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  1. Cuckoo Schools was a large school for children of destitute families which was created as the Central London District Poor Law School [1] [2] by the City of London and the East London and St. Saviour Workhouse Unions in 1857.

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    There was a high incidence of the infectious eye disease ophthalmia amongst children at the Schools. The disease was probably carried by children transferred from the Norwood School and kept alive by the regular turnover of children arriving from the member unions' workhouses. A particularly serious outbreak in 1862 affected 686 children, with seve...

    The most famous Hanwell inmate was Charlie Chaplin who, together with his older half-brother Sydney, was admitted in June 1896 and stayed until January 1898. They had initially spent three weeks at the Newingtonworkhouse where their mother continued to reside. The boys were transferred to the School in a horse-drawn bakery van and spent time in the...

    1849-1860 — Superintendent: Mr Aubin; Matron: Mrs Aubin.
    1898 — Superintendent: Mr Hall; Matron: Mrs Hall; Medical Officer: Dr Littlejohn.
    1914 — Matron and Superintendent: Mrs. Charlotte A Hall; Chaplain: Rev. Solomon Wall Allen; Medical Officer: George Alexander Davidson; Headmaster (senior mixed department): George G Gill; Headmist...

    Note: many repositories impose a closure period of up to 100 years for records identifying individuals. Before travelling a long distance, always check that the records you want to consult will be available. 1. The Ancestry UK website has two collections of London workhouse records (both name searchable): 1.1. Ancestry: London Workhouse Admission/D...

    Higginbotham, Peter Workhouses of London and the South East(2019)
    Chaplin, Charles (1964) My Autobiography(Bodley Head: London)
    Stewart, Susan The Central London District Schools 1856-1933: A Short Historyby (c.1980, Hanwell Community Association)
    A Workhouse Farm— description of an 1889 visit to the Schools by A.T. Pask
  2. Polegate School is situated on the outskirts of the town bordering the Cuckoo Trail to the East. It is just 4 miles inland from the coastal resort of Eastbourne and 4 miles south of the market town of Hailsham. We currently have 515 pupils on roll.

  3. School calendar. Apply for Reception for September 2025. Woodpecker Hall Academy is located on Cuckoo Hall Lane. Our Headteacher is Ms Nicky Ross. Our school motto is: Stronger Together - Education, Community, Opportunity.

  4. Welcome to the North Star Community Trust family of schools. We are very proud of the schools under our management. We manage 4 successful schools in the Edmonton area of North London, educating around 2,600 pupils.

  5. Cuckoo Schools was a large school for children of destitute families which was created as the Central London District Poor Law School by the City of London and the East London and St. Saviour Workhouse Unions in 1857.

  6. Cuckoo Schools was a large school for children of destitute families which was created as the Central London District Poor Law School by the City of London and the East London and St. Saviour Workhouse Unions in 1857. It was built on the land of Cuckoo Farm on Cuckoo Hill in 190 acres of Hanwell.

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