{"id":274,"date":"2011-07-18T19:00:52","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T19:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/?page_id=274"},"modified":"2025-03-29T15:25:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T15:25:31","slug":"uplowman-primary-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=274","title":{"rendered":"Uplowman Primary School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Uplowman-school.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-439\" title=\"Uplowman school\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Uplowman-school-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"Uplowman school\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a>The very first entries for the School Log Books date from 1863 when classes were held in a School Room behind The Rectory (now Uplowman House). However it is reported in White\u2019s Devonshire Directory of 1850 that \u201ca school for poor children is supported by subscription\u201d which implies that the school was in existence much earlier.<\/p>\n<p>From the records dated 7 October 1863 it quotes \u201cfound by examinations that all the first class girls are able to do long division quite perfectly\u201d.\u00a0 Whether the boys attended from this is unclear.<\/p>\n<p>The new school building was officially opened on 16 July 1874, and a service was held at the church followed by a procession to the school.<\/p>\n<p>From the census records of 1881 it shows that a Clara Flood was resident at School Cottage and described as \u201cschoolmistress\u201d so was probably the earliest teacher.\u00a0 By 1891 Emma Searchfield (aged 31) was the head teacher living at School House and was joined by 1901 by her sister Bertha as the assistant teacher. They were still there in the 1911 census.\u00a0 As was normal in those days both were single. In 1920 it is recorded that Emma Searchfield retired as headteacher after over 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>Ernie Pinsent recalls: \u201cI started at Uplowman CofE School in 1920 and left in late 1934.\u00a0 Our day started at 8:45 and finished at 4pm. Not only children from Uplowman but also surrounding villages would attend. As I lived close to the school (now Primroses) I would go home for lunch.\u00a0 Infants\u2019 teacher was Miss Florrie Cleeve (who also attended the school as a child) and the headmistress was Mrs Rolfe.\u00a0 She was very strict and would soon use the cane if provoked.\u00a0 The main school room was used for teaching standards 2 to 6 with just one teacher for all the pupils which number averaged 40.\u00a0 The heating was terrible and in the cold weather we wore overcoats to keep warm.\u00a0 The ink in our inkwells would freeze. Some children were very poor and did not have coats or laces for their boots and would have to walk several miles across the fields from staple cross.\u00a0 Outside the main gates were two small trees used as tethering places for the horses for the boys who rode to school from outlying villages.\u00a0 Unlike today, our playground was stones and mud with the boys and girls having separate areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To show that times change (but some of the names are still familiar) it was recorded in January 1930 that \u201cFrances Redwood received a prize for Excellence of Essay on Health.\u00a0 Lily Thomas received a certificate for Food Essay on How do Cleanliness and Fresh Air make the Home Healthy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In 1974 there was a Centenary booklet published which recalls the history of the School plus many old photographs. Click the link below to access the booklet in PDF format.\u00a0 Be patient though as the file size is nearly 22mb but it is worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Uplowman-School-Centenary-History.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uplowman School Centenary Brochure<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The very first entries for the School Log Books date from 1863 when classes were held in a School Room behind The Rectory (now Uplowman House). However it is reported in White\u2019s Devonshire Directory of 1850 that \u201ca school for poor children is supported by subscription\u201d which implies that the school was in existence much [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-274","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uplowman Primary School - Uplowman History<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=274\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uplowman Primary School - Uplowman History\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The very first entries for the School Log Books date from 1863 when classes were held in a School Room behind The Rectory (now Uplowman House). However it is reported in White\u2019s Devonshire Directory of 1850 that \u201ca school for poor children is supported by subscription\u201d which implies that the school was in existence much [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=274\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uplowman History\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-29T15:25:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Uplowman-school.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"373\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"237\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=274\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=274\",\"name\":\"Uplowman Primary School - Uplowman History\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=274#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=274#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Uplowman-school-300x190.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-07-18T19:00:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-29T15:25:31+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=274#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=274\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=274#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Uplowman-school-300x190.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Uplowman-school-300x190.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=274#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Uplowman Primary School\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/\",\"name\":\"Uplowman History\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Uplowman Primary School - Uplowman History","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=274","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Uplowman Primary School - Uplowman History","og_description":"The very first entries for the School Log Books date from 1863 when classes were held in a School Room behind The Rectory (now Uplowman House). However it is reported in White\u2019s Devonshire Directory of 1850 that \u201ca school for poor children is supported by subscription\u201d which implies that the school was in existence much [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=274","og_site_name":"Uplowman History","article_modified_time":"2025-03-29T15:25:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":373,"height":237,"url":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Uplowman-school.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=274","url":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=274","name":"Uplowman Primary School - Uplowman History","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=274#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=274#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Uplowman-school-300x190.jpg","datePublished":"2011-07-18T19:00:52+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-29T15:25:31+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=274#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=274"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=274#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Uplowman-school-300x190.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Uplowman-school-300x190.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?page_id=274#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Uplowman Primary School"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/","name":"Uplowman History","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=274"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1407,"href":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274\/revisions\/1407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uplowmanhistory.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}