Acc. No.

1998.43

   and

1998.44

Given by Eleanor Barnes (via Katie Pentith and Richard Schofield, former pupils of Wennington School) on 2 October 1998

Catalogue No.

PP KCB

KENNETH CHARLES BARNES: PERSONAL PAPERS

DUE TO THE SENSITIVITY OF THE MATERIAL PARTS OF THIS COLLECTION HAVE RESTRICTED ACCESS (SEE SEPARATE CATALOGUE ENTRIES)

Records relating to education, career, family and personal life

1919 - 1993

PP KCB 1/1

Education

1919 – 1930

1 folder

School reports, prize certificates and General School Examination Certificate received whilst at Emanuel School.

Also certification of matriculation as a student at the University of London, 1920, with degree certificate, 1924.

Includes teacher registration certificate with related documentation, giving details of attainments and experience in teaching, 1927 – 1930.

PP KCB 1/2

Testimonials of Kenneth Barnes written by various teaching professionals for teaching posts

1924 – 1937

1 folder

Some are originals and others are copies.  There are also some typed versions of hand written letters.

PP KCB 1/3

Papers relating to a local tribunal for the registration of Kenneth Barnes in the register of conscientious objectors to national service (armed forces)

1941-

1942

1 folder

Application to the local tribunal; notice of hearing of application and notification of result of  Kenneth Barnes’ application.

Includes correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and his witnesses regarding the tribunal.

PP KCB 1/4

Portfolio, arranged and put together by Kenneth Barnes, containing  published articles and pamphlets (in their published format) written by, and about, Kenneth Barnes

1952-

1988

2 folders

Some have been annotated with further details by Kenneth Barnes.

Includes first drafts of some of the material.

Kept in Kenneth Barnes’ original order.

[See also PP KCB 6/1/1 – 6/6/6 for drafts and published versions of material written by Kenneth Barnes]

PP KCB 1/5

8^th Centenary Souvenir Programme for St. John The Baptist Church, Chirton, Wiltshire

1970

1 item

Annotated by Kenneth Barnes as the place where his great grandfather is buried.

PP KCB 1/6

Papers relating to Kenneth Barnes’ Exhibition of Paintings held on 18 September 1983 at Bolton Percy, York, as part of his 80^th birthday celebrations

1983

1 folder

Invitation to the exhibition; a flyer for the event giving details of the paintings, where the proceeds from any sale went to, and travel information for reaching the venue; information sheets distributed during the exhibition which contain some personal notes written by Kenneth Barnes, information for purchasers, descriptions and prices of all the paintings.

Includes a note of thanks, written by Kenneth Barnes after the exhibition, with details of total proceeds raised from the event.

Also ‘The Paintings of Kenneth Barnes’ and ‘An eightieth birthday exhibition’ by Clive Penman, in ‘Quaker Monthly’, Vol. 62-12, December 1983, pp 246-249. 

PP KCB 1/7

Medical history

1985-

1993

1 folder

Two medical histories compiled by Kenneth Barnes, 1985 and 1988, which include dates and details of illnesses suffered, and medication administered.

Also a remedial therapy progress card for a fall in 1993.

PP KCB 1/8

Curriculum vitae

c.1970

1 folder

3 different copies all drawn up during approximately the same period.

PP KCB 1/9

List, compiled by Kenneth Barnes, of all the books, booklets and symposia he wrote

c. 1984

1 item

Includes the titles, dates and publishers of all the material.

Note: this list is incomplete.

Bedales School

1931-

1992

Sunday Evening Assembly papers

1931 - 1939

PP KCB 2/1/1

Sunday Evening Addresses given by Kenneth Barnes during assembly

1931-

1939

2 folders

Hand written and typed; covering various subjects.

Includes drafts – complete and incomplete.

Also includes annotations by Kenneth Barnes.

PP KCB 2/1/2

Information sheet: General order for Sunday Evening Assembly

c.1930

1 item

Correspondence to Kenneth Barnes relating to his resignation from the school

1940

PP KCB 2/2/1

Correspondence from J H Badley, governor and former headmaster of Bedales

1940

1 folder

Relates to the future of the school and Kenneth Barnes’ reasons for leaving.

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PP KCB 2/2/2

Correspondence from the Chairman of the Governors

1940

1 item

Also relates to the term’s salary.

