In 1898, a report about the difficulties experienced in the first
year of its existence said
It accommodated 190 pupils [1912].
It accommodated 133 juniors [1936].
It became known as Caddy Field Junior and Infants' School.
Closed in the late 1980s.
It became a referral unit for disruptive children, known as the
Beaconsfield Centre.
Around 2004, it was converted into flats and known
as Beaconsfield.
The refurbishment won a Halifax Civic Society award in 2006
for its sympathetic redevelopment.
See
Southowram Bank Board School
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They
Pupils were aged between 7 & 14 years, and paid 20 guineas per year.
The seminary closed around 1880
Opened in January 1950 as an experiment in secondary education.
The school was the first comprehensive school in the West
Riding, and took all children from the age of 11, without
the 11-plus examination.
In August 1986, arsonists caused damage to the school estimated at
£125,000.
In March 2017, the governing bodies of Cragg Vale Junior & Infant School and Calder High School agreed to amalgamate.
Cragg Vale Junior & Infant School closed in July 2017, and
relocated to new premises on the site of Calder High School.
See
Calder High School War Memorials and
Pace Egg play
A boarding academy
Pupils and staff here included
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Part of the Calderdale Colleges Corporation situated in the former
Technical College and Percival Whitley College building
See
Child workers at I. & I. Calvert's mills,
Calvert Orphans' Home,
I. & I. Calvert and
Cockroft's School
Head Master: John Naughton
Resident Assistant Masters:
F. A. Drewe MA Caius College Cambridge
Scholarships amounting to £70 are offered for competition in
November 1880
There were 8 pupils and 3 servants
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Designed by Sharp & Waller.
This was built as a new Board School and it opened on 31st July 1912
to supersede New Road Board School.
It cost £5,000 to build.
It accommodated 350 boys & girls and 160 infants.
Plans to have a swimming pool in the basement were abandoned.
It closed about 1977 when the school transferred to a new building along the lane.
It was later to a retirement home. Carr Green Nursing Home
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In 1886, the old school was bought for use as a Sunday school for
Bethel Chapel, Shelf using money borrowed from the Methodist New Connexion.
It is currently [2008] used as a workshop
Around 1850, he ran a school at Church Street, Halifax
On 15th March 1913, the New Elementary School opened, to
replace the old school at Priestwell.
The total cost was £7,650.
It was formally opened in 1916.
It accommodated 516 adults
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A new Infants' School was built in 1984 at a cost of £370,000.
See
Stubbings Board School, Hebden Bridge
There was a fire at the School on
12th December 1928
The Blue Coat School and Waterhouse Charity of 1636, included
an educational provision.
From 1699, the Church of England raised money for such schools.
Local benefactors also gave money for the schools.
Some local examples of charity schools include
Charity schools were often recognised by the colour of their uniform.
A charity boy was a student in such a school
Their (possible) aunts, Margaret and Mary, were at the
same address [1841]
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The opening was celebrated by an oratorio and concert, at which
several local artistes – including singers
Mrs Boocock,
Mrs Sunderland,
Mr Sutcliffe,
Mr Womersley,
and orchestra-leader Joseph Henry Frobisher – performed.
The school and other property were inundated in floods in August
1855.
In 1897, it had 3 departments: Boys', Girls' & Infants'
See
Christ Church Sunday School Roll of Honour
In the 1950s, it was popularly known as
Halifax Secondary Modern School,
The Modern,
and
Clare Hall Secondary Modern School.
From 19??, it merged with Haugh Shaw School to become Halifax High School.
When Halifax High School moved to Wellesley Park in 2004, there
were plans to convert the building to private apartments – although
with the heritage-based thinking that makes Halifax great, Allen
Clegg, Independent Councillor for Warley, suggested the
building be demolished and the whole site turned into a car park.
In December 2008, proposals were announced to convert the building
into apartments.
See
Plebeians Jazz Club, Halifax and
Trinity Court, Halifax
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It accommodated 98 pupils [1817]
It is listed as Kidgate School / Redgate School [1861].
His wife Nanny was schoolmistress [1851]
Opened 26th June 1953.
It served the nearby Stoney Lane and Smith House council estates.
It accommodated 300 pupils.
It was named for Cliffe Hill Mansion.
The first Head teachers were Mrs McBurney and Deputy
Head Mr Crossland.
They won the InterSchools Cricket Shield [1958] and
the InterSchools Football Cup [1956-1957].
Steven Tart was captain of both winning teams.
Halifax Golf Club was originally located on the site.
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The school was established in 1720 to teach
The school was held in a house on the Armytage estate.
