This series comprises two log books kept by head teachers of St Jude's School, Andreas. They record notable daily activities occurring at the school. The activities logged reflect the full range of activities that occur in an educational context including:
St Jude's School in the Parish of Andreas was in existence as a parochial school owned and run by the Church of England prior to the Education Act of 1872. In 1883 the ownership and running of the school was transferred to the Board of Education: an island-wide organ of Government brought into existence by the 1872 act. From that date until its closure in 1982 the school provided primary-level education as part of the Government-funded state school system.
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Katherine Doyle, June 2015
Also held by the Isle of Man Public Record Office:
S19 Isle of Man Education Authority: St Jude's School, Andreas: Admission Register 1911-1979
St. Jude's School closed in 1982; it is likely that these records were transferred to its parent department, the predecessor of the current (2015) Department of Education and Children around this time, where they have remained until transfer to Isle of Man Public Record Office in May 2015.
The following publications on the history of education on the Isle of Man may be of interest to researchers:
Bird, Hinton. 1992; An Island that led: the history of Manx education (Volume 1)
Bird, Hinton. 1995; An Island that led: the history of Manx education (Volume 2)