Addresses given by Kenneth Barnes to members of the Bedales Company, Parents and Staff

1972

PP KCB 2/3/1

‘Relationships in the Coeducational School’, given on 6^th May

1972

1 item

Material written by Kenneth Barnes for the Bedales history

1992

PP KCB 2/4/1

Two drafts of an article entitled: ‘Bedales: Further Memories and Reflections’

1992

2 items

Written in the form of a letter addressed to Pennie Denton with details regarding teaching science at Bedales, political and social circumstances in the thirties, and conferences.

Annotated by Kenneth Barnes.

[See also PP KCB 8/3/3] for a further article about Bedales School written in 1964]

Wennington School

1941-

1995

Records relating to Creative Society Schools Limited

1944-

1979

PP KCB 3/1/1

Memorandum and Articles of Association

1944

1 item

Includes a copy of the certificate of incorporation.

(Kenneth Barnes, Gladys Frances Barnes; Edith B McCarthy)

PP KCB 3/1/2

Share certificates and transfers

1945-

1953

1 folder

PP KCB 3/1/3

“Register of Directors’ Holdings and Interests”

1945-

1972

1 volume

PP KCB 3/1/4

Trust Deed for securing issue of debentures of £50 each

1959

2 items

Draft and copy; both annotated; unsigned

(Creative Society Schools Limited; Alfred Walter Bayes, Eric William Cockroft, Alan James Kerry)

The trust deed refers to the original deed of conveyance, 1945, concerning Ingmanthorpe Hall, other premises situate in the parishes of Kirk Deighton and Wetherby, Yorkshire.

(Hugh Bowman, John James Robinson; Kenneth Charles Barnes, Marjorie Bayes, Rawlinson Charles Ford; Creative Society Schools Limited)

PP KCB 3/1/5

A Review of  the Debentures

c.1959

2 items

Includes a copy of the Directors’ resolution in respect of cancellation of old debentures and issue of new.

PP KCB 3/1/6

Charity Commissions

1975-

1977

2 items

A copy giving Creative Society Schools Limited authority to sell real estate and a draft for the Wennington School Bursary Fund scheme including appointment of trustees.

PP KCB 3/1/7

Members’ voluntary winding-up form

1979

1 item

Includes a financial statement showing assets at estimated realisable values and liabilities expected to rank as at 7 December 1979.

Minutes of Meetings of Directors, Governors, Parents and Staff, and School Chairman Files

[RESTRICTED ACCESS]

1944-

1983

PP KCB 3/2/1

“Wennington School: Minutes of meetings of Directors.  Papers relating to closure etc.  From 1959 - 1975”

1944-

1975

1 volume

The minutes are all signed and include Annual General Meetings, Directors’ and Governors’ meetings.

Includes (loose in book) amended Memorandum of Association of Creative Society Schools Limited, 1966; letter to Wolf Mendl from Kenneth Barnes regarding the school, 1972; minutes of Directors’ meetings held 7 February 1959 and 28 June 1959 respectively; “Statement for the Governors of Wennington School”, 1967; letter to Kenneth Barnes from Dr. Alfred Torrie, 1968; details of a conference to be held between the Governors and staff of the school on 10 January 1970; Headmaster’s notes for the Governors’ meeting to be held on 19 June 1971; statement of grounds upon which the Governors of Wennington School based their decision to ask the Headmaster to give them his resignation from the post of Headmaster of Wennington, undated.

[continued on next page…]

PP KCB 3/2/1

[Continued from previous page]

“Wennington School: Minutes of meetings of Directors.  Papers relating to closure etc.  From 1959 - 1975”

1944-

1975

1 volume

Also includes (affixed) a reprint of an article written by Kenneth Barnes from a book about coeducational boarding schools entitled ‘Wennington’, c.1960; correspondence relating to an anonymous gift to the school, 1964; obituary of Hugh Leech in ‘The Times’, 10 May 1967 with the school’s obituary, 1967; correspondence relating to a letter given to the Headmaster by some of the pupils, 1970; record of an interview with the Headmaster prepared for Peter Hamilton, Chairman, undated; acting headmaster’s report for Summer term 1973; article written by Kenneth Barnes entitled ‘Wennington School: The Problem of Co-operation’, undated; correspondence relating to a Minute concerning the consideration of the Parents’ Association resolution, 1973; the school’s estimated income and expenditure for the year ending August 1973; Headmaster’s report to the Governors, 27 October 1973.

