Caerleon Endowed School, (also known as The Endowed School, Caerleon, Caerleon Charity School, Williams Charity School and Caerleon Junior School), in
Caerleon
Caerleon ( ; ) is a town and Community (Wales), community in Newport, Wales. Situated on the River Usk, it lies northeast of Newport city centre, and southeast of Cwmbran. Caerleon is of archaeological importance, being the site of a notable ...
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, dates from 1724. At that point, the house was a junior school that was funded by a bequest from Charles Williams.
The school became part of the state education system in 1948 under the
Education Act 1944
The Education Act 1944 ( 7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 31) made major changes in the provision and governance of secondary schools in England and Wales. It is also known as the Butler Act after the President of the Board of Education, R. A. Butler. Histori ...
. The school was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1951.
The bequest was for "30 boys and 20 girls of the poorer sort", but the trustees reduced this to 20 boys and 10
girls. From 1724 to 1948 the school had only nine headmasters.
The left and right wings of the buildings included houses for the school master and school mistress respectively.
John Newman, in his ''Gwent/Monmouthshire'' volume of the
Pevsner Buildings of Wales series, describes the school as "educational bounty on an exceptional scale for the 18th century". The layout (a half H) become a model for later schools in Wales.
References
Sources
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External links
Charles Williams Charity- "Supporting the education of Caerleon children since 1720"
{{Caerleon, Wales
Grade II* listed buildings in Newport, Wales
Schools in Newport, Wales
School buildings completed in 1724
1724 establishments in Great Britain