| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | SubSeries |
| Reference Number | GDS/17/4 |
| Title | Art and Design |
| Date | 1895-[2000] |
| Description | Papers regarding art teaching at Trust schools. From 1882, Thomas Ablett created the art syllabus for Trust schools and pupils took the Royal Drawing Society (RDS) examination. The schools' work was also exhibited at the Royal Drawing Society. In 1910, The Trust appointed the Art Advisory Board (initially called the Art Teaching Committee) to inspect and examine the schools as well as design a curriculum for art. Soon the RDS examinations were replaced by Art Advisory Board Certificates, which were also taken by pupils at The Grey Coat Hospital School in London and Queen Anne's School in Caversham. From the 1920s, Trust schools began to withdraw from the Board's examinations and the Board's powers were limited to just carrying out inspections. By 1932 many schools took the Higher School Certificate Examinations and the board was dissolved. The Board was re-established in 1934 as an inspection body but was suspended during World War II and was never resumed. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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