retain old registers beyond their immediate use and not legal requirement to retain old school log books. Since school records can contain confidential information about children, access to many of these records is restricted for periods of between 30 and 100 years. This is noted beside each item. Since 1997 pupil records have been held in electronic format and these are restricted for 100 years. There are no records of any residential schools or List D schools in these collections. Note on arrangement The surviving records from schools are shown under the name of each school, in alphabetical order of the town and then in alphabetical order by the name of the school. Falkirk: Victoria Primary School is therefore listed alongside all the other schools in the town of Falkirk in alphabetical order. The various bodies which managed the schools are listed at the end of the finding aid in chronological order. From 1873 to 1919, schools were managed by Parish School Boards, reporting to the Scottish Board of Education. From 1919 to 1930 these were replaced by School Management Committees, overseen by the Education Authority for the area. In 1930 County Councils were required to set up Education Committees which replaced the Education Authorities. In 1975 duties of county councils for education were transferred to regional councils and in 1996 the unitary authorities took responsibility for education. School Councils for each cluster (consisting of a secondary school and its catchment area primary schools) were set up from 1976-1989 with responsibilities for attendance, truancy and schools management issues. From 1988 to 2006, individual schools were empowered to set up advisory school boards (not to be confused with the 1873-1919 School Boards) and records of these modern school boards are listed with the individual schools. Updated 02/03/2018 Falkirk Archives (Archon Code: GB558) Historical Note on administration of education in Scotland Prior to 1872 education in Scotland was in the hands of the heritors and kirk session of a parish and the town councils. The Education (Scotland) Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict., c. 62) set up school boards who administered local schools and provided elementary education which was made compulsory between the ages of 5 and 13. School boards were usually set up for each parish and burgh (royal and parliamentary). It also established the Scottish Board of Education as a central government authority. The Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict., c 50) established free elementary education. Provision for secondary education was not compulsory but many authorities set up secondary education committees to provide for it. The Education (Scotland) Act, 1901 (64 Vict. and 1 Edw. VII, c. 9) established mandatory secondary education committees to improve provision and raised the school leaving age to 14. The Education (Scotland) Act 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. V, c. 48) established education authorities in every county to administer education on a county-wide basis. School boards were abolished and replaced with school management committees for the management of individual schools or groups of schools. The functions of the education authority were transferred to county councils and to the four counties of cities (Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow) under the terms of the Local Authority (Scotland) Act, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. V, c 25). School management committees were replaced with education sub-committees or local education sub-committees by the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1947 (10 & 11 GeoV, c. 43). The Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1973 (c. 65) transferred the duties of county councils for education to regional councils in 1975. The Education (Scotland) Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict., c 62) created school boards in Scotland with a statutory duty to provide education for all children between the ages of 5 and 13. The boards had an elected membership made up of owners and occupiers of property of the value of £4 or over. They were responsible for the building and maintenance of schools, staffing and attendance of pupils. They were overseen by the Scottish Board of Education. The Education (Scotland) Act, 1901 (64 Vict. and 1 Edw. VII, c. 9) raised the school leaving age to 14. School boards were abolished under the terms of the Education (Scotland) Act, 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. V, c. 48) and replaced with school management committees. School management committees were set up by the Education (Scotland) Act 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. V, c 48). They represented individual parishes or groups of parishes and were composed of representatives of teachers, parents, and the education authority. They were replaced by sub-committees or local education sub-committees by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 (10 & 11 GeoV, c 43). The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c 65) abolished local education sub-committees. Public schools provided education for children during the compulsory schooling ages, which was from ages 5 to 14 until 1947. Children intending to continue schooling beyond age 14 generally moved to a secondary school at age 12. Following the raising of the school leaving age to 15 in 1947, the trend was to develop separate senior secondary and junior secondary schools and to end primary schooling at age 12. Senior Secondary Schools provided education for young people from leaving primary school until completion of Higher Leaving Certificates, generally from secondary 1 to secondary 5 or 6. Junior Secondary Schools provided education for young people in secondary 1-3 who were generally not intending to remain in school beyond the statutory leaving age. Some pupils transferred to senior secondary schools at the end of S2 or S3. Most junior secondary schools were set up on the same site as an existing public school which became the primary department of the school. The Junior Secondary served a wider catchment area than the primary department, taking pupils from a number of nearby public/primary schools. Updated 02/03/2018 Falkirk Archives (Archon Code: GB558) Airth School Airth Public School, Stirlingshire was established in 1867. It became Airth Junior Secondary c 1948. In 1956 it became Airth Primary School. As of 1 March 2018, only records in current use are held by the school. Reference No Date Description A850.001 1874-1899 School log book A850.002 1899-1950 School log book A2017.001 13 Nov 1989- Airth Primary School Board minutes 03 Jun 1998 A2017.002 1998-2000 Airth Primary School Board minutes A2017.003 2000-2006 Airth Primary School Board minutes A2032.001 1997-1998 School brochure A2032.002 2010-2011 School brochure A2032.003 1997-1998 School brochure A1569.001/01 22 Jan 2002 HMI Report on Airth Primary School A2001.002 13 Apr 2005 HMI Report on Airth Primary School Nursery Class Avonbridge School The New Statistical Account of 1841 mentions a school at Avonbridge. Avonbridge Combination School was built in1877 accepting children from areas covered by the Muiravonside and Slamannan School Boards. As of 1 March 2018, only records in current use are held by the school. A2349.001 1939-1974; School log book 1983 A2349.002 1941-1973 Lefts Register. Restricted for 100 years under Data Protection Act A2349.003 1954-1971 Admission and Withdrawals Register. Restricted for 100 years under Data Protection Act A2349.004 1971-2016 Admission and Withdrawals Register. Restricted for 100 years under Data Protection Act A2017.011 05 Nov 1989- Avonbridge Primary School Board minutes 16 Jun 1998 A2017.012 1999-2000 Avonbridge Primary School Board minutes A2017.013 2001-2006 Avonbridge Primary School Board minutes A2032.004 1997-1998 School brochure A2032.005 2010-2011 School brochure A1569.005/02 27 May 1997 HMI Report on Avonbridge Primary School A1879.001 27 May 1997 HMI Report on Avonbridge Primary School A1879.024 28 Sep 1999 HMI Report on Avonbridge Primary School A1965.001/15 Aug 2009 HMI Report on Avonbridge Primary School A1789.009 04 Sep 2007 HMI Report on Avonbridge Primary School and Nursery Class. A1980.002 26 Jan 2005 HMI Report on Avonbridge Primary School Nursery Class. Updated 02/03/2018 Falkirk Archives (Archon Code: GB558) Auchengean School Reference No Date Description A1343.001 1926 Summary Register A1343.002 1908-1920s Library Register. Contains register of books and lists of pupils signing out books A1598.002 1908-1938 Admission Register. Restricted for 100 years under Data Protection Act Bankier Primary School Bankier Primary School was officially opened on 20th April, 1965, serving the areas of Longcroft, Banknock, Haggs and Coney Park. Reference No Date Description A1877.001 1968-1984 Admission and Withdrawal Register.