[continued on next page…]

PP KCB 3/2/1

[Continued from previous page]

“Wennington School: Minutes of meetings of Directors.  Papers relating to closure etc.  From 1959 - 1975”

1944-

1975

1 volume

Also (affixed in back of book) correspondence between various school Governors, the Chairman, Kenneth Barnes and the Headmaster relating to the state of the school and its closure, 1970 – 1974; the Headmaster’s address at a Parents meeting on 3 July 1971; text of a statement made by the Reverend Peter Hamilton, Chairman, at a meeting of parents, staff and a delegation of pupils on 26 November 1972; a document for the Headmaster produced as a result of a meeting of the Governors on 16 December 1972; draft of a possible statement to parents regarding the future of the school, undated; a copy of an addendum inserted into a copy of the book ‘Energy Unbound’ written by Kenneth Barnes, undated; notice to the Governors entitled ‘The Crisis at Wennington School’, 1972; a list of the members of the school’s governing body, c.1974; statement by Kenneth Barnes entitled ‘Wennington School – The Crisis of 1974’; an abbreviation of a press release about the school, 1974; resolution declaring the closure of the school in 1974; papers relating to the Wennington School appeal fund, 1974 - 1975; letter from Peter Hamilton to all those associated with the school relating to the school’s closure, 1974; a statement of the origin, principles and achievements of the school written by Kenneth Barnes, 1974; copy of a Minute from the Directors’ meeting of 31 December 1974 declaring the closure date of the school; a statement of conduct of officials of the Company in the event of any dispute, undated.

[See also PP KCB 4/5 for papers relating to the book ‘Energy Unbound’]

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PP KCB 3/2/2

School Chairman’s File

1966-

1968

1 folder

Contains statements concerning the school’s direction and the headmaster’s salary; notices of directors’ meetings; minutes of parent/teacher meetings, Governors’ meetings and Directors’ meetings; statements of accounts; correspondence between school Governors, including Kenneth Barnes in his capacity as Headmaster relating to school business and Kenneth and Eleanor Barnes’ possible visit to Canada, 1967.

Includes a letter from Kenneth Barnes to Peter Hamilton regarding the obituary of Hugh Leech, 1967.

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PP KCB 3/2/3

School Chairman’s File

1968-

1971

1 folder

Contains notices and agendas of Directors’ meetings; minutes of parent/teacher meeting; Headmaster’s notes for Governors’ meetings; statements of accounts, including staff salary details as at May 1970; correspondence between school Governors and the Chairman relating to school business.

Includes a report on central heating and hot water supply for the main school, courtyard block, flats and changing rooms, 1970.

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PP KCB 3/2/4

School Chairman’s File

1971-

1972

1 folder

Contains agendas of Governors’ meetings; minutes of Governors’ meetings, staff meetings and parents meetings; Headmaster’s notes for Governor’s meetings; correspondence between Peter Hamilton, Chairman of the Board of Governors, and other Governors and Brian Hill, Headmaster, regarding school business.

Includes a list of projects needed to be undertaken at the school, undated; a list of the principal items of expenditure, 1968 – 1971; a list of staff salaries and a list of staff members, undated; a petition signed by pupils addressed to the Governors regarding the attendance of pupils at Governors’ meetings, 1972.

Also includes notes on documents relating to the sale of Gamekeepers Cottage, Wennington, and a copy of the original conveyance deed dated 1972 with a map of the property.

(Creative Society Schools Limited; Barclays Bank Limited; Louis Norman Jones and Irma Dora Friederike Jones)

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PP KCB 3/2/5

Minutes, agendas and notices of Annual General Meetings and meetings of Directors and Governors of the school not included in the volume (PP KCB 3/2/1) or the other Chairman files (PP KCB 3/2/2 - 3/2/4)

1948-

1977

1 folder

Include correspondence between various Governors regarding school business; Directors’ reports; correspondence relating to the appointment of Headmaster, 1967; Headmaster’s report for a Governors’ meeting to be held on 28 October 1972; cancellation of mandate between Barclays Bank and the Headmaster on his resignation, 1973.

Also include a copy of the minutes of the school’s Finance Committee on 23 March 1973; details of salary arrangements of the Abbotsholme Headmaster, 1967, and the Burnham scale for Headmasters, undated; a draft document, involving several independent co-educational boarding schools, drawn up for the Secretary of State for Education, 1965; statements detailing the financial position of the school, 1966 and 1973; statement by Kenneth Barnes about the nature and purpose of the Governors, undated; memorandum on the Constitution of Creative Society Schools Limited, undated; notes of a special meeting between the Governing Body and H M Inspectors, c.1948.

