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Old Money. As it says in Kenneth Hodges’ site, the English system is based on the pound, shilling and penny (Latin liber, solidus, and denarius, which is where the English abbreviations “L.s.d” come from). The French livre, sou, and denier are equivalent to the pound. The conversion is: £1 = 20 shillings. 1 shilling = 12 pence.
- Who Went to School?
- What Were Victorian Schools like?
- Typical Victorian Teacher
- Victorian Punishment on Children in School
- Lessons
- School Hours
- School Equipment
When Queen Victoria initially came to the throne schools were for the rich. Children of the wealthy would go to fee paying schools where they would learn classical subjects such as Latin and Greek, study classical history such as Greek mythology and classical literature about Roman Gods and Goddesses. Most children never went to school and struggle...
Victorian Schools were certainly different to the schools we have of today. Within poor inner city areas there could be anywhere between 70 and 80 pupils in one class! The schools were imposing buildings with high up windows to prevent children from seeing out of. Furthermore the walls of the schools lacked creativity and were often bare or had mer...
In Victorian schools there were more female teachers than male ones with women occupying the majority of teaching roles. These women were often very strict and scary. The majority of female teachers were unmarried ladies and they were to be called ‘Miss’ at all times. The reason teaching consisted of mostly ladies was due to the pay scale. The sala...
Discipline was huge in the Victorian times and this was no different in schools. It wasn’t uncommon for children to be beat by canes made from birch wood. Boys were typically caned on their backsides whereas Girls would take the punishment on their legs or hands. The reasons ranged from truancy right through to laziness in the classroom. The punish...
In terms of lessons they were basic but focused on the 3 R’s of Reading, wRiting & aRtmetic (Maths) with the introduction of religion to make this the not so fantastic four. The intial three were seen as the most important areas of education at the time and a vast majority of school time involved the learning of these. The lessons were very differe...
The school days in Victorian times were structured slightly different to those of today. With the morning introduction session consisting of prayers and religious instructions. This was commonly followed by morning lessons running from 9am until 12pm. Following this was a lunch period when children usually went home. Similar to fathers who went hom...
Unlike today school equipment was very different in Victorian times. The most famous equipment from these times was how children were expected to write on slate instead of paper. The reason for this was simple; it was cost effective! Paper was expensive so children used slates with slate pencils to complete their work. The letters were scratched in...
On a per-pupil basis the total funding allocated to schools for 5-16 year old pupils, in cash terms, in 2024-25 was £7,690, a 49% increase compared to £5,180 allocated per pupil in 2010-11. When adjusted for inflation, funding per pupil was broadly flat between 2010-11 and 2015-16 at around £7,200 in 2023-24 prices.
Oct 29, 2021 · The government has confirmed that it will continue to deliver year on year, real terms per pupil increases to school funding, investing a further £4.7bn in the core school budget in 2024-25 compared to previous plans. This is on top of the settlement at the 2019 Spending Review which provided the biggest increase in school funding for a decade.
4.9 million pupils, there was an average of 231 pupils in each school and an average of 20.4 pupils per teacher. In 2010-11 there were 4,072 public sector mainstream secondary schools. These were attended by 3.9 million pupils; there was an average of 943 pupils in each school and an average of 15.3 pupils per teacher.
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Feb 6, 2018 · The schools budget for pupils aged 5-16 in England is expected to be nearly £39 billion for 2017/18. A further £3 billion is being spent on early years provision. This £39 billion is about 58% of total government education spending in England, and 12% of total public service spending in the UK for 2017/18. The government has said that school ...
