This is a list of the Birmingham board schools, built between the Elementary Education Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 75) 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:Buildings of England – Warwickshire, Nikolaus Pevsner and Alexandra Wedgwood, 1966, 1974, *Victorian Architecture in Britain – Blue Guide, Julian Orbach, 1987, Images of EnglandKing Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys 1813–1983, D I ThomasThe 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 48.33Digital Ladywood (photographs of Birmingham)Ordnance Survey Maps 1890
Name Picture Address, Notes Architect Grid reference Grade Images of England or other linkNamePicture Memorial Stone: "The first state school built in Birmingham stood on this site Bloomsbury 1873–1968" 1873–1968 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 Grade II listed , 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. Picture of school before demolition from Birmingham Images Icknield Street School near the Hockley Flyover, north of the Jewellery Quarter.1883 M&C Grade II* listed , Stratford Road Primary School Now Ladypool Junior & Infant School, Sparkbrook. First M&C school built after Chamberlain's death. 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 Grade II* listed 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.Victorian Society Newsletter, September 2010, p11. 1885, M&C or 1881 J. P. Sharp & Co Grade II listed = 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 Grade II listed Floodgate School Floodgate Street and Milk Street, Deritend, now South and City College Birmingham Arts and Media Campus, formerly Hall Green College annexe. 1890 University of Birmingham Domus – Floodgate School PDF 24Kb Grade II* listed Waverley Road Waverley Road, Byron Road, also known as County Grammar School, Small Heath; Hall Green Technical College; Small Heath School 1880–85 or 1892 M&C Grade II* listed , Somerville Road Somerville School, Somerville Road, Small Heath, B10 9EN (modernised). 1892-4 M&C University of Birmingham Domus – Somerville School – PDF 37 Kb Tilton Girls School Tilton Road, B9. Now Darul Barakaat Mosque and Community Centre. 1890 Grade II listed 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 Grade II listed , Garrison Lane School Garrison Lane, Bordesley. Now known as the Garrison Centre. c1885 M&C Grade II listed , 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 Grade II* listed Barford Road School Now Barford Road Primary School, Barford Road, Winson Green 1887 M&C Hutton Street, renamed to Eliot Street Opened for over 1000 pupuils Now Nechells Junior and Infant School, Eliot Street, Nechells. Originally Nechells County Primary School 1879 Grade A locally listed building The Broadway Comprehensive School, Aston Whitehead Road, Aston, Birmingham, England. 1900, Crouch & Butler Grade II listed , , Dennis Road School Now Anderton Park School. Originally called Dennis Road School, Balsall Heath. 1896 M&C Grade II listed Cromwell Street School Opened for over 1000 pupils. Now Cromwell Street Junior School, Nechells. 1889 J. A. Cossins Grade II listed
Other board schools Cotteridge School, 1900The National Archives, Cotteridge School Using source: Soho Road (Benson Road). Benson Junior School, Benson Road, Winson Road, 1888, Grade II listed, Grove Junior School, Grove Lane, Handsworth, late 19th century, Grade II listed,
Using source: 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. 1878 M&C (or George Ingall) Tindal Street School Tindal Street School, Balsall Heath, 1880 by Kings Norton School Board. 1879–80 M&C (or George Ingall)
Kings Norton Village Board School, 1878 by Kings Norton School Board.A History of Birmingham Placenames, Kings Norton School Mary Street School, Balsall Heath, 1878 by Kings Norton School Board. Demolished. Stirchley Street School, 1879 by Kings Norton School Board.A History of Birmingham Placenames, Stirchley School
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. Now the Bordesley Centre, run by Muath Welfare Trust. 1883 M&C Grade II listed
See also Birmingham board schools – history List of former board schools in Brighton and Hove London School Board
References
Further reading John Ruskin and Victorian Architecture, Michael W Brooks, 1989