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PP KCB 3/2/6

Draft minutes, agendas and notices for Annual General Meetings of Creative Society Schools Limited for the post-closure period of the school

1976-

1983

1 folder

Includes a form for voting by proxy, 1980; letter from Kenneth Barnes to members of Creative Society Schools Limited regarding various matters following the school’s closure, 1979; letter from the Companies Registration Office to Kenneth Barnes regarding Creative Society Schools Limited, 1976; unsigned letter from Kenneth Barnes to Peter Hamilton regarding an Annual General Meeting, 1976.

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PP KCB 3/2/7

Minutes of Wennington School Parents’ and School Association meetings

1973-

1974

3 items

The first set of minutes are from the first meeting which details the rules and object of the Association.

Includes a short talk from the Chairman of the Parents’ Association on the last Parents’ Day.

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Ministry of Education Reports by H M Inspectors on Wennington School

1948 - 1959

PP KCB 3/3/1

Reports for inspections carried out in May 1948 and December 1959

1948 - 1959

2 items

The report for 1959 contains annotations from an unknown source.

School staff salaries and school accounts

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1941-

1978

PP KCB 3/4/1

“Old Ledger”

1941-

1944

1 volume

Contains account details for fees, donations, loans, board and hospitality, school equipment, household equipment, rent, rates and taxes, electricity, telephone, heating, insurance, advertising, repairs and renewals, tuck, carriage, sundries, wages and salaries, newspapers, medical expenses, farm and garden.

Also housekeeping accounts, school bank, staff and children’s expenditure, bank account details, including profit and loans.

Includes at front: index to costings.

Also includes (loose in volume) extra fees, 1944; details of stock, 1944.

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PP KCB 3/4/2

“Staff Salaries from October 31^st 1945”

1945-

1946

1 volume

Includes at back: list of deductions from salaries/amounts paid out for staff during the month.

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PP KCB 3/4/3

“Salaries: 1950/51/52”

1950-

1952

1 volume

Includes (loose in volume) summary of salaries for the various departments of the school, undated; salary list incorporating new pay scales, 1952; receipt of money paid in lieu of travelling expenses, undated.

[Note: this volume is outsize]

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PP KCB 3/4/4

“Salaries: Sept 1961 – Aug 1962”

1961-

1962

1 volume

Includes wages for gardens, maintenance and household, 1961 – 1962.

[Note: binding very fragile, some pages loose and torn away from rest of volume]

HANDLE WITH CARE

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PP KCB 3/4/5

Wages book for non-resident garden, domestic and maintenance staff

1962-

1966

1 volume

Wages for 1962 – 1963 and 1965 – 1966.

Includes at front: annotation written at a later date by Kenneth Barnes.

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PP KCB 3/4/6

Staff salary book

1963-

1964

1 volume

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PP KCB 3/4/7

“Petty Cash: Nov 1/54 – Oct 31/55”

1954-

1955

1 volume

Includes analysis of petty cash spent on teaching materials and sundries.

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PP KCB 3/4/8

Drafts and interim statements of accounts, balance sheets and expenditure

1947-

1976

1 folder

These cover all financial aspects of the school – teaching salaries, bursary fund, debts, school buildings, boarding and tuition fees.

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PP KCB 3/4/9

Statements of accounts

1948-

1978

1 folder

Includes (affixed to each statement) notices and Directors’ reports for Annual General Meetings of Creative Society Schools Limited, 1948, 1973, 1975, 1978.

Also list of estimated income and expenditure for the years 1973 – 1975.

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School correspondence

1949-

1995

PP KCB 3/5/1

Correspondence from School Directors to Kenneth Barnes

1949-

1974

1 folder

Relating to meetings held, school finance and accounts, and the school buildings.

Also a letter to Alfred Sessa, Headmaster, from David Medd, principal architect for the Department of Education and Science regarding plans for a new dining room, 1973.

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PP KCB 3/5/2

Correspondence between Kenneth Barnes (in his capacity as Secretary to Creative Society Schools Limited) and Blackburns, Robson, Coates & co. (the school’s accountants) and Ford & Warren (the school’s solicitors)

1949-

1974

1 folder

Relating to all the school’s financial and legal business, including details of accounts.

Also a form of mandate for Creative Society Schools Limited with related correspondence, 1974.

Also includes a letter from Mr. J T Hobbs to Kenneth and Eleanor Barnes in support of the school, 1974.

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PP KCB 3/5/3

Official correspondence and memoranda circulated to all School Directors

1953-

1976

1 folder

These discuss the school’s financial position, building plans, appeals for, and the closure and sale of, the school.

