Re-Organization: Winchester Education Plans: A meeting of Winchester city Council held on Tuesday was specially called by the mayor (Councillor W. P. Richardson) to discuss proposals for reorganization of education administration in the city. … … Church Schools: Alderman Major J. R. Pinsent (chairman of the City Education Committee) mentioned that the children had now the right to a grant for building of senior schools. St. Thomas’ and St. Mary’s Schools, the church schools were not now in conformity with modern ideas of the requirements of schools. If they had not been blacklisted now, they would be within the next year of two. The church was alive to the position. He explained that the Church would receive a 75 per cent capital grant towards the cost of their school – 37 1 ⁄ 2 coming from the city and 37 ½ per cent from the Board of Education.
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GRO0528 Devonport: John Ryland Pinsent: 1888 – 1957