List of Birmingham board schools

This is a list of the Birmingham board schools, built between the Elementary Education Act 1870 which established board schools, and the Education Act 1902, which replaced school boards with Local Education Authorities. Most of the board schools were designed by the firm Martin & Chamberlain (M&C).

List of board schools

From these sources:^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Name	Picture	Address, Notes	Architect	Grid reference	Coordinates (links to map & photo sources)	Grade	Images of England or other link
Name	Picture	Memorial Stone: "The first state school built in Birmingham stood on this site Bloomsbury 1873 - 1968"	1873–1968	SP0888788356	52.493046, -1.870536
Allcock St School		†Demolished. Other names: Deritend or Bordesley, now listed as The Bridge Centre and Community Industry.	1875–80 M&C [2]	SP081864	52°28′31″N 1°52′48″W / 52.4754°N 1.8800°W	Grade II listed	Historic England. "The Bridge Centre (216727)". Images of England., Historic England. "Community Industry (216728)". Images of England.
Bristol Street Board School		†Demolished 1960s for widening of the Horsefair road. At junction of Irving Street and Bristol Street. Was used as a meeting place for the Christian Society from 1877 until 1892.	[5][6]	SP068861	52°28′23″N 1°54′00″W / 52.4731°N 1.9001°W[7]		Picture of school before demolition from Birmingham Images
Icknield Street School		near the Hockley Flyover, north of the Jewellery Quarter.	1883 M&C [1]	SP057882	52°29′38″N 1°54′57″W / 52.4940°N 1.9158°W	Grade II* listed	Historic England. "School (217324)". Images of England., Historic England. "Master's house (217323)". Images of England.
Stratford Road Primary School		Now Ladypool Junior & Infant School, Sparkbrook. First M&C school built after Chamberlain's death.[5] The school was extensively damaged in the Birmingham Tornado on 28 July 2005 and lost its distinctive Martin & Chamberlain tower. For damage see and .	1885 M&C [1][2]	SP086848	52°27′41″N 1°52′27″W / 52.4613°N 1.8741°W	Grade II* listed	Historic England. "Details from image database (217657)". Images of England.
Harborne School		106 High Street, now the Clock Tower Community Education Centre. Built by Harborne School Board (Staffordshire) and acquired by the expansion of Birmingham.[8]	1885, M&C [2] or 1881 J. P. Sharp & Co[9]	SP035845	52°27′34″N 1°56′48″W / 52.4594°N 1.9466°W	Grade II listed	Historic England. "Details from image database (217294)". Images of England. = Historic England. "Clock Harborne  (Grade II) (1343074)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
Oozells Street Board School		Listed as Furniture Stores of City of Birmingham Education Department; College of Food and Domestic Arts; now the Ikon Gallery.	1878 M&C [1][5]	SP060866	52°28′40″N 1°54′45″W / 52.4777°N 1.9124°W	Grade II listed	Historic England. "Details from image database (217477)". Images of England.
Floodgate School		Floodgate Street and Milk Street, Deritend, now South Birmingham College Arts and Media Campus, formerly Hall Green College annexe.	1890 [2][10]	SP078864	52°28′32″N 1°53′09″W / 52.4756°N 1.8859°W	Grade II listed	Historic England. "Details from image database (217398)". Images of England.
Waverley Road		Waverley Road, Byron Road, also known as County Grammar School, Small Heath; Hall Green Technical College;[5] Small Heath School	1880–85 or 1892 M&C [1][2]	SP097852	52°27′53″N 1°51′28″W / 52.4647°N 1.8577°W	Grade II* listed	Historic England. "School (217752)". Images of England., Historic England. "Headmaster's house (216831)". Images of England.
Somerville Road		omerville School, Somerville Road, Small Heath, B10 9EN (modernised).	1892-4 M&C [11]	SP099859	52°28′15″N 1°51′19″W / 52.4709°N 1.8553°W
Tilton Girls School		Tilton Road, B9. Now Darul Barakaat Mosque and Community Centre.	1890 [3]	SP092866	52°28′37″N 1°51′54″W / 52.4769°N 1.8651°W	Grade II listed	Historic England. "Details from image database (217673)". Images of England.
Dixon Road County Primary School		Dixon Road, Small Heath, B10 0BP. Also fronts Cooksey Road. Was Newlands Centre and Regents Park Annexe & 48 Cooksey Road, Bordesley. Also BCC furniture recycling and Birmingham Community Transport. Now Shah Poran Islamic Jami Mosque And Community Trust.	1880–90 [1][3]	SP088857	52°28′12″N 1°52′11″W / 52.4701°N 1.8698°W	Grade II listed	Historic England. "Newlands Centre (217002)". Images of England., Historic England. "Regent's Park Annex (217003)". Images of England.
Garrison Lane Nursery School		Garrison Lane, Bordesley, B3 4BS. Now Kownayn Primary School and Garrison Lane Centre.	c1885 M&C [3]	SP086869	52°28′49″N 1°52′24″W / 52.4804°N 1.8733°W	Grade II listed	Historic England. "School (217092)". Images of England., Historic England. "Headmaster's house, No 106 (217093)". Images of England.
Dudley Road School		Now Summerfield Centre; was Summerfield Junior and Infants School, Dudley Road, Winson Green; listed as Main Block to Handsworth Technical College	1878 M&C [5]	SP042876	52°29′13″N 1°56′19″W / 52.4869°N 1.9385°W	Grade II listed	Historic England. "Details from image database (217025)". Images of England.
Barford Road School		Now Barford Road Primary School, Barford Road, Winson Green	1887 M&C [5]	SP044873	52°29′04″N 1°56′06″W / 52.4845°N 1.9351°W
Hutton Street, renamed to Eliot Street		Opened for over 1000 pupuils[12] Now Nechells Junior and Infant School, Eliot Street, Nechells. Originally Nechells County Primary School	1879	SP094896	52°30′14″N 1°51′47″W / 52.5040°N 1.8631°W	Grade A locally listed building
The Broadway Comprehensive School, Aston		Whitehead Road, Aston, Birmingham, England.[3]	1900, Crouch & Butler	SP072896	52°30′14″N 1°53′35″W / 52.5040°N 1.8931°W[7]	Grade II listed	Historic England. "School (217806)". Images of England., Historic England. "Master's House (217807)". Images of England., Historic England. "Railings and Gate Posts (217808)". Images of England.
Dennis Road School		Now Anderton Park School. Originally called Dennis Road School, Balsall Heath.[5]	1896 M&C	SP084837	52°27′05″N 1°52′30″W / 52.4513°N 1.8750°W	Grade II listed	Historic England. "Dennis Road School  (Grade II) (1396414)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
Cromwell Street School		Opened for over 1000 pupils.[12] Now Cromwell Street Junior School, Nechells.[12]	1889 J. A. Cossins	SP084886	52°29′43″N 1°52′30″W / 52.4953°N 1.8749°W	Grade II listed	Historic England. "Cromwell Junior and Infant School  (Grade II) (1407723)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 February 2015.

