1805 |
Catherine Mather left £400 to pay for the education of 6 poor boys and 6 poor girls in the Parish of Headington. A small school opened at the Chquers Inn at Quarry Village. |
1811 |
Foundation of the National Society for promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church. |
1839 |
Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools first appointed |
1847 |
March - Land granted for a National School by Charles Tawney. National Society awarded a grant to build the school. April - THomas Grimsley designed the school. |
1847-8 |
National School opened on London Road. Master - John Bird |
1849 |
Headington Quarry became a separate parish. |
1862 |
Lowe's revised Code of Practice - 'Payment by Results' system. |
1863 |
Henry Franklin became Master of the National School. |
1864 |
Headington Quarry National School opened. |
1868 |
Jan - Samuel Vallis became Master of the National School. |
1870 |
Forster's Education Act |
1871 |
Jan - Thomas Yeates became Master of the National School. |
1873 |
Nov - New Headington Infant School opened in Perrin Street. |
1874 |
Free School closed on the death of James Waring. |
1875 |
Boys' and Girls' National Schools became separate. Harriet Crozier (later Mrs Yeates) became Mistress of the Girls' School. |
1878 |
George Stace bacme Master of the Boys' School. |
1890 |
Abolition of 'Payment by Results'. |
1891 |
Goschen Act gave grants to elementary schools which stopped fees. |
1892 |
June - Mary Anne Jordan became Mistress of the Girls' School. Nov - Elizabeth Hewitt became Mistress of the Girls' School. |
1893 |
School leaving age raised to 11. |
1894 |
June - Foundation stone of new National Schools laid. Nov - New National Schools (one for boys and one for girls) opened. The buildings were in front of the old school, half of which was demolished. |
1908 |
Sep - New Headington's first Council School opened in Margaret Road. Mrs Price transferred there with the infants. New Headington Infant School closed. |
1928 |
More land purchased to the east and south of the school and a second school erected. This Headington Senior School took children up to age 14 from the junior section next door and from Quarry. The remains of the 1847 building were demolished. |
1936 |
Senior School closed. Seniors then went to Headington Senior School in Margaret Road. 2 London Road schools were joined together by a connecting entrance to form Headington Junior Mixed and Infant School. |
1961 |
The school adopted the new name of St Andrew's Church of England Primary School. |
1975 |
Oxford City adopted a 3 tier system of education so the school became St Andrew's First School for children aged 5 - 9 years. |
2002 |
Oxford began the process of returning to the 2 tier system of education and so the Year 5 children stayed on at St Andrew's instead of moving onto Middle Schools. 2 new classrooms and a new staff room had been built over the summer to accomodate them. |
2003 |
July - Middle Schools in Oxford close. Sept - the school became St Andrew's Church of England Primary School again, taking children from Reception (4 years) to age 11. The Year 6 children remained as the eldest in the school for the third year running. |