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225:, Hertfordshire, dating from 1810, when a Lancasterian School was founded. The Lancasterian Schools were taken over by the British and Foreign School Society. The British Schools buildings remaining in Hitchin include a unique Lancasterian Schoolroom (1837), a Galleried Classroom 1853 and other buildings from 1857 and 1905. The Hitchin British Schools Trust runs the museum for public visitors and for classes of visiting children to sample education in the 19th century. 17: 201:
As its teacher training colleges have closed and the Society has gathered more capital, it has used its funds to provide grants for educational projects around the world. Details of its activities can be found in its Annual Reports and the rest of its website.
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The society continued to support teacher training until the 1970s. Today it offers charitable aid to educational projects in the UK and around the world by funding schools, other charities and educational bodies. In 2024 the society changed its name to
146:. During the 19th century, based on non-sectarian principles, the Society started a number of "British Schools" and teacher training institutions, which in many places maintained an active rivalry with the " 112:) used older children who had already been given some education to teach the younger children. It was designed to provide a cheap basic education with limited resources and numbers of teachers. 169:. The BFSS continued its role by supporting teacher training institutions for the next century, but these institutions have now closed or merged with other colleges. In particular, 454: 330: 449: 50:, which had the support of the established Church of England, the local parishes, and Oxford and Cambridge universities. Both institutions promoted the 459: 47: 214:'s Uxbridge campus. This holds school and college records, together with artefacts and curriculum materials with relevance to modern education. 54:, whereby few paid teachers supervised the senior students who in turn taught the younger students. After the state assumed responsibility for 144:
British and Foreign School Society for the Education of the Labouring and Manufacturing Classes of Society of Every Religious Persuasion
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Bartle, George F. "The role of the British and Foreign School Society in elementary education in India and the East Indies 1813-75."
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Gates, Brian (2005). "Faith schools and colleges of education since 1800". In Gardner, Roy; Lawton, Denis; Cairns, Jo (eds.).
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Bartle, G. F. "THE ROLE OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY IN THE EDUCATION OF THE EMANCIPATED NEGRO, 1814-75."
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A Comparative View of the Plans of Education, as Detailed in the Publications of Dr. Bell and Mr. Lancaster
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Bartle, George F. "Henry Dunn and the Secretaryship of the British and Foreign School Society, 1830-1856."
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Bartle, G. F. "The Role of the British and Foreign School Society in Welsh Elementary Education, 1840-76."
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Historical statement of the principles and practice of the British and Foreign School Society
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was formed in 1808 to continue Lancaster's lead. The Society was founded by
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Society for Promoting the Lancasterian System for the Education of the Poor
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in England and Wales. These schools competed with the
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Educational organisations based in the United Kingdom
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is set in a cluster of school buildings on a site in
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Index


British Schools Museum
non-denominational
National schools
National Society for Promoting Religious Education
monitorial system
elementary education
school boards
Joseph Lancaster
Borough Road
Southwark
London
teacher training institution
Borough Road College
Lancasterian system
monitorial system
Joseph Fox
William Allen
Samuel Whitbread
non-conformist
Christians
William Wilberforce
National Schools
elementary education
Elementary Education Act 1870
33 & 34 Vict.
board schools
Borough Road College
Borough Road
Isleworth

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