The information was recorded by the headteacher, usually on a daily basis. They rarely mention individual pupils unless something noteworthy happened to them such as winning a prize or having an accident and are therefore less useful to family historians. Click on the image to enlarge However, they do generally contain information about staff, including the dates when they started and left the school. Our extensive local history photograph collection includes a number of photographs of school groups that can be found by searching our photograph index under the name of the school. Only a small number include names of pupils and then it is rarely the whole group.
Teachers are more likely to be identified.
Bushbury Old Council School, 1928. If you wish to locate school records it is best to start by searching under the name of the school and contacting us to see if the records are held at the archives. The details on this site will enable you to contact the school. Stonefield Girls School Mayday celebrations 1933. If you are not sure which school the person attended but know what area of the town they lived in you can view the map that shows the locations of Wolverhampton's schools in 1895.