Perth County and Perth and Kinross County education records

• Reference:GB 252 CC1/5
• Dates of Creation:1841-1986
• Physical Description:
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• Scope and Content

  Perth County Council Secondary Education Committee minutes and letter books, 1893-1920; Perthshire Education Authority minutes, 1919-1930; Perth and Kinross Education Committee minutes, 1930-1975.Educational trusts: Perth Educational Trust, 1890-1918; John Sharp’s Trustees, 1857-1864; Sharp’s Institution, Perth, 1889-1910; Chrystal Trust, Kinnaird Parish, 1878-1919; Stewart’s Educational Trust, Aberfeldy, 1898-1965; Robertson’s Educational Trust, Comrie, Monzievaird and Strowan, 1889-1965; Taylor’s Institution, Crieff, 1841-1965; John Sheddan’s Endowment, Auchterarder, 1888-1919; Nicoll’s Mortification, 1868-1917; Barty’s Mortification, 1886-1919; Perth and Kinross Educational Endowment files, 1868-1981School cleansing registers and inventories of furnishings (Buchanty, Kilspindie, Tibbermore, Ardtalnaig, Foss, Fortingall, Kinfaus, and Kinloch Public Schools), 1911-1965; School records of work (Fortingall, Dowally, Foss, Kinloch, Bendochy, Innerpeffray, Ardtalnaig and Buchanty Public Schools; Dunning and Tibbermore Primary Schools), 1942-1977; Perth and Kinross school files, 1919-1975.Prospectuses: Perth Academy, 1899-1944, Sharp’s Institution, 1907-1915, Morrison’s Academy, 1910-1911

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Perth County Council was an elected body established by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict., c. 50) but it was not initially responsibly for education in the county.Prior to 1872 education in Scotland was in the hands of the heritors and kirk session of a parish and the town councils. The Education (Scotland) Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict., c.62) set up school boards which administered local schools and provided elementary education which was to be compulsory between the ages of 5 and 13. School boards were usually set up for each parish and burgh (royal and parliamentary).

  School boards were abolished in 1919 and replaced by education authorities on a county basis (Education (Scotland) Act 1918, 8 & 9 Geo. V, c.48). School management committees were to manage individual schools or groups of schools.

  The functions of the education authority were transferred to county councils and to the four counties of cities (Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow) under the Local Authority (Scotland) Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. V, c.25). School management committees were replaced with education sub-committees or local education sub-committees by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. VI, c.43).

  The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c.65) abolished county councils and transferred the responsibility for education to regional and islands councils in 1975.

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