Other board schools

• Cotteridge School, 1900^[13]

Using source:^[3]

• Soho Road (Benson Road). Benson Junior School, Benson Road, Winson Road, 1888,^[9] Grade II listed, Historic England. "Details from image database (216775)". Images of England.
• Grove Junior School, Grove Lane, Handsworth, late 19th century, Grade II listed, Historic England. "Details from image database (217185)". Images of England.

Using source:^[5]

• Constitution Hill 1883 (demolished 1967)
• Upper Highgate Street (demolished)
• Moseley Road
• Marlborough Road School 1896

Other board schools acquired in 1891 when Birmingham was expanded

Birmingham Board Schools
Name	Picture	Address, Notes	Architect	Grid reference	Coordinates	Grade	Images of England link
Clifton Road School		Clifton Road School, Balsall Heath. 1878 by Kings Norton School Board. Now used by St Paul's Trust.[14]	1878 M&C (or George Ingall[9])	SP081842	52°27′22″N 1°52′51″W / 52.4560°N 1.8809°W
Tindal Street School		Tindal Street School, Balsall Heath, 1880 by Kings Norton School Board.[15]	1879–80 M&C (or George Ingall[9])	SP075841	52°27′18″N 1°53′19″W / 52.4551°N 1.8886°W

• Kings Norton Village Board School, 1878 by Kings Norton School Board.^[16]
• Mary Street School, Balsall Heath, 1878 by Kings Norton School Board. Demolished.^[17]
• Stirchley Street School, 1879 by Kings Norton School Board.^[18]

Other schools from the board school era

Birmingham Board Schools
Name	Picture	Address, Notes	Architect	Grid reference	Coordinates	Grade	Images of England link
Camp Hill Circus School		Listed as City of Birmingham Polytechnic. Built as the original King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys (so not run by the School Board) (used until 1956), and extended with a school for girls. Tower and roof damaged by fire in 1901.[4] Now the Bordesley Centre, run by Muath Welfare Trust.	1883 M&C [2]	SP083856	52°28′05″N 1°52′41″W / 52.468°N 1.878°W	Grade II listed	Historic England. "Details from image database (217655)". Images of England.

See also

• Birmingham board schools – history
• List of former board schools in Brighton and Hove
• London School Board

References

1. Buildings of England – Warwickshire, Nikolaus Pevsner and Alexandra Wedgwood, 1966, 1974, ISBN 0-14-071031-0
2. • Victorian Architecture in Britain – Blue Guide, Julian Orbach, 1987, ISBN 0-393-30070-6
3. Images of England
4. King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys 1813–1983, D I Thomas
5. The Best Building in the Neighbourhood?, Martin and Chamberlain and the Birmingham Board Schools, The Victorian Society, West Midlands Group, May 1968, F. W. Greenacre, Birmingham Central Library, Birmingham Collection B.Col 48.33
6. Digital Ladywood (photographs of Birmingham)
7. Ordnance Survey Maps 1890
8. Victorian Society Newsletter, September 2010, p11.
9. Thornton, Roy (2006). Victorian Buildings of Birmingham. Sutton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7509-3857-9.
10. University of Birmingham Domus – Floodgate School PDF 24Kb
11. University of Birmingham Domus – Somerville School – PDF 37 Kb
12. "Nechells". William Dargue - A History of Birmingham Places and Names. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
13. The National Archives, Cotteridge School
14. Digital Balsall Heath, Clifton Road
15. Digital Balsall Heath, Tindal Street
16. A History of Birmingham Placenames, Kings Norton School
17. Digital Balsall Heath, Mary Street
18. A History of Birmingham Placenames, Stirchley School

Further reading

• John Ruskin and Victorian Architecture, Michael W Brooks, 1989