Daubeny's School, North Bradley

This was founded by the vicar, Charles Daubeny, in a house in Church Street, with the children taught by the parish clerk. In 1808 Daubeny incorporated the school in the Asylum for elderly people that he had built. At this time there were 30 day and 60 Sunday school pupils. By 1833 the school was using Bell's system of education for 60 day pupils. All children were taught to read but they could only learn to write if their parents supplied, or paid for, the necessary books. A school mistress lived in the Asylum and was paid £20 a year. The school was supervised by the resident curate and all pupils came from Church of England families. The school continued with around 60 pupils until 1880 when a school board was set up. The new vicar prevented the building of a non-sectarian school by the board by offering to build a school on his glebe land. This new school opened in 1881 and Daubeny's School closed with the pupils being transferred to the new Church of England School.