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yearly. The Latymer Elementary School is administered by the same
trustees. The scheme of 1901, regulating the Foundation, known as
"The Latymer Foundation at Edmonton," and its endowment has been
replaced by a new scheme, sealed by the Board of Education, on 9th
March, 1909. An additional scheme, sealed 13th October, 1910, provides
for admission of girls as well as boys. These provide, inter alia, that the
elementary school of the Foundation, called "the Lower Latymer," and
the part of the income applicable thereto, shall henceforth be administered
by the Vicar and Churchwardens of the Parish of Edmonton. The
Middlesex County Council undertake the administration of the trusts of
the Foundation, and to maintain efficiently the school, formerly "the
Upper Latymer," as a secondary school for boys and girls as day scholars.
The Governing Body of the school consists of fourteen persons appointed
by the Council on the recommendations of the Governors. The present
Chairman of the Governors is the Rev. Prebendary Sanders, M.A., Vicar
of Edmonton.
The new buildings in Hazelbury Road were opened on September
24th, 1910. The Headmaster is Mr. R. Ashworth, B.A., Lond. The site
of six acres cost £1,500. A portion of the site surrounding the buildings
is tar-paved for the purpose of exercise and drill, whilst the remaining
portion (nearly 5 acres) is used as playing fields. A caretaker's cottage
consists of ground and first floors. The school buildings themselves
consist of the ground floor only, and whilst lacking the imposing air
which height would give, the internal disposition provides all the
essentials of an up-to-date school. The accommodation will suffice for 75
boys and 75 girls between the ages of ten and sixteen years. There
were, at the end of 1912, 125 boys and girls on the rolls, and 25 pupils
in a preparatory class (between 8 and 10 years of age), who are taken
at the Technical Institute on the site of the old school. The
lighting is by inverted incandescent gas, the ventilation "natural," and
the heating by hot water radiators.
The school year is divided into three terms of about thirteen weeks
each. The fees are £2 2s. 6d. per term, but special terms of £1 11s. 6d.
are accepted from parents who live in the ancient parish of Edmonton.
The school has a liberal supply of scholarships; besides those provided
by the County Counoil, there are also others which are provided by the
ancient endowments, which will increase in value as time goes on. Mary
Bunker obtained a scholarship of £40 per annum, tenable at Kings'
College, London.
Other scholarships obtained during 1911-12 were:-
Middlesex County Junior Scholarship, total value £51.—Elsie
Hocking.