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11-720: The Endowed Schools Act 1869 ( 32 & 33 Vict. c. 56) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It was one of the Endowed Schools Acts 1869 to 1948 . It was passed during William Ewart Gladstone ’s first ministry, to restructure endowed grammar schools in England and Wales (one jurisdiction). Firstly the Clarendon Commission investigated nine leading schools which led to

22-521: A few competitive scholarships) teaching broad curricula to boys or girls. The Act also finally removed the requirement for grammar school teachers to have a license to teach issued by a Church of England Bishop or Ordinary , which had been formalised by the 77th Canon of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer 1604 edition . In the late 1860s, land in St Pancras , left by Richard Platt as

33-458: Is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of

44-582: The Public Schools Act 1868 which restructured the trusts of seven of them. Then the Schools Enquiry Commission (the ' Taunton Commission') was appointed to examine the remaining 782 endowed grammar schools . The commission reported that the distribution of schools did not match the current population, and that provision varied greatly in quality, with provision for girls being particularly limited. The commission proposed

55-475: The list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland . For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain . See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland . For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament , the list of acts of

66-534: The Northern Ireland Assembly , and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru ; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland . The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800

77-489: The Parliament of Ireland Interregnum (1642–1660) Rescinded (1639–1651) This is a list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland , which was in existence from the 13th century until 1800. For acts passed in England and Great Britain, some of which applied to Ireland, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain . For acts passed from 1801 onwards, see

88-480: The Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3". Some of these acts have a short title . Some of these acts have never had a short title. Some of these acts have a short title given to them by later acts, such as by the Short Titles Act 1896 . The first session of the 20th Parliament of the United Kingdom , which met from 10 December 1868 until 11 August 1868. List of acts of

99-699: The creation of a national system of secondary education by restructuring the endowments of these schools for modern purposes. The Endowed Schools Act created the Endowed Schools Commission, with extensive powers over endowments of individual schools. It was said that the commission "could turn a boys' school in Northumberland into a girls' school in Cornwall ". Across England and Wales, schools endowed to offer free classical instruction to boys were remodelled as fee-paying schools (with

110-866: The endowment of Aldenham School , was compulsorily purchased as the site of the new St Pancras railway station , and the Midland Railway had to pay compensation of £91,000, equivalent to £10,617,759 in 2023. The Endowed Schools Commissioners, acting under the Act of 1869, diverted more than half of this money to other schools. In their scheme approved in 1875, £20,000 went to the North London Collegiate School and Camden School for Girls , £13,333 to Watford Grammar School for Boys , £10,000 to Russell Lane School , Southgate , and £8,000 to two elementary schools, Medburn School, Radlett , and Delrow School, Aldenham. The Aldenham headmaster of

121-511: The time, Alfred Leeman, called this "a violent act of confiscation". This legislation in the United Kingdom , or its constituent jurisdictions, article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 32 %26 33 Vict. Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland ). For acts passed up until 1707, see

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