Education

• What challenges meant a new education system was needed?

  • Increase in sizes of towns
  • Literacy and Numeracy skills being needed more for trade
  • Norman Barons and Knights wanting their children to receive the highest education possible
  • Monastic Reforms disallowing Monasteries to educate children
• What changes were brought by the Normans to the education system?

  • Schools were moved out of religious grounds into separate buildings in towns and villages
  • The vernacular was changed from English to French
  • Writing was taught in Latin
• How many schools were set up in the 12th Century?

  40
• How many schools were set up in the 13th Century?

  75
• What did Lanfranc and Anselm do to promote education?

  • Built libraries
  • Built church schools to increase the number of Clergy
  • Introduced Grammar Schools to improve Literacy rates and get more lay people
• What were the purpose of Grammar Schools?


  To educate the Clergy and produce literate lay people
• Who were able to enrol into Grammar Schools?

  Wealthy Boys
• What were students taught at Grammar Schools?


  To write and speak in Latin
• How long was a school day?

  From sunrise until the late afternoon
• How long was a School year?

  3 terms - starting in September and ending in June
• How long did students stay in education?

  4 years
• Why might some need to go into further education?

  If they wanted to pursue a career in being a Parish Priest, Secretarial Clerk or Merchant
• What is a Vernacular?


  Local language of a school