List of Birmingham board schools

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This is a list of the Birmingham board schools, built between the Elementary Education Act 1870 which established board schools, and the Education Act 1902, which replaced school boards with Local Education Authorities. Most of the board schools were designed by the firm Martin & Chamberlain (M&C).

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[edit] List of board schools

From these sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]:

Name Picture Address, Notes Architect Grid reference Coordinates
(links to map & photo sources)
Grade Images of England or other link
Allcock St School Other names: Deritend or Bordesley, now listed as The Bridge Centre and Community Industry. Demolished. 1875-80 M&C [2] SP081864 52°28′31″N 1°52′48″W / 52.4754°N 1.8800°W / 52.4754; -1.8800 (Allcock St - site of) Grade II listed IoE, IoE
Bristol Street Board School At junction of Irving Street and Bristol Street. Demolished 1960s for widening of the Horsefair road. Was used as a meeting place for the Christian Society from 1877 until 1892. [5][6] SP068861 52°28′23″N 1°54′00″W / 52.4731°N 1.9001°W / 52.4731; -1.9001 (Bristol St)[7]
Icknield Street School
Icknield Street Board School.jpg
near the Hockley Flyover, north of the Jewellery Quarter. 1883 M&C [1] SP057882 52°29′38″N 1°54′57″W / 52.4940°N 1.9158°W / 52.4940; -1.9158 (Icknield St) Grade II* listed IoE, Master's house IoE
Stratford Road Primary School
Ladypool School Sparkbrook.jpg
Now Ladypool Junior & Infant School, Sparkbrook. First M&C school built after Chamberlain's death [5]. The school was extensively damaged in the Birmingham Tornado on 28 July 2005 and lost its distinctive Martin & Chamberlain tower. For damage see [1] and [2]. 1885 M&C [1][2] SP086848 52°27′41″N 1°52′27″W / 52.4613°N 1.8741°W / 52.4613; -1.8741 (Ladywood, Stratford Road) Grade II* listed IoE
Harborne School
Clock Tower Harborne.jpg
106 High Street, now the Clock Tower Community Education Centre. 1885, M&C [2] SP035845 52°27′34″N 1°56′48″W / 52.4594°N 1.9466°W / 52.4594; -1.9466 (Harbourne, Clock) Grade II listed IoE
Oozells Street Board School
Oozells Street Board School Ikon 2.jpg
Listed as Furniture Stores of City of Birmingham Education Department; College of Food and Domestic Arts; now the Ikon Gallery. 1878 M&C [1][5] SP060866 52°28′40″N 1°54′45″W / 52.4777°N 1.9124°W / 52.4777; -1.9124 (Oozells St) Grade II listed IoE
Floodgate School
Floodgate School Deritend.jpg
Floodgate Street and Milk Street, Deritend, now South Birmingham College Arts and Media Campus, formerly Hall Green College annexe. 1890 [2][8] SP078864 52°28′32″N 1°53′09″W / 52.4756°N 1.8859°W / 52.4756; -1.8859 (Floodgate St) Grade II listed IoE
Small Heath School
Waverley Road School Birmingham.jpg
Waverley Road, Byron Road, also known as County Grammar School, Small Heath; Hall Green Technical College[5] 1880-85 or 1892 M&C [1][2] SP097852 52°27′53″N 1°51′28″W / 52.4647°N 1.8577°W / 52.4647; -1.8577 (Waverley Rd, Small Heath) Grade II* listed IoE, Headmaster's house IoE
Somerville School
Somerville School Birmingham.jpg
Somerville Road, Small Heath, B10 9EN (modernised). 1892-4 M&C [9] SP099859 52°28′15″N 1°51′19″W / 52.4709°N 1.8553°W / 52.4709; -1.8553 (Somerville Road)
Tilton Girls School
Tilton Girls School Birmingham.jpg
Tilton Road, B9. Now Darul Barakaat Mosque and Community Centre. 1890 [3] SP092866 52°28′37″N 1°51′54″W / 52.4769°N 1.8651°W / 52.4769; -1.8651 (Tilton Road) Grade II listed IoE
Dixon Road County Primary School
Cooksey Road School Bordesley.jpg
Dixon Road, Small Heath, B10 0BP. Also fronts Cooksey Road. Was Newlands Centre and Regents Park Annexe & 48 Cooksey Road, Bordesley. Also BCC furniture recycling and Birmingham Community Transport. Now Shah Poran Islamic Jami Mosque And Community Trust. 1880-90 [1][3] SP088857 52°28′12″N 1°52′11″W / 52.4701°N 1.8698°W / 52.4701; -1.8698 (Dixon Road, Cooksey Rd) Grade II listed IoE, IoE
Garrison Lane Nursery School
Garrison Lane School Birmingham.jpg
Garrison Lane, Bordesley, B3 4BS. Now Kownayn Primary School and Garrison Lane Centre. c1885 M&C [3] SP086869 52°28′49″N 1°52′24″W / 52.4804°N 1.8733°W / 52.4804; -1.8733 (Garrison Lane) Grade II listed IoE, Headmaster's house, No 106 IoE
Dudley Road School
Summerfield Dudley Road Board School Birmingham.jpg
Now Summerfield Centre; was Summerfield Junior and Infants School, Dudley Road, Winson Green; listed as Main Block to Handsworth Technical College 1878 M&C [5] SP042876 52°29′13″N 1°56′19″W / 52.4869°N 1.9385°W / 52.4869; -1.9385 (Dudley Road, Summerfield) Grade II listed IoE
Barford Road School
Barford Road School Birmingham.jpg
Now Barford Road Primary School, Barford Road, Winson Green 1887 M&C [5] SP044873 52°29′04″N 1°56′06″W / 52.4845°N 1.9351°W / 52.4845; -1.9351 (Barford Road)
Nechells Junior and Infant School
Nechells County Primary School, Eliot Street, Birmingham.jpg
Eliot Street, Nechells, Birmingham, England. Originally Nechells County Primary School 1879 SP094896 52°30′14″N 1°51′47″W / 52.5040°N 1.8631°W / 52.5040; -1.8631 (Eliot St, Neachells) Grade A locally listed building
The Broadway Comprehensive School, Aston Whitehead Road, Aston, Birmingham, England.[3] SP072896 52°30′14″N 1°53′35″W / 52.5040°N 1.8931°W / 52.5040; -1.8931 (Broadway, Whitehead Road, Aston)[7] Grade II listed IoE, IoE, IoE
Dennis Road School, Balsall Heath Now Anderton Park School. Originally called Dennis Road School, Balsall Heath.[5] 1896 SP084837 52°27′05″N 1°52′30″W / 52.4513°N 1.8750°W / 52.4513; -1.8750 (Dennis Road) Grade II listed Dennis Road School (Grade II) (1396414). National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 12 September 2011.