In 1729, Sir John Armytage provided the master's salary from
rents of lands in Clifton.
In 1810, it became Clifton Grammar School.
In 1818, Rev Thomas Atkinson rented part of the school for use as a
Sunday School.
See
Holly Bank, Clifton and
Rev John Ryley
In 1833, the 95 boys attending the school included 65 boarders and 18
poor boys who were paid for by Sir George Armytage.
See
Sir John Armytage and
Holly Bank, Clifton
Ellis Wilkinson was the first master at the school.
It closed in 1876.
The building was taken over by Clifton Mechanics' Institute
It closed in 19??
It is now a private house
Ebenezer Cockcroft lived here and had a school here [1841, 1851,
1861].
The building became known as Rose Cottage
The school was run by John Ingham.
He taught on weekdays, and also as a Sunday School.
Those educated here included
Jonathan Akroyd
See
Colden Water,
Alice Longstaff and
Miss Oxley
From the 19th century, teenage factory workers were sent
to Continuation Schools for further education.
These schools were set up by a large factory or a group of smaller
factories.
Typically, the workers attended one day a week for about 4 years.
The system continued into the 1940s and beyond for apprentices whose
basic education was inadequate would attend one day a week.
Some local schools were
Bowling Green Evening Continuation School, Stainland,
Priestwell Evening Continuation School, Stansfield,
Robin Wood Evening Continuation School, Todmorden,
Sowerby Bridge Evening Continuation Schools and
Vale Evening Continuation School, Todmorden
The board school – designed by H. W. Booth – opened on 11th
April 1904, and replaced the Copley Factory School built by Edward Akroyd.
This was the last school built for the Halifax School Board.
The cost of the building was £8,500.
It accommodated 214 boys & girls and 88 infants
and 50 babies.
It accommodated 382 pupils [1911].
It accommodated 136 mixed & infants [1936].
The building was used by the Methodists for Sunday and weekday
evening services.
The original school was demolished in 2018.
The new school was built on the Municipal Play Area next to the
original school.
The old school is now the Municipal Play Area, and the original
school gates are now the entrance to the car park.
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The school opened in 1849 as a part of Copley model village.
Edward Akroyd appointed Rev Thomas Markey as Curate for the
Copley Schools [1849-1851].
He was succeeded by Rev James Hope
In 1853, G. H. Gibson was in charge of the school.
In 1862, Rev J. G. Sedgwick was in charge of the school.
There were 233 pupils [including 212 half-timers] at the boys'
school, and 238 pupils [all half-timers] at the girls' school.
In 1899, the school was taken over by Halifax School Board and
became a Board School.
When the school proved to be too expensive to maintain, a new
school was built and opened in 1904.
The factory school was demolished in the 1970s
Pupils recorded here include
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A board school recorded in 1889.
It accommodated 453 children [1917]
It superseded the school at Mount Zion Methodist Church, Cornholme
See
William Cowsill
A private school run by Ann Crabtree at her home in Foxen Lane
Head, Mill Bank around 1850.
The scholars included children from Lumb Mill and
Kebroyd Mills.
It was superseded by St Mary's National School
Miss Elizabeth Crabtree had a school at Hebden Villas, Hangingroyd
Lane, Hebden Bridge [1905]
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In March 2017, the governing bodies of Cragg Vale Junior & Infant
School and Calder High School agreed to amalgamate.
The School closed in July 2017, and relocated to new premises on the
site of Calder High School
On 12th May 1879, a school was started in the Sunday School of
Crimsworth Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.
There were 80 scholars.
By the end of the year, this number had risen to 104.
The new school opened on 22nd March 1880.
Adam Gillibrand taught here.
The school was called Crimsworth Board School between 1879 and
1904, and Crimsworth Council School between 1904 and 1948.
It closed in May 1948.
It was demolished in the 1970s.
In the early 1980s, two bungalows
were built using the stone of the demolished school.
The school house remains as a private dwelling
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It has been converted into flats
It was used as a Sunday School and as a day school.
There were 2 rooms, one for boys and one for girls.
By 1833, it had become too small and larger premises were required.
Sowerby Bridge National School was built and the children moved to
the new building at the bottom of Tuel Lane in 1837
See
Southowram National School
Caddy Field Board School Ref 18-C531
To endeavour to instruct some of the ill-fed children is simply a
waste of money and energy.
As a matter of mere economy it would pay better to feed them, wash
them and let them sleep.
