Public Schools Act 1868
Dates | |
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Royal assent | 31 July 1868 |
Other legislation | |
Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 |
Status: Repealed | |
Text of statute as originally enacted |
The Public Schools Act 1868
The Act followed the report of the
The bill was presented for its first reading in the Lords by Lord Clarendon on 13 March 1865 and for its second reading on 3 April 1865. The bill was in two parts, the first containing the general provisions of the bill and the second containing specific proposals for each school.
- Charterhouse School
- Eton College
- Harrow School
- Rugby School
- Shrewsbury School
- Westminster School
- Winchester College
The act regulated these seven schools in a number of ways, as recommended by the Clarendon Commission, with the aim of creating better conditions in them and preventing abuses, and authorized the establishment of a board of governors for each school, to supervise their administration. It also freed them of their obligations under their founding charters to educate "Foundation Scholars", i.e. scholarship boys paying nominal or no fees. The Act made it clear that Parliament had authority to legislate for the schools.[9] The act led to development of the schools away from the traditional exclusively classics-based curriculum taught by clergymen, to a somewhat broader scope of studies.[citation needed]
In 1887 the Divisional Court and the Court of Appeal determined that the City of London School was a public school.[10]
References
- short titlesomits the comma after the word "Act".
- ^ Education in England. "Public Schools Act 1868". www.educationengland.org.uk. Derek Gillard. Archived from the original on 14 November 2013.
- ^ Shrosbree 1988, p. 15.
- ^ Shrosbree 1988.
- ^ England Since Waterloo – Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott – Google Books. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved on 13 August 2013.
- ^ Secondary Education in England 1870–1902: Public Activity and Private Enterprise, John Roach – via Google Books. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved on 13 August 2013.
- ^ Shrosbree 1988, pp. 12ff.
- ^ An Act to make further Provision for the good Government and Extension of certain Public Schools in England, in: Great Britain (1868). A collection of the public general statutes passed in the Thirty-first and Thirty-second year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. pp. 560–571.
- ^ Great Britain (1869), The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, passed in the ... (1807–69)., His Majesty's statute and law Printers, p. 190
- ^ Blake v The Mayor and Citizens of the City of London [1887] L.R. 19 Q.B.D. 79.
Bibliography
- Colin Shrosbree (1988). Public Schools and Private Education: the Clarendon Commission, 1861–64, and the Public Schools Acts. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-2580-8.
External links
- Text of the Public Schools Act 1868, Education in England