ED 991919-1942Board of Education: Elementary Education, Premises Survey Files
Board of Education files containing area reports by H.M. Inspectors on unsatisfactory school premises and minutes and memoranda leading up to the compilation and transmission to Local Education Authorities of lists (known as Black Lists) of schools with defective premises.
The series contains correspondence and further reference to inspectors for details of progress made and improvements obtained. They also show the reaction of authorities and voluntary bodies to proposals for improved provision for elementary education and record parliamentary questions and answers relating to Black List schools.
As a result of the war and the Education Act, 1944, few papers exist after 1939.