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The remaining two, St. Mary's (271) and St. Saviour's (218), classed
as "non-provided," are of a fairly modern and good type of School.
Of the latter St. Mary's comes nearer the higher standard of our
"provided" Schools, but St. Saviour's falls short of what modern ideas
of a girls' school demand.
Infants' Schools.—There are 19 of these, with an original
capacity for 7,223, a present one of 7,298, and an average attendance
of 6,584.
Sixteen of these are "provided," and three, St. Saviour's (Church of
England, 303), St. Mary's (Church of England, 197), and St. George's
(Roman Catholic, 40), are "non-provided."
All the "provided" Schools are modern, well equipped, and in every
way suited for the work carried on, and to a certain extent the same
may be said of the others. St. Saviour's infants', like the girls' school,
requires modification to bring it up to the standard of the other nonprovided
schools.
Mixed Schools.—There are eight of these "provided'' and one,
St. George's (Roman Catholic, 148), a voluntary School.
The original capacity was 2,863, a present one of 3,048, and an
average attendance of 2,992.
While the original capacity has been lowered the average attendance
has been but a little in excess of it.
All these "provided" Schools are excellent in design, construction,
and general equipment, and St. George's has been recently brought up
to a high standard by the provision of separate class-rooms, modern
latrines, cloak-rooms, lavatories, and an improved tar-paved playground.
There are Cookery and Laundry Centres attached to several of the
Schools.
Special Schools.—These are three in number, with accommodation
for 100 children and an average attendance of 101. The Deaf
Centre accommodates 20 children; the boys' Mentally Defective School
41 pupils, and the girls 40.