Jericho Sketchbook

Former boys school

Former boys scho0l, now School Court

This Grade II listed building on Great Clarendon Street was once the Boys' School for St. Paul's parish. Before the 1870 Education Act the provision of public education was the responsibility of the local parish churches. Not all parishes had the means or the will to build and maintain them. St. Paul's, however, with its strong Tractarian tradition, strongly supported the provision of free, or heavily subsidised, education

When St.Barnabas parish was created out of that of St.Paul's in 1869 the stone building was transferred to the new parish and became the St. Barnabas Boys' School while the St. Paul's boys moved to new premises in Juxon Street built for them by Fr. Noel, the first Vicar of St. Barnabas at a cost of £700. St. Barnabas Girls' and Infants School was built in 1872 facing Cardigan Street and backing on to the Boys' school. This site was also gifted by Venables. When the 1870 Education Act came into force the schools remained church property and the buildings were maintained by the parishes but by the 1920s the buildings were in need of extensive repair to meet the rising standard of the curriculum. In 1927 St.Barnabas was able to raise the necessary money and keep the full age range of primary school education but St.Paul's could not and the senior classes were moved away. By 1963 St.Paul's schools had closed and the older children at St.Barnabas moved to the new Cherwell School.

When the old buildings were finally abandoned and the school moved to its present site, the buildings were sold to the Council only on condition that the land should be used to rehouse Jericho residents dispossessed by the urban renewal and a number of lucrative commercial offers were rejected. Sheltered housing has been built on the re-named School Court and the existing stone building has been divided into three family homes.


Home About the Echo Archive Interactive map Aerial photos Jericho landmarks What was that? History of Jericho Jericho Sketchbook BBC Open Door Books about Jericho Tried and tested Community Centre Jericho links	Jericho Sketchbook Former boys school Former boys scho0l, now School Court This Grade II listed building on Great Clarendon Street was once the Boys' School for St. Paul's parish. Before the 1870 Education Act the provision of public education was the responsibility of the local parish churches. Not all parishes had the means or the will to build and maintain them. St. Paul's, however, with its strong Tractarian tradition, strongly supported the provision of free, or heavily subsidised, education When St.Barnabas parish was created out of that of St.Paul's in 1869 the stone building was transferred to the new parish and became the St. Barnabas Boys' School while the St. Paul's boys moved to new premises in Juxon Street built for them by Fr. Noel, the first Vicar of St. Barnabas at a cost of £700. St. Barnabas Girls' and Infants School was built in 1872 facing Cardigan Street and backing on to the Boys' school. This site was also gifted by Venables. When the 1870 Education Act came into force the schools remained church property and the buildings were maintained by the parishes but by the 1920s the buildings were in need of extensive repair to meet the rising standard of the curriculum. In 1927 St.Barnabas was able to raise the necessary money and keep the full age range of primary school education but St.Paul's could not and the senior classes were moved away. By 1963 St.Paul's schools had closed and the older children at St.Barnabas moved to the new Cherwell School. When the old buildings were finally abandoned and the school moved to its present site, the buildings were sold to the Council only on condition that the land should be used to rehouse Jericho residents dispossessed by the urban renewal and a number of lucrative commercial offers were rejected. Sheltered housing has been built on the re-named School Court and the existing stone building has been divided into three family homes.	Jericho Sketchbook Introduction Foreword Preface Canal Street Jericho Street Juxon Street Little Clarendon Street Nelson Street Richmond Road Wellington Street Walton Lane Walton Street Jericho Tavern Radcliffe Arms Gardens in Jericho Lucy's factory Oxford Canal Oxford University Press St. Barnabas Church Baptist Chapel Oxford Synagogue St. Paul's Church St. Sepulchre's cemetary Old Boy's School St. Barnabas School Ruskin College Worcester College