EDUCATION.
In 1819 there were five fee-paying
day schools in Hayes, together containing about 130
children, and two Sunday schools with 80 children. (fn. 84)
A large school house in Hayes, unoccupied in 1829, (fn. 85)
was still standing in 1834, although no longer called
a school house. (fn. 86) By this date there were 9 day
schools in the parish, one of which was a Lancasterian school started in 1832, with 60 boys and 40
girls, and supported by subscriptions and weekly
fees. The other 8 schools were together attended by
only 38 boys and 60 girls, and were all fee-paying
institutions. There was one boarding-school, which
had 24 boys. (fn. 87) None of the private and dame schools
in the parish during the 19th century seems to have
been long-lived. (fn. 88)
A National school is said to have been opened in
1836 at Wood End Green. (fn. 89) The National or Church
of England school received a government grant in
1837 when it was attended by 125 children (fn. 90) and in
1842 a schoolroom, owned by trustees, stood at
Wood End Green. (fn. 91) In 1859 Charles Mills, the lord
of the manor, sold some land to the trustees of Dr.
Triplett's charity in order to erect new schools in
Hayes. (fn. 92) The girls' school was secured by a trust
deed of 1857 and the boys' by a deed of 1860. The
building was erected in 1861, and the schools, called
Dr. Triplett's Charity School, received the income
from the old National school which Dr. Triplett's
replaced. The school also owned an endowment
income of £100 a year which came from the charity.
In return one-third of the school pence went to the
charity funds. An infants' school was in existence at
the same date, (fn. 93) and an infants' school building was
added to the schools in 1866, opening in 1867. (fn. 94) The
master and mistress of the old National school remained in their positions in Dr. Triplett's school,
and a certificated assistant master was added to their
staff. There was one female teacher. (fn. 95) The school did
not qualify for a government grant in 1866, (fn. 96) but it
had one by 1870. (fn. 97) The infants' school had a government grant by 1871. (fn. 98) In 1910 the organization of
Dr. Triplett's schools was separated from the charity
endowments of Petersham and Richmond (Surr.),
with which it had been linked, and was formed into
a separate organization to be run as a public elementary school. (fn. 99) The school was closed in 1963, but the
Gothic-style buildings, yellow brick with red brick
dressings, were still standing in Church Walk in
1968.
There was a school at Yeading before 1861 when
the master and mistress transferred to the Biscoe
school at Norwood. (fn. 1) This may have been the day
school which by 1890 had been converted into a mission church. (fn. 2) The Yeading National school is mentioned in 1903. (fn. 3) The Church of England school,
opened in 1904, (fn. 4) was closed in 1924. (fn. 5) A temporary
elementary school was built in Clayton Road and
opened in 1906 by the local authority. Its pupils
were drawn from the Triplett school and the Harlington and Dawley National schools. This building
was replaced in 1908 by the permanent school, also
in Clayton Road, to which all the pupils were transferred. It consisted of junior, mixed, and infant
schools, (fn. 6) and was attended by about 300 children. (fn. 7)
A second block of buildings was opened in 1913; (fn. 8)
the school was closed in 1931 on the opening of the
Pinkwell School in Harlington. (fn. 9)
In September 1963 the old parish of Hayes contained seventeen maintained schools, which are set
out below. The date at which the school was opened
is given in brackets after the name of the school,
followed by the dates of any extensions; the next
figure is the number of children on the roll at September 1963, and the final figure denotes the agegroup of the pupils:
Dr. Triplett's C. of E. (1861, rebuilt 1963). 344.
5-11; Minet Junior and Infants (c. 1925-30, rebuilt
1954). 671. 5-11; Wood End Park Junior Mixed and
Infants (1930). 712. 5-11; Townfield Boys Secondary (1930). 493. 11-16; Townfield Girls Secondary
(1930). 466. 11-16; Botwell R.C. (1931, 1961). 661.
5-11; Yeading Junior (1932). 366. 7-11; Grange
Park Junior (1938). 388. 7-11; Mellow Lane Comprehensive (1938, 1949, 1963). 1,000. 11-18; Grange
Park Infants (1939). 345. 3-7; Yeading Infants
(1939). 322. 5-7; Charville Junior and Infants (1947).
579. 3-11; Barnhill Secondary (1949). 819. 11-16;
Hayes Park Junior and Infants (1954). 502. 3-11;
Barnhill Junior and Infants (1955). 447. 5-11; Hayes
County Grammar (1955). 612. 11-18; Our Lady and
St. Anselm R.C. Secondary (1956). 452. 11-16. (fn. 10)
The Hayes Jewish Industrial School was probably
opened in the mid 19th century. (fn. 11) Authority for the
school was transferred to the school board in 1877,
and the site of the school, with 12½ a., was bought
from William Minet in 1899 by trustees or governors
who included Lord Rothschild. It then stood at the
corner of Uxbridge Road and Coldharbour Lane. In
1908 the school was ranked as a charity but it was
later transferred to the Ministry of Education. (fn. 12) In
1908 the school was housed in a two-story red-brick
building with a clock tower, surrounded by sports
fields and gardens. (fn. 13) Later it appears to have been
called the Hayes School for Jewish Boys, (fn. 14) but this
was shut during the middle 1930s and in 1937 the
buildings were occupied by St. Christopher's Approved School, which accommodated 100 boys under
the auspices of the Middlesex County Council. (fn. 15)