EDUCATION IN BLACKPOOL AND DISTRICT 113 



Rossall School was founded in 1844, with the object of providing an 

 education of the highest grade for sons of clergy and laity at a moderate cost. 

 The school is incorporated by Royal Charter, and is under the management of 

 a Council. It stands close to the sea in a healthy, bracing situation. The 

 President of the Governors is the Earl of Derby. The general and special 

 education is intended to cover the needs of those destined for the Universities, 

 the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Civil Service, the professions, or a 

 business career. 



The school contains a Classical Side and a Modern Side, and there is also 

 a preparatory school. The school has received the formal recognition of the 

 Army Council, after inspection by the Oxford and Cambridge Board ; also 

 of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the General Medical 

 Council. It is fulfilling a useful function in the educational life of the country. 



Types of Education provided by Blackpool Education Committee. 



As regards the types of education provided, it may be noted that formerly 

 it was only possible to obtain education beyond the School Certificate or 

 Matriculation standard by attendance at a University or at a College of 

 University standing. Now at the Blackpool Grammar School there are 

 advanced courses of the following types : — 



(a) A special course of Further Education of Post School Certificate 

 standard for boys who will not go to a University, but will make 

 business or commerce their life work. 



(b) A special course for those boys who wish to take up engineering as 

 a profession. (When the Technical College is open, these boys will 

 be able to attend at the engineering workshops there on certain 

 mornings during the week.) 



(c) A special course for boys who wish to enter a University with the 

 view of entering what are commonly called * the learned professions,' 

 or of entering the Civil Service. 



There is a Special Course in Economics (this should be of interest to the 

 British Association, as one subject for discussion is Economics in Secondary 

 Schools), and a course in Biology specially suitable for those who may later wish 

 to enter the medical profession. 



In the Collegiate School for Girls there are special courses of further 

 education appropriate for those girls who wish to enter a University or a 

 College. Also, there is a special course available for girls over 16 who wish to 

 develop their education on the Domestic side ; the cookery and laundry work, 

 with the Domestic Decorative Arts work, are specially worthy of commendation. 



The Palatine Central Boys' School provides a special course for the last two 

 or three years of the school life of the boys who wish to develop on the com- 

 mercial side, including book-keeping, shorthand and typewriting. A parallel 

 course of Practical Science, including a good course in Practical Mechanics, 

 with wood or metal work, is available for another group of boys. When the 

 Technical College is open, the boys will be able to make use of the chemical 

 and physical laboratories there on certain mornings during the week. A 

 number of boys from this school pass the School Certificate examination each 

 year. 



