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SCHOOL FOR MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.
This School was erected in 1906 and was opened on October 9th
of that year. The site adjoins the Church Fields Road Council School
from which it is shut off by a high wall. The building gives the following
accommodaton :—One large class room, pne room for the
younger children, a room for the headmistress, kitchen, and suitable
cloakrooms, bathroom, and lavatories. There is a small playground
and a few yards of garden, which is used to teach the children
gardening.
The accommodation is for 20 scholars. The sexes are not
separated.
The teaching staff consists of a headmistress and pne assistant
mistress.
At the beginning of the year there were 16 children on the roll,
and 5 were admitted during the year; of the new admissions 3 live
within the area of the neighbouring District of Penge, and have
been accepted by arrangements made between the twp Education
Authorities.
Four children have left the school during the year in the following
circumstances:—
J.B., aged 16, was discharged because of unsatisfactory
conduct while in school. He has been notified to the County
Council, the Local Authority for the Mental Defective Act,
1913.
F.D., a girl aged 15, has left the school, having been
considered too old for the school; she was notified to the
Local Authority.
O.D., a boy aged 12, has left the school, his parents having
removed to Horsham.
R.T., a boy, was allowed to leave school at age 14. He has
been apprenticed to a trade and is doing well. The outlook
in this boy's case is good, he will probably be able to stand
alone aud be self-supporting.