26 Nov. 186 107 112 178

Girls

1. The arrangements are peculiar, but not inconvenient; there are sufficient desks. 2. The supply of books is not sufficient, and ought to be increased immediately. 3. The school is conducted by the master, one pupil teacher, and seven monitors. This is a very objectionable arrangement; it breaks up the first class, and produces very unsatisfactory results in the lower division. 4. Not good enough; the attendance is irregular to an extent which ought not to be permitted in a clothed school; there is also too much noise, and the boys copy from each other; instruction is not satisfactory. 5. There is a great want of system and accuracy in all elementary subjects. 7. The incidental expenses include 441. for rent and taxes, and 651. for clothing. The master attributes the actual state of the school to the very defective instruction given by former teachers; the committee coincide in this opinion.

1. There are three groups of parallel desks, but the arrangements are not convenient; the square classes are immediately in front of the desks. 2. There is not a sufficient supply of easy reading books; good supply of maps and other apparatus. 3. The school is conducted by mistress and three pupil-teachers; four monitors are employed. This is not a good system, and ought to be modified. 4. Moderate. 5. The progress in elementary subjects is not satisfactory, but this may be owing principally to the number of infants, who will be removed after Christmas into another schoolroom; the elder girls receive a good education. 6. An intelligent and skilful teacher.

1. There is accommodation at the desks for one class only in the principal schoolroom; the school would be
much improved if windows were opened in the roof, and at least three groups of desks were placed on one
side of the room. 2. A full supply of books, maps, &c.; the managers provide every kind of apparatus
required by the master. 3. The school is conducted in two divisions, each a separate room, by master,
assistant master, three pupil-teachers, and two candidates; in the lower school monitors are employed who
receive regular instruction in the evening from the assistant master. 4. Fair; not so perfect as might be
expected; the instruction indicates considerable talent and energy in the teacher. 5. The master has taken
pains to learn the best methods of teaching elementary subjects, and the higher subjects are taught with
skill. 6. Mr. Gammage has been five years in the school, and has given great satisfaction to the managers.

26 Nov. 98 56 80 100 1. Parallel desks are much wanted; at present the accommodation is not sufficient. 2. A very fair supply.
3. The school is conducted in four divisions by a mistress, two pupil-teachers, and one girl, a candidate for
apprenticeship, with occasional assistance of monitors. 4. Fair. 5, Arithmetic very imperfect reading
very much improved: dictation not good enough. 7. The school is not below, but it ought to be above, the
average standard in discipline and instruction

There is not sufficient accommodation at the desks, and the school would be improved by additional groups, which might be increased, if necessary, in successive years. 2. A fair supply of books, maps, &c. 3. The school is conducted in two rooms and a recess by master, assistant, and regularly trained monitors, open squares. of whom five are now candidates for apprenticeship; the classes arranged, as usual in National schools, in 4. Very good; the boys are obedient, cheerful, and well employed. 5. Present few peculiarities; the progress in most subjects is satisfactory. 6. A very respectable, industrious, and successful teacher. 7. This school is remarkable as having been one of the first, if not the first, in which the system of apprenticeship was tried before the adoption of the system by Her Majesty's Privy Council; it was first organized by the Rev. Sanders Robins, under whose superintendence it obtained great celebrity; it is conducted with great care, liberality, and success under the present managers.

1. There are three groups of parallel desks, but the forms are not well arranged; no open space is left. 2. A fair supply. 3. The school is conducted in six classes, by master and two pupil-teachers. 4. Not satisfactory; the boys are not so neat or orderly as ought to be considered indispensable; they are too apt to copy from each other, and are not sufficiently attentive to their teachers. 5. Indicate care and industry rather than skill and systematic training. The progress in elementary subjects is not unsatisfactory. 6. He is a than when I last examined it. respectable man, takes great pains, and is likely to improve the school, which is in a more satisfactory state

1. The arrangement of desks, &c. may be much improved; it would be advisable to copy very closely the arrangement of the model schools at Norwich; in that case it would be necessary to open one or two windows in the roof; at present the room is too noisy, and the energies of the teachers are overtasked. 2. Good supply. 3. The school is efficiently conducted in six divisions by six pupil-teachers and two certificated masters, each of whom is constantly employed in superintending or in giving instruction. 4. Discipline remarkably good; instruction, few schools have derived so much advantage from a change of system; the third class is in most respects equal to the first when I inspected the school in 1842. Elementary subjects are taught throughout with skill and great success. 5. Show great care, considerable experience, and skill. 6. An able and intelligent teacher; he obtained his certificate without any training, and while engaged in the business of one of the largest and most laborious schools in London. 7. There is an evening school, held twice a week, conducted by the master; on those days it appears to me that, in accordance with a late Minute, he ought to be exempted from a portion of his usual school-work; he does not complain of overwork, and evidently feels the most lively interest in the improvement of the schools.

1. Not sufficient desks. 2. Good supply of both. 3. The instruction is conducted by mistress, assistant, five pupil-teachers, and two other young women, one of whom takes especial charge of the needlework and singing. 4. Discipline remarkably good. 5. Áll elementary subjects are taught with great care, and satisfactory success. Grammar is a very weak point. 6. She is a good manager and teacher, superior in manner and general cultivation. 7. The schoolroom would be much improved if the walls were painted white, and four additional groups of parallel desks were placed on the south side; at present the room is dark, and the children are somewhat crowded. The pupil-teachers are very respectable, and generally well-informed girls, but require some extra instruction in grammar; their respective classes show that they have worked steadily and conscientiously.