Victorian School Manager

Peter Gordon was educated in Hull and subsequently studied at the London School of Economics. He had wide experience of teaching in primary and secondary schools and was for eight years one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. Dr Gordon is at present a lecturer in Education at the University of London Institute for Education.

• Introduction 1 THE VOLUNTARY SCHOOL MANAGER—The Composition of the Managing Body Motives for management—Trustees and managers—Vicar as sole manager—Subscribers—Collection of subscriptions—Officers of committee—Meetings of committees—Functions of managers 2 THE VOLUNTARY SCHOOL MANAGER His Functions and Relationships with Others Managers and teachers—Appointment of teachers—Dismissal of teachers—The school mistress—Landowners and clergy—Agents —Individual owners/managers—The influence of the Education Department: transfer of schools—Managers and H.M. Inspectors 3 SCHOOL BOARD ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT Before 1870—School board administration from 1870—Election and dissolution of boards—Town councils and school boards—School boards and voluntary school managers—Non-cooperation between school managers—Rural school boards—Financial constraints 4 THE OPERATION OF LOCAL MANAGEMENT UNDER THE SCHOOL BOARDS Organization of local management—The activities of local managers—School board clerk—Local inspectors—The School Board for London—Appointment of teachers—Later developments—Qualifications of managers 5 ISSUES AFFECTING THE APPOINTMENT OF SCHOOL MANAGERS 6 INNOVATION IN ADMINISTRATION: THE VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS ASSOCIATIONS Governing bodies and the work of the voluntary schools associations—Area—Powers and duties—Organizing master—Subscriptions and the Voluntary Schools Act 7 THE 1902 ACT AND THE RECASTING OF MANAGEMENT The Billesdon National School affair—Later stages of the Bill—The acceptance of the Kenyon-Slaney amendment—Foundation managers—The working of the Act 8 CONCLUSION