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S64 - Henshaw's Blue Coat School Oldham

1 - Henshaw & Hadfield v. Atkinson & Atkinson

2 - Establishment and Erection of the School

3 - School Management and Development

4 - Policy and Procedure

5 - Annual Reports

6 - General Correspondence

7 - Visitors' Books

8 - Financial Records

9 - Property and Land

10 - Provisions and Stock Control

11 - Log Books

12 - Admission Records

14 - Staff Records

15 - Medical Inspectors Records

16 - Chaplain's Records

1 - Letter from J. Fallowfield, Vicar of Oldham St. Mary's, to Messrs Cririe, Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, acknowledging receipt of their letter and copy of the trustees' resolution concerning the office of school chaplain, informing them that, if the trustees insist upon strict compliance with the terms of the resolution, then he must decline the post, but adding that, in his opinion, the whole establishment appears to be very well run

2 - Letter from William Lees to William Slater Esq. of Cririe, Slater and Heelis Solicitors, incorporating a letter to be forwarded to the trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, accepting their offer of the post of Chaplain

3 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via William Slater Esq. of Cririe, Slater and Heelis Solicitors, remarking that, although perhaps not so great as that of the boys in the first and second classes, the progress of the boys in the remaining classes has, with a few individual exceptions, still been steady, and that the scheme of putting monitors from the higher classes in charge of the other boys has greatly benefited the school

4 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via William Slater Esq. of Cririe, Slater and Heelis Solicitors, stating that, after making some unscheduled visits to the school, he is even more satisfied as to the boys' continued moral and religious progress, and praising the school's system of teaching

5 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, remarking upon the continued progress of the boys, not only in the moral and religious sphere, but also in the intellectual one, and explaining why he personally considers the latter kind of knowledge, if combined with the former, to be of benefit

6 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, commending once again the principles taught by the institution and the behaviour of the boys

7 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, praising the boys' knowledge and understanding of the catechisms and informing the trustees that, henceforth, he will only be able to visit the school on Saturdays, as opposed to any day of the week

8 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, reiterating his satisfaction with the state of moral and religious discipline in the school and explaining why he considers the principles imparted by the institution to be so important

9 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, expressing continued satisfaction with the boys' moral and religious progress and informing the trustees that enquiries into the behaviour of some former pupils, now in service, have resulted in equally favourable reports

10 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, stating that, although (understandably) less marked than at the start, there has still been a gradual improvement in both the intellectual and moral/religious character of the boys, and noting with approval the institution's bias towards advancement of the latter

11 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, stating that his scheme of examining one or more classes weekly on the scriptures and catechisms has continued to prove to him the boys' knowledge and understanding of such subjects, and remarking that, during the short period of time since their election, the new boys have made as much progress as could reasonably be expected

12 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, giving details of his usual method of examining the boys' religious knowledge, expressing general satisfaction with their progress, but remarking that, upon first impression, those most recently elected do not appear to be as capable as their predecessors

13 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, stating that the behaviour of the boys during his visits and their knowledge of moral and religious subjects remains commendable, but making it clear that insufficient time has passed since the last election of boys took place to be able to include them in the report

14 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, comparing the overall progress of the most recently elected boys unfavourably with that of previous intakes (as he had feared), but praising the abilities of some of the boys in the upper classes and the state of discipline in the school as a whole

15 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, expressing great satisfaction with the knowledge demonstrated by the boys during his weekly visits, observing that a little progress has finally started to be made by those boys given an unfavourable report previously (see S64/16/14) and commenting on the superiority of the boys selected in March compared to the previous intake

16 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, expressing satisfaction with the boys' progress and commending their demeanour

17 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, expressing satisfaction with the progress of the boys in general, but especially in the art of reading, mentioning that several of the school's former pupils had recently offered themselves as candidates for confirmation in the parish and, on a negative note, informing the trustees of the recent suicide by drowning of one of the boys at the school

18 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, expressing general satisfaction with the manner in which the boys have acquitted themselves during his continuing weekly visits

19 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, giving a detailed analysis of how the boys elected in 1839, 1840 and 1841 are currently classed, using these statistics to assess the accuracy of some of his previous reports, in particular to prove to the trustees that his unfavourable critique of the 1839 intake (see S64/16/14) had been largely justified, but reassuring them of his continuing high regard for the institution as a whole

