Originally published by Victoria County History, London, This free content was digitised by double rekeying. All rights reserved. Acton had two schoolmasters in The poor were said to possess sufficient means of educating their children in , when there were also two boarding schools for tradesmen's children and two or three other small schools.
In there were c. There were also three boarding schools, one for 80 boys and the other two containing 50 girls, also supported by fees. Five were public schools, secured by deeds and attended by boys and girls, and two were 'adventure' schools, of which one had 46 boys and 15 girls. In a school board was requested by the managers of the National schools, whose threatened closure, on grounds of expense, would have lost 1, out of 1, places. Many nonconformists claimed that schools maintained from rates ought to be unsectarian, and the inspector in thought the practice likely to provoke conflicts of interest over financing between school managers and the board, who were often the same personnel.
The first board school was opened in , with a second in and a third not until The board also took over the Wesleyan school in and opened a new temporary school in A persistent shortage of places was relieved by using nonconformist churches and mission rooms. In the council stopped negotiations for another new school on complaints of extravagance in building. An intermediate evening school was held at Priory school, with students in , fn. In it was estimated that more than 3, additional places in elementary and central schools were needed for the next three years.
Secondary provision was poor and many older pupils had to go outside the parish or to private schools. More than half of the secondary places in Acton were filled by children from outside. From the central school took seniors only, a new school being opened for the juniors. By reorganization into senior and junior schools was in progress, in accordance with the Hadow Report. Five schools were opened, including one completely new junior school, and three old ones closed.
Montessori methods were adopted for the infants' classes and practice was afforded for Montessori students. Acton became an 'excepted district', responsible for primary and secondary education, under the Act of By there were eight primary and one voluntary aided all-age and six secondary schools.
