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SWAYLANDS SCHOOL, KENT

Catalogue reference: ACC/3605

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This record is about the SWAYLANDS SCHOOL, KENT dating from 1957-1959.

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Reference
ACC/3605
Title
SWAYLANDS SCHOOL, KENT
Date
1957-1959
Description

Photographs of the school

Related material

<p>The records of the Middlesex County Council, including Education Committee minutes and the records of the Education Department are held by the Greater London Record Office.</p>

Held by
London Metropolitan Archives: City of London
Language
English
Creator(s)
<corpname>Swaylands School, Kent</corpname>
Physical description
3 volumes and 1 print
Administrative / biographical background

Swaylands School was a residential special school for educationally subnormal boys maintained by Middlesex County Council.

After the passing of the 1944 Education Act, the MCC expanded its provision for special education increasing its numbers of residential schools from one to ten, many accommodated in large mansions in the home counties. Swaylands was a 19th century Tudor style house situated at Penshurst, near Tonbridge, in Kent.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/11a5aeb0-39ee-4a92-b1f6-58649c1c086e/

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