[edit] Other board schools

Using source [3]:

Using source [5]:

  • Constitution Hill 1883 (demolished 1967)
  • Upper Highgate Street (demolished)
  • Moseley Road
  • Marlborough Road School 1896

[edit] Other schools from the board school era

Birmingham Board Schools
Name Picture Address, Notes Architect Grid reference Coordinates Grade Images of England link
Camp Hill Circus School
Bordesley Centre.jpg
Listed as City of Birmingham Polytechnic. Built as King Edward Camp Hill School for Boys (so not run by the School Board) (used until 1956), and extended with a school for girls. Tower and roof damaged by fire in 1901[4]. Now the Bordesley Centre, run by Muath Welfare Trust. 1883 M&C [2] SP083856 52°28′05″N 1°52′41″W / 52.468°N 1.878°W / 52.468; -1.878 (Camp Hill - not Board school) Grade II listed IoE

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • John Ruskin and Victorian Architecture, Michael W Brooks, 1989
  1. ^ a b c d e f Buildings of England - Warwickshire, Nikolaus Pevsner and Alexandra Wedgwood, 1966, 1974, ISBN 0-14-071031-0
  2. ^ a b c d e f g *Victorian Architecture in Britain - Blue Guide, Julian Orbach, 1987, ISBN 0-393-30070-6
  3. ^ a b c d e f Images of England
  4. ^ a b King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys 1813-1983, D I Thomas
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i The Best Building in the Neighbourhood?, Martin and Chamberlain and the Birmingham Board Schools, The Victorian Society, West Midlands Group, May 1968, F. W. Greenacre, Birmingham Central Library, Birmingham Collection B.Col 48.33
  6. ^ a b Digital Ladywood (photographs of Birmingham)
  7. ^ a b c Ordnance Survey Maps 1890
  8. ^ University of Birmingham Domus - Floodgate School PDF 24Kb
  9. ^ University of Birmingham Domus - Somerville School - PDF 37 Kb
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