Education and Charity Schools in Victorian England

Charity Schools

• Often run by religious groups or authorities.
• Mostly, these schools only taught the children the ability to do domestic service.
• Poor children and families who could not afford education went here.

EDUCATION HANDLING

• Education was not free, and only the rich could afford regular school
• Reading, Writing, and arithmetic was taught- including religion
• Teachers were often strict and enforced punishment (ex Cane beating)
• Teachers were not certified, and taught only what they were taught.
• Before the Education act was passed, only rich boys could attend.

Education differences for boys and girls

• While all students learned the core subjects they were divided by gender
• Boys learned maths, technologies, and woodwork
• Girls learned sewing, cooking, and things that prepared them for motherhood
• Either way, when the two genders were taught to repeat what they learn

VARIOUS WAYS IT WAS ATTENDED..

• Rich children went to boarding schools, sometimes- public.
• The poorest children attended charity schools
• If the child could not attend they were taught at home
• Teachers were not better off, their social class also affected their standing
• Other schools were simply made for the gain of profit.

Charity school differences

• Other than being unpaid for by the families it was also different.
• Students were taught more of religion here than anything else.
• These schools hoped to educate children to perform regular jobs
• Its subjects were more narrowed than public schools.

After the Boarding Act

• The boarding Act pushed schools to be more open
• It denied the restrictions on age, gender, and wealth
• The act received great hostility from school owners, because they would lose profit
• The act was passed in 1855 and two years later education attendance increased

WORKS CITED

• "English Women's History." English Women's History. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2014.
• This website was useful because it included the history of the Victorian/ charity schools and the background information.
• We also used this website because it included quality pictures of the Victorian schools
• This source is reliable because it was accurate along with other websites and it had several sponsors for the website.
• "Learning Zone." Images of England's Education Pages. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2014.

Works cited Cont.

• We included this website in our research assignment because it had a lot of pictures and information that we could use
• This website is reliable because it is accurate with the other similar websites and it also has sponsors.