Victorian Schooling and Education

In the Victorian period there were many children, and with many children came the need for higher education and schooling. To focus down, this article will be informing about the types of schooling, and those that went to them. Some people did not go to school at all, some went to a day school, and some were tutored.

Many people in the Victorian period did not go to school at all. (Victorian School, http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk) Because of this, many people grew up not knowing how to read or how to write. This quote about Sunday schools is from http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk “Although some did go to Sunday schools which were run by churches” (Victorian School, http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk) Eventually it was obligatory for all children under the age of 12 to go to some sort of day school.

For children who did go to school and were poor, there were day schools. They offered education to children during the day, and the children went back to their homes at night (
Day School
) A day school could be very rough on children. A single fire heated the room in which it was held. There was very little fresh air in the schoolhouse, because they had to build the windows high up so as to keep the children from gazing out from the windows. The teachers also usually scared the students.

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Victorian School
Pip was probably schooled at one of these.

For the more rich and blessed children, there were tutors who would either come to the child’s house, or the child would come to their house. (Victorian Schoolchild)

Many children, after being tutored until the age of 12, would leave home for a different school that catered to large pocketbooks. (Victorian Schoolchild) However some took a tutor throughout their entire schooling.

There are many other different types of schooling that I did not talk about, such as outdoor schooling for the sick, or Sunday schools at church, but these are just the main things that people did for education. Some did not go to school, some went to day schools, and others were tutored.