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EW School Staff

 

Church House and  National School

R Sleep
1957

   
John Francis Lemon
1870-1873
   

Board School

John WIlliam Dainty
5-Apr-1875 to 8-Apr-1887
Sewing mistress (unnamed, probably his wife)

3-May 187 Miss Emily Lake (pupil teacher)

3-Nov-1876 Mary Cobley (Mondays)

Walter Pugh
15-Apr-1878 to 25-Mar-1880
15-Jul-1878 Miss Paddon, infant teacher  
John Smith (obsessed with attendances)
9-Apr-1880 to 27-Dec-1899
retired Age 68

Agusta Smith, sewing mistress
1 3/4hrs daily except Mondays

4-Mar-1896 Isabella Mary Shaplan, assistant mistress
(HMI report “weak experience”)

1893 Catherine Ann Smith, mistress

4-Mar-1896 Constance Elizabeth Smith, mistress

William Henry Edmonds
1-Nov-1899 to Jun-1924
20-Nov-1899 Margaret Maria Leach, assistant mistress
(left on marriage 1903)

9-Nov-1899 Francis George Bussell, paid monitor

9-Apr-1901 Alice B Tanner, paid monitress

Council School 1902

William Henry Edmonds
1902 to Jun-1924
National Service 21-Jun1918 to 3-Feb-1919

Temporary head teachers:

1-Jul-1918 A Bentham
15-Jul-1918 S V Ford
9-Sep-1918 C J F Tipper
2-Jun-1924 Jack R Cornish

Mrs Ellen Halse Bulled, assistant mistress
1903 to 1-Aug-1935

Alice Tanner, supplementary teacher
1-Dec-1904 to 21-Dec-1906

Miss Hannah Stonemnn
7-Jan-1907 to 24-Mar-1910, mistress
20-Jun-1910 to Dec-1912, supplementary teacher

29-Jan-1912 Miss Rosa Butt, mistress

2-Sep-1912 to 18-Apr-1913 MissStoneman (again)

Miss Selley
16-May-1913 to 13-Nov-1913 mistress
13-Nov-1913 to 31-Mar-1915, supplementary teacher

17-May-1915 to 14-May-1917 Miss Dororthy Tuck, mistress

Laura Harris
16-Jun-1924 to 21-Feb-1940

Temporary head teachers:

26-Feb-1940 to 3-Mar-1940 E D Williams
4-Mar-1940 Walter Bleby
15-May-1940 Mary Ollerenshaw

1-Aug-1935 Mrs Bulled leaves after 32 years faithful service

Miss Luscombe supply
2-Sep-1935 to 27-Sep-1935

Miss Steward, assistant teacher
30-Sep-1935 to 17-Sep-1937

Miss K Ward, supply
20-Sep-1937 to 23-Dec-1937

Miss Kingdom, assistant teacher
10-Jan-1938 to 2-May-1941

 
Edith Sarah Harry
20-May-1940 to 22-Apr-1944

Miss Ching, supply
7-May-1941 to 20-Oct-1941

Miss E G G Clark, assistant teacher
21-Oct-1941 to 13-Jul-1943 (left due to illness)

Miss B C Doidge
14-Jul-1943 to 22-Dec-1943

no assitant teacher until
Miss G N Bragg, assistant teacher
14-Feb-1944 to 11-Mar-1944

 

State School 1944

Reopened as Juniors & Infants only 24-Apr-1944 under 1 teacher, seniors to Chulmleigh Senior School.

Edith Sarah Harry
24-Apr-1944 to 28-Mar-1945
   

Mrs Leaff
16-Apr-1945 to 26-Jul-1946
temporary head until 1-Jun-1945

Supply head teachers:

Mrs E V Hooper
Mrs E M B Woodward

   

Mrs E R Wells
28-Oct-1946 to 26-Jul-1957

Temporary head teachers while Mrs Wells in hospital

15-Mar-1954 to 3-May-1954 Esther Beeson (taken ill)
Mrs E Millicent Wilkes
Hilda Sellers

17-Feb-1947 Mr(?) Borwn, assistant teacher (uncertified)

Miss Bear, assistant teacher
6-Sep-1948 to 17-Sep-1948 (travel expenses too much)

Mrs Shere, assistant teacher
30-Nov-1948 to 25-Aug-1951
absent  21-Mar-1949 to 8-Sep-1949, supply Mrs Holman

Mrs Unsworth, infant teacher
6-Sep-1951 to 29-Apr-1952

Temporary supply teachers:

30-Apr-1952 Nrs Andrews
16-May-1952 to 11-Jan-1954 Mrs Collins

Jan-1954 to Sep-1954 Mrs Shere returns

Miss French, assistant teacher
7-Sep-1954to 10-Jan-1957 married as Mrs Cooper

Mrs W Troake, supply teacher
Jan-1957 to 26-Jul-1957

 

Mrs E Clement
10-Sep-1957 to 22-Jul-1966

Supply head teacher:

8-Sep-1966 to 21-Dec-1966 Mr Holding

Mrs Sellers, infant teacher
10-Sep-1957 to 6-Apr-1966 (retired)

Mrs Parnell, infant mistress
16-May-1966
(leave of absence 21-Dec-1966 to 5-Jun-1967 covered by Mrs Sellers)

 

Miss Olive Ashley
9-Jan-1967 to 1980

Supply head teacher:

1980 (one term) Mrs Dallyn

Mrs Parnell, infant mistress
5-Jun-1967

Mrs Sellers, morning session until new classroom build
23-Apr-1968

Mrs Sandy Haughton, infant teacher
1979 to 1981 

 
Mrs Sandra Barnett
12-Jan-1981 to 6-May-1986
Maternity leave:

9-Sep-1985 to 6-Jan-1986 Mrs Sandy Haughton 

Acting head teach:

6-May 1986 Mrs Sandy Haughton

Mrs Sandy Haughton, infant teacher
1981 to 1987

 
Mrs Elsa Palmer (later Wakefield)
6-Jan-1987 to 2003Mrs Elsa Palmer

Mrs Sandy Haughton, infant teacher
1987 to 

 
Mrs Anne Ladbrook
2003 to 2011

 

 

East Worlington School (part of Chulmleigh Academy)

Mr Jon Pratt
2011  (interim head of school)

   
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