20th century & onwards - Burley District Schools
(19th century - Victorian Schools)
1902 - 1903 Private boarding school for boys. The Mount at Stead. Headmaster Dr J. A. Etches.
1905 - 2005 Clevedon House Preparatory School, The Mount, Stead. First headmaster Ernest W. Stokoe MA
1905 - 1950 Wesleyan (Methodist) Sunday & Day School, Main Street. Renamed Burley Main Street Provided School.
1905 - 1922 The Burley Township School, Hill Top off Main Street. Renamed Burley Infants Provided School.
Both non-denominational.
1914 - ???? Primitive Methodist School, Sun Lane. Attached to rear of Primitive Methodist Chapel, Victoria Road.
1930s Howdean Private School - initially at the Township School, then at Dial House, Main Street.
Miss Muriel Smith of Otley, x20 infant & junior aged children.
c1931 - 1963 Littleburn Home School, an independent primary school. It was situated at the end of Menston Old Lane & Endor Crescent. Montessori and P.N.E.U. Teaching for boys and girls age 3 to 10 Years.
1935 Burley Preparatory School, location not currently known. Possibly an alternative name for Howdean Private School or Littleburn Home School (see above). Boys & girls.
1940/1941 - 1971 St Philips School, Burley House, Main Street. Independent co-educational day & boarding.
Relocated from Scalby, near Scarborough. Initial evacuation in 1940 to "Brookside" house, Burley in Wharfedale.
1942 - 1954 Burley Day Centre & Nursery, Grange Road. Re-opened as a Child Welfare Clinic in 1955 that included nursery provision.
1950 - 1972 Burley National School becomes Burley Junior & Infants Church of England (CofE) School. Locally the school was known as Burley CofE Primary, Aireville Terrace. Head Teachers Albert Simmons (1950-1957); Frank Newbould (1957-1972).
The school was only nominally CofE, the curriculum for religious education was changed to allow all denominations to attend.
All children over the age of 11 moved to Ben Rhydding / Ilkley Secondary Modern School or Ilkley Grammar School or Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley.
1972 - 1999 Burley CofE First School, Aireville Terrace. Headmaster Frank Newbould (1972-73). Children aged 5 to 9 years.
1972 - 1973 Burley Middle School shared Aireville First School premises until their Langford Lane site opened in 1973.
1973 - 1999 Burley Middle School, Langford Lane. Headmaster Mr Leslie Hall.
1974? - 2006 The Grange Adult Education Centre, Main Street.
1976 - 1999 Burley & Woodhead Church of England First School, Sandholme Drive. First Head Anne Bell - 1976-1988
Nominally CofE but open to all denominations.
1982 to present Burley Nursery School, The Manse, 48 Station Road.
1993 to present Esscroft Nursery, Ilkley Road.
???? to present Cliffe House Day Nursery, Back Lane.
1997 to present Jolly Tots Nursery, Queens Hall, Main Street.
1999 to present Burley Oaks Primary School, Langford Lane.
1999 to present Burley & Woodhead Church of England Primary School, Sandholme Drive. Nominally CofE but open to all denominations.
2006 to present Ghyll Royd School & Pre-school, Greystone Manor, Ilkley Road.
1905 - 2005 Clevedon House Preparatory School, The Mount, Stead. First headmaster Ernest W. Stokoe MA
1905 - 1950 Wesleyan (Methodist) Sunday & Day School, Main Street. Renamed Burley Main Street Provided School.
1905 - 1922 The Burley Township School, Hill Top off Main Street. Renamed Burley Infants Provided School.
Both non-denominational.
1914 - ???? Primitive Methodist School, Sun Lane. Attached to rear of Primitive Methodist Chapel, Victoria Road.
1930s Howdean Private School - initially at the Township School, then at Dial House, Main Street.
Miss Muriel Smith of Otley, x20 infant & junior aged children.
c1931 - 1963 Littleburn Home School, an independent primary school. It was situated at the end of Menston Old Lane & Endor Crescent. Montessori and P.N.E.U. Teaching for boys and girls age 3 to 10 Years.
1935 Burley Preparatory School, location not currently known. Possibly an alternative name for Howdean Private School or Littleburn Home School (see above). Boys & girls.
1940/1941 - 1971 St Philips School, Burley House, Main Street. Independent co-educational day & boarding.
Relocated from Scalby, near Scarborough. Initial evacuation in 1940 to "Brookside" house, Burley in Wharfedale.
1942 - 1954 Burley Day Centre & Nursery, Grange Road. Re-opened as a Child Welfare Clinic in 1955 that included nursery provision.
1950 - 1972 Burley National School becomes Burley Junior & Infants Church of England (CofE) School. Locally the school was known as Burley CofE Primary, Aireville Terrace. Head Teachers Albert Simmons (1950-1957); Frank Newbould (1957-1972).
The school was only nominally CofE, the curriculum for religious education was changed to allow all denominations to attend.
All children over the age of 11 moved to Ben Rhydding / Ilkley Secondary Modern School or Ilkley Grammar School or Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley.
1972 - 1999 Burley CofE First School, Aireville Terrace. Headmaster Frank Newbould (1972-73). Children aged 5 to 9 years.
1972 - 1973 Burley Middle School shared Aireville First School premises until their Langford Lane site opened in 1973.
1973 - 1999 Burley Middle School, Langford Lane. Headmaster Mr Leslie Hall.
1974? - 2006 The Grange Adult Education Centre, Main Street.
1976 - 1999 Burley & Woodhead Church of England First School, Sandholme Drive. First Head Anne Bell - 1976-1988
Nominally CofE but open to all denominations.
1982 to present Burley Nursery School, The Manse, 48 Station Road.
1993 to present Esscroft Nursery, Ilkley Road.
???? to present Cliffe House Day Nursery, Back Lane.
1997 to present Jolly Tots Nursery, Queens Hall, Main Street.
1999 to present Burley Oaks Primary School, Langford Lane.
1999 to present Burley & Woodhead Church of England Primary School, Sandholme Drive. Nominally CofE but open to all denominations.
2006 to present Ghyll Royd School & Pre-school, Greystone Manor, Ilkley Road.