However it is our business to educate and not to feed them so we do
the best we can with the material at our command
Caddy Field Junior & Infants' School Ref 18-760 Calder College of Further Education, Todmorden Ref 18-C261 
Calder Grange Ladies' Seminary, Mytholmroyd Ref 18-832
placed great emphasis on the moral and religious interests and the
social happiness of their young ladies
Calder High School, Mytholmroyd Ref 18-13
Calder House Academy, Hebden Bridge Ref 18-478
Calderdale College Ref 18-C11
Calderdale School of Physical Education Ref 18-12 Calvert's Factory School Ref 18-371 Carlton House School, Halifax Ref 18-763
High Class School, Carlton House, Halifax
W. H. F. Alexander BA London University
H. W. Preston London University
Carr Green Board School, Rastrick Ref 18-610 Carr Green Junior, Infant & Nursery School Ref 18-94
Carr House Lane British School Ref 18-186 Carrick School & Kindergarten, Elland Ref 18-603 Carter's School, Halifax Ref 18-785 Castle Hill Primary School, Todmorden Ref 18-95
Castlefields Infant School Ref 18-96 Catherine Slack Junior School Ref 18-497
Centenary Congregational Sunday School, Holmfield Ref 18-656 Central Board School, Hebden Bridge Ref 18-476 Central Street Infant & Nursery School Ref 18-97 Central Street Secondary School Ref 18-236 Centre Vale School, Todmorden Ref 18-217 Charity School Ref 18-446 Chippendale's School, Halifax Ref 18-516 Christ Church, Church of England (VA) Junior School, Sowerby Bridge Ref 18-98 Christ Church National School, Todmorden Ref 18-224
Masters at the School have included:
Christ Church Pellon Church of England VC Primary School Ref 18-100 Christ Church School, Sowerby Bridge Ref 18-17 Christ Church Sunday School, Sowerby Bridge Ref 18-3030 Clare Hall School, Halifax Ref 18-29 
Clarkson's School, Halifax Ref 18-784 Clay's School, Halifax Ref 18-548 
Clay's School, Halifax Ref 18-681
Clegg Endowed School, Todmorden Ref 18-249 
Clegg's School, Stainland Ref 18-861 Clegg's School, Wheatley Ref 18-528 Cliffe Hill Community Primary School Ref 18-101
Clifton Board School Ref 18-390 Clifton Church Evening School Ref 18-44 Clifton Church School Ref 18-194 Clifton Endowed School Ref 18-389 Clifton Free School Ref 18-385
12 children from Clifton and 6 from Hartshead
Masters at the School have included:
Clifton Grammar School Ref 18-387 Clifton Methodist Sunday School Ref 18-816
Masters at the School have included:
Clifton National School Ref 18-388
Clough Foot Evening School, Todmorden Ref 18-45 Cloughfoot Board School, Todmorden Ref 18-531 Cockcroft's: Ebenezer Cockcroft's School, Wainstalls Ref 18-243
Cockpit School, Illingworth Ref 18-714 Colden's: Mr Colden's Charity School Ref 18-67 Colden Junior & Infant School Ref 18-102
Colden Wesleyan School Ref 18-798 Coley School, Lower Shelf Ref 18-380
College of the Resurrection, Mirfield Ref 18-927 
Commercial College, Ripponden Ref 18-739 Common Board School, Brighouse Ref 18-174 Continuation school Ref 18-355 Copley Council School Ref 18-72 
Copley Evening School Ref 18-621 Copley Factory School Ref 18-182 
Copley National School Ref 18-883 Copley Primary School Ref 18-103 Copper Street Ladies' School, Halifax Ref 18-837 Cornholme Board School Ref 18-6
Cornholme British School Ref 18-C400 Cornholme Council School Ref 18-585 Cornholme Junior, Infant & Nursery School Ref 18-104 
Cornholme New School Ref 18-332 Corrie's: Miss Corrie's School, Hebden Bridge Ref 18-753 Cottonstones National School Ref 18-46 Cowsill's School for Young Ladies, Todmorden Ref 18-479 Crabtree's: Ann Crabtree's School Ref 18-373 Crabtree's School, Hebden Bridge Ref 18-689 Crabtree's School, Todmorden Ref 18-614 Cragg Vale Council School Ref 18-591 Cragg Vale Junior & Infant School Ref 18-105
Cragg Vale National School Ref 18-36 Crimsworth Board School Ref 18-256 Crimsworth Council School Ref 18-333 Crimsworth Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School Ref 18-C1836
The Croft School, Sowerby Bridge Ref 18-297 Cromwell Bottom School Ref 18-199 Cross Hill School, Halifax Ref 18-451 Cross Hills Girls' School, Halifax Ref 18-334