Includes a list of the Directors, 1976.

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PP KCB 3/5/4

Correspondence between School Governors (largely addressed to or from Kenneth Barnes)

1957-

1967

1 folder

Relating to official school business, meetings of Governors and Directors, accounts and plans for building work at the school.

Includes correspondence to and from Hugh Leech.

Also correspondence relating to the draft document involving several independent co-educational boarding schools, drawn up for the Secretary of State for Education, 1965.

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PP KCB 3/5/5

Correspondence addressed to Peter Hamilton, Chairman of Governors, from Brian Hill, Headmaster

1968-

1972

1 folder

Relating to various school issues.

Includes Brian Hill’s letter of acceptance of the position of Headmaster, 1968.

Also correspondence from other Governors (including Kenneth Barnes) regarding school issues.

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PP KCB 3/5/6

Official correspondence from the school to all parents of pupils relating to the closure of the school and raising funds in order to try to keep it open

1974

1 folder

Includes a draft notice of closure, 1974.

Also a copy of a letter sent to parents regarding pupils drinking and smoking in the school, undated.

PP KCB 3/5/7

Correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and parents and friends of the school relating to the impending closure of the school, donations and appeals

1974

1 folder

Many of the letters are marked by Kenneth Barnes to indicate that they have been acknowledged.

Includes a receipt for a deed of covenant, 1974; lists of names of people to be acknowledged for money they contributed to the school appeal with details of amounts sent, 1974; lists of names of people who sent money to the school appeal with details of amounts and method of payment, 1974.

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PP KCB 3/5/8

Correspondence between the school and Ford & Warren (the school’s solicitors), and Robson Rhodes (the school’s accountants), which all relates to the closure period of the school

1975-

1983

1 folder

Also a letter to Kenneth Barnes from Hepper Watson & Sons, chartered surveyors, 1975; a stock transfer form relating to Creative Society Schools limited, 1974; a letter to Kenneth Barnes from Walter Crawford, Chairman of Ayton School Committee expressing gratitude for the transfer of Wennington’s Bursary Fund to Ayton School, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, 1976; draft notice and Directors’ report for a meeting of Creative Society Schools Limited which gives details for the school’s closure, 1975; invoices for the services of Robson Rhodes, 1978; annual return for Creative Society Schools Limited, 1979; notice of a General Meeting of Creative Society Schools Limited, 1980.

Also includes remittance advice and records of sales of Kenneth Barnes’ book ‘Energy Unbound’, 1980 – 1983.

[See also PP KCB 4/5 for papers relating to the book ‘Energy Unbound’]

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PP KCB 3/5/9

General school correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and various people

1959-

1995

1 folder

Includes a copy of part of a letter sent on to Kenneth Barnes relating to the school bursary fund and archives, 1995.

Also notes about various school issues drawn up for a letter, undated.

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PP KCB 3/5/10

Correspondence between Kenneth, Frances and Eleanor Barnes, and old pupils of the school containing all their latest news and details of what they are doing now

1947-

1985

3 folders

Some of the letters have been annotated by Kenneth Barnes.

Some of the letters contain enclosures which include photographs, leaflets and brochures.

Also one letter contains 3 papers relating to ‘The Blackie Programme’, a community cultural project, 1982 – 1984.

[See also PP KCB 8/1/1 for further correspondence from former pupils]

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PP KCB 3/5/11

Official papers relating to the Wennington School Association for former students

1960-

1984

1 folder

These include reply forms for the 1960 Annual Reunion; reply forms for membership renewal, 1962 – 1964; minutes for association’s Annual General Meetings, 1982 – 1983; an interim report on Wennington School, 1964; association newsletter, 1981; lists of old scholars names and addresses, 1974 – 1980; lists of former staff’s names, addresses and details of what they have done, undated; list of pupils’ marriages and births, undated; list of Christmas cards received by Kenneth Barnes from present and former pupils, old friends and present and former staff.

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PP KCB 3/5/12

Wolf Mendl’s (member of staff) school papers and correspondence

1951-

1954

1 folder

These include a programme for the school’s medieval fair containing an article by Wolf Mendl, 1951; correspondence addressed to Wolf from various people with links to the school, 1954; Wennington Debating Society’s constitution, 1952; progress report for and information about the medieval fair, 1951.

