ERSEC Reference code(s): GB 0214 ERSEC Title: Rhondda County Intermediate/Grammar schools, Porth records Creation date(s): 1897-1950 Level of description: Fonds Extent: Name of creator(s): Rhondda County Intermediate/Grammar schools, Porth CONTEXT Administrative/Biographical history: Established in 1896 under the Welsh Intermediate Education Act 1889. The girls and boys departments became separate schools in 1915. It was also later called Porth County Schools. A history of the boys school is given by Owen Vernon Jones, Porth County: The School and its Boys , (1991) CONTENT Scope and content/abstract: Rhondda County Intermediate/Grammar schools, Porth records comprising of admission registers, 1904-1915; sales account book, 1897-1915; scholarships and bursaries account book, 1899- 1937; Rhondda County Boys school records, 1915-1958; Rhondda County Girls school records, 1915-1960; Porth County schools governors minutes, 1929-1951; Owen Vernon Jones, Porth County: The School and its Boys , (1991) ACCESS AND USE Language/scripts of material: English System of arrangement: Rhondda County Intermediate/Grammar schools, Porth records arranged chronologically by record series Conditions governing access: Items containing information on named Individuals may be restricted in accordance with the Data Protection Act and Record Office policy Conditions governing reproduction: Normal Glamorgan Record conditions apply Finding aids: Handlist available at the Glamorgan Record Office ERSEC ARCHIVAL INFORMATION Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records offered have been accepted and listed Accruals: Accruals are possible Archival history: Deposited by Rhondda Cynon Taff Education Department, 1981 Immediate source of acquisition: ALLIED MATERIALS Related material: See also DX581/6 (Rhondda Girls' County School records, 1936-1938); DX869/1 (Trefforest Intermediate school records) DESCRIPTION NOTES Archivist's note: Compiled by Annabel Wickham for the ANW Project; Sources used: Glamorgan Record Office finding aids Rules or conventions: Description follows Archives Network Wales guidelines based on ISAD(G) second edition; AACR2 and LCSH. Date(s) of descriptions: January 2006 .