School scrubbed and walls brushed during holidays. Reopened this morning, snow very thick on ground from fall of Friday last. Very few children present. These sent home and school closed for the day.
The headteacher responsible for keeping the log book in 1894 was Mr Padmore, who according to a note added at the front of the book began teaching at Swanage National School, as it was then known, in 1890. In 1894 there were 217 children attending, with room for 300. There was an Infants Department and a Mixed Department.