20 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, praising the boys' knowledge of the religious subjects upon which he has examined them

21 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, commending the boys' progress and comparing their school favourably with one highly spoken of in a report to the Lords of the Privy Council on Education, which he has recently taken the opportunity to inspect

22 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, commenting favourably upon teaching at the school, the progress of (most of) the boys and the behaviour of the latest intake

23 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, stating that, having examined the boys on all subjects (not just religious ones) over the past few months, he remains satisfied as to their general progress

24 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, praising the school's success in transforming the conduct of 'the humbler classes of society' and expressing satisfaction with the progress in learning made by the boys, especially those in the first class and those most recently elected

25 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, commenting upon the boys' progress in religion and other subjects and commending their general behaviour, both in and out of school

26 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, assessing the progress made by the most recently elected boys in reading, writing and general knowledge, noting with satisfaction the continued gradual improvement of the older boys and emphasising his conviction as to the importance of religious instruction

27 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, commenting favourably upon the state of the institution and the progress of the boys and praising the school's policy of only admitting those who are already able to read

28 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, observing that, although not on the whole as naturally able as previous intakes, the most recently elected boys have, nevertheless, improved since their arrival at the school, and praising the excellent state of discipline to be found there

29 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, commenting favourably upon the conduct and progress of the older boys, praising the school for its teaching methods and remarking upon the early promise shown by a few of the newest boys

30 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, informing them that the institution continues to progress in a wholly satisfactory manner

31 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, sent via Messrs Slater and Heelis, Solicitors, praising both the state of moral and religious discipline in the school and the intellectual progress of the boys

32 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, remarking that the boys are well grounded in all subjects, explaining why it is understandable that the pronunciation of some remains poor and commenting negatively upon the calibre of the latest intake

33 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, giving a favourable account of the progress made by the boys in all subjects, both secular and religious, and praising the discipline of the institution, but remarking that, since Mr Barrett became ill, the boys have not demonstrated the same energy in answering questions

34 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, commenting favourably upon the moral and religious condition of the institution and the steady progress made by the boys in all subjects

35 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, praising the moral and religious state of the school, the progress in learning made by the boys during their time there (considering how little they knew upon admittance and the fact that they leave at the age of 14) and the high level of discipline

36 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, remarking favourably upon teaching methods in the school and the improvement made by the boys (with the exception of 3 or 4 'exceptionally dull' individuals) across the various subjects

37 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, informing them that, during his absence, his place has been filled by his assistant and noting that the institution continues to progress in as satisfactory manner as can be expected

38 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, remarking upon the considerable attainments of (most of) the boys, given their origin, the low standard required for admission and the brevity of their time at the school, praising discipline and detailing his method of examining the boys during his weekly visits

39 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, analyzing the boys' performance in a recent examination at which he and 3 teachers were present and remarking that, despite the hesitancy of a few when answering questions orally, the boys proved themselves to be well-grounded in both religious and secular subjects. He also observes, however, that a lot of mistakes were made in the written spelling test, leading to daily dictation classes being introduced to try to remedy this defect.

40 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, commenting favourably upon the progress made by all but 5 or 6 of the boys, especially those most recently elected, and praising the Master for his running of the institution

41 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, approving of teaching methods, discipline and intellectual progress in general at the school, but remarking that a few of the newest boys appear to be 'very dull'

42 - Report from William Lees, Chaplain, to the Trustees of the Oldham Blue Coat School, praising teaching, learning and discipline at the school, observing that many of the boys acquitted themselves very credibly in the annual examination for the Silver Medal, but that several again failed the spelling test (cf. S64/16/39) and commenting upon the abilities of the recently elected boys

43 - Chaplain's Log Book

17 - Teaching Records

18 - Publications

19 - School Event Memorabilia

20 - Photographs

21 - History of the School and Personal Reminiscences

22 - Newspaper Cuttings

23 - Artefacts

24 - Miscellaneous

25 - Old Blues Association

26 - Henshaw's Blue Coat School Benevolent Society

27 - Parent Teachers Association (PTA)

28 - Oldham, Henshaw & Church of England Educational Trust

29 - Henshaw's Blind Asylum

30 - Miscellaneous - Not Henshaw's Blue Coat School

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