Exploring Oxfordshire school history
Resources to help people explore and celebrate school history in the county.
Our digital resources website has a range of resources to encourage people to explore and celebrate school history in the county. This includes:
- a brief history of education in Oxfordshire since the 1870 Elementary Education Act
- a photographic journey through life and learning in Oxfordshire schools
- extracts from different types of archive documents, including school log books, admission registers and building plans
- memories of Oxfordshire school life recorded in oral histories
- a selection of objects from Oxfordshire Museums collections
- how to go about researching the history of your own school