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PP KCB 3/5/13

Correspondence between Mr. J Wren-Lewis of Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, London, and Kenneth Barnes relating to the school’s appeal for funding

1961

1 folder

PP KCB 3/5/14

School letterhead

n.d.

1 item

Official school records

1942-

1972

PP KCB 3/6/1

Copy of proposed contract of service for headmaster (Kenneth Barnes)

c.1940

1 item

Unsigned.

PP KCB 3/6/2

School entry forms for pupils

1942-

1944

2 items

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PP KCB 3/6/3

Staff meeting notes on classroom method

1964

1 item

Annotated by Kenneth Barnes.

PP KCB 3/6/4

Statistics of the school’s Ordinary Level and Advanced Level examination results

1972

1 item

Also (affixed at front) details of the school’s future examination policy.

PP KCB 3/6/5

Timetable and curricular development scheme

n.d.

1 item

Includes detailed plan of scheme.

Sunday Evening Talks, written and given by Kenneth Barnes to the school during assembly regarding various subjects

[These have been kept in their original arrangement hence do not follow on in date order]

1947-

1968

PP KCB 3/7/1

“Wennington Sunday Evening Talks (S. E. T.) Vol I”

1952-

1968

1 folder

A folder containing copies and originals of talks.  Some are annotated by Kenneth Barnes.

Includes (loose at front) a preface which explains the Sunday Evening Assemblies.

Also (affixed at front) an index to the talks with a suggested order in which they were given.

Also includes (loose at back) copies of talks added at a later date.  These have been added to the foot of the index.

PP KCB 3/7/2

Sunday evening talks

1949-

1968

1 folder

Include originals and copies of some of the addresses in PP KCB 3/7/1.  Some are annotated by Kenneth Barnes.

PP KCB 3/7/3

Sunday evening talks

1947-

1968

2 folders

Include originals and copies of some of the addresses in PP KCB 3/7/1.  Some are annotated by Kenneth Barnes.

Also (at front) an index to the talks with dates at which some were given.

PP KCB 3/7/4

“Wennington School Sunday Evening Assembly: Order of Events”

n.d.

1 folder

Also a hand written prayer.

Lists of names of people associated with the school

1961-

1975

PP KCB 3/8/1

Form lists

1961-

1973

1 folder

For years 1961, 1966, 1968, 1973.

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PP KCB 3/8/2

Members for the 11^th  co-educational conference in Reading, Berkshire, held from 31 March to 3 April, 1964

1964

1 item

PP KCB 3/8/3

Pupils for a Parent’s Day on 4 November 1972

1972

1 item

Also a list of visitors attending and a sheet with  procedures and preparations for the day.

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PP KCB 3/8/4

School staff

1975

1 folder

There are two lists.  One was drawn up for a Governors’ meeting and includes the names, qualifications and subject taught, undated.  The other was put together by Kenneth Barnes in 1975 and includes the names and dates of employment of all staff from 1940 to the school’s closure in 1975.

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PP KCB 3/8/5

List compiled by Kenneth Barnes of school Directors and Governors who had died or had not been heard from

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c.1965

1 item

PP KCB 3/8/6

List of all pupils who attended the school

c.1975

1 folder

The list includes the name of the pupil, date of birth, entry to the school, leaving date and some details about parents.

Includes (loose at front) a note written by Kenneth Barnes about the list.

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PP KCB 3/8/7

List of members of Creative Society Schools Limited

n.d.

1 item

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Miscellaneous records relating to Kenneth Barnes’ links with the school

1948-

1968

PP KCB 3/9/1

 A newsletter from Kenneth and Frances Barnes to the school about a crisis in the life of the school

1948

1 item

PP KCB 3/9/2

“Wennington School 1967 – 68”, a black and white photograph cut out of a magazine

1949-

1968

4 items

Also 3 black and white photographs of groups of children sitting on some steps by a stone building, 1949 and 1953.

PP KCB 3/9/3

“Wennington School: 1940 – 1961”, a book given to Kenneth and Frances Barnes from the school

1961

1 volume

Includes the names of pupils and staff with a painted picture spanning across the inside covers of the book.

Inscribed (at back) with “Fifth Year, Woodlands Comprehensive Sch., Coventry, ‘61” and “from Colin Dick – with good wishes”.

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PP KCB 3/9/4

“The Wenningtonian” - the school newsletter

c. 1951

1 item

PP KCB 3/9/5

‘Reflections on the Last Days Before Retirement’ an article written by Kenneth Barnes

c. 1968

1 item

Note: this is incomplete.

[See PP KCB 4/5 for a complete version]