Summary of Victorian Times

In the Victorian times:


Who went to school?



 At the start of the 19th century very few children went to school and the poor childdren work.
There were some good schools for boys they are the grammar schools and public school only richer families could afford to pay. some schools gave free places to poor boys.Poor girls did not go to school when the Victorian age began, they have a little education.



Dame schools


 were usually run by one woman The 'dame' often did her best, but she was a child-minder not a trained teacher most of the time, the children amused themselves and did not learn very much.


ragged schools and sunday schools 


Sunday schools  run by churches, to teach children about the Christian faith and ragged schools  were schools for poor children Ragged Schools were often in one room of a house, or in an old barn.

more in the page http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/victorian_britain/children_at_school/