Although this section covers the main schools
in the village, Rawlins and the primary (once called National) school, information is also provided about the many private
schools which sprang up in the 18th and 19th century. The extracts
from the log books of the National Schools dating from 1863 are particularly
interesting.
 |  | Inaugural Meeting of Quorn Rawlins Old Girls Association, 1956
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School became girls only in 1948 and in 1956 an Old Girls ...... cont.
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 | | Rawlins School Headteachers and Badges/Logos 1892 to 2023
Rawlins School has had 10 headteachers/principals and six badges/logos between its ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Rawlins Grammar School panoramic photograph, 1965
This 'whole school' photograph was taken at Rawlins School in 1965, when it was an all ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1950, Vol 5 No 2
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn St Bart’s Junior Football Team 1947/48
St Bart’s Junior School Football Team had a series of successes in the late 1940/early ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn St Bart’s Primary School football shirt, 1960s
This football shirt belonged to Christian Pyne in the 1960s who played in the school team ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn National School, approx 1892
Loughborough Echo
Friday 28th November 1952
Are You On This Picture?
Quorn Mixed – ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn National School 1900
Loughborough Echo
Friday 19 December 1952
QUORN NATIONAL SCHOOL 1900
The above ...... cont.
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 | | Thomas Rawlins Grammar School, early 1920s
Little is known about this photograph of Thomas Rawlins Grammar School that was probably ...... cont.
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| | Louie Burrows, 1888 to 1962
Louie Burrows is featured on the Quorn Old School Heritage Board and many people know ...... cont.
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 | | Miss Sawdon’s retirement as headmistress, The Quornian, 1971
Miss Marjorie Elizabeth Sawdon was the head of Rawlins from 1948 to 1970. She died in ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Primary School Football Team, spring 1967
Taken at St Bartholomew’s School when it was at the old School Lane premises. ...... cont.
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| | Commonwealth Youth Enterprise Conference 1977 - Quorn visitors
Between the 13th and 27th July 1977 Quorn hosted 20 young Commonwealth youth delegates as ...... cont.
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 | | Thomas Rawlins Grammar School badge, about 1920
This enameled school badge shows the original crest of Thomas Rawlins Grammar School. ...... cont.
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 | | Rawlins Grammar School, about 1910
Rawlins Grammar School opened in 1892 and moved to its present site in 1897. This ...... cont.
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 | | Student life at Soar House, Quorn, in the 1960s
Paul Dilks was a student at Loughborough College of Education from 1966 to 1969 and his ...... cont.
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 | | Retirement concert for Jack Briers, Head of Quorn Primary School, 1971
These photographs were taken on the occasion of the retirement of Jack Briers, the ...... cont.
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 | | St Barts Primary School football team, 1959-60
St Bartholomew’s Primary School football team, 1959-60.
Teachers, left to right: Jack ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn St Bartholomew’s Primary School, early 1950s
Taken in the early 1950s in the old primary school playground, when the school was on ...... cont.
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 | | Schooldays at Quorn St Bartholomew’s Primary, 1957 to 1961
John Tweedie and his twin brother Jim were at St Barts Primary during the school years ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn St Bartholomew's National School, 1910
In the first part of last century, what we know today as primary schools kept children ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Rawlins Grammar School WW1 Memorial Shield
This shield was presented to Rawlins Grammar School by George and Mary White from Quorn, ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Rawlins Grammar School, Old Quornians Roll of Honour
There are three rolls of honour hanging in Rawlins school. The most recent of these ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Rawlins Grammar School, WW1 Roll of Honour
There are three rolls of honour hanging in Rawlins school. The second oldest of these ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Rawlins Grammar School, Boer War Roll of Honour
There are three rolls of honour hanging in Rawlins school. The oldest of these ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Rawlins Grammar School panoramic photograph, 1947
This 'whole school' photograph was taken at Rawlins School in 1947, shortly after the war ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Rawlins, Prefects 1964-65
Standing, left to right: Rowena Carter, Gillian Gamble, Barbara Richardson, Pat Soars, ...... cont.
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| | Alfred James Camm, Quorn National School prize, 1890
The attached book (see attached PDF file) was presented to Alfred James Camm, a pupil at ...... cont.
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 | | Rawlins Grammar School, Old Quornians Association, Annual Dinner 1945
For many years Rawlins Grammar School had an association for old pupils. They would meet ...... cont.
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 | | Grace Wesley, former Quorn Rawlins pupil, marriage 1924
Grace Wesley was a pupil at Rawlins Grammar School from 1908 to 1912, and afterwards she ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, 1971, Vol 7 No 2
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, 1969, Vol 7 No 1
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, October 1968, Vol 6 No 10
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1967, Vol 6 No 9
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, October 1966, Vol 6 No 8
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, October 1965, Vol 6 No 7
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1964, Vol 6 No 6
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | Footpaths Around Quorn, 1984, by David Hopkins, Rawlins student
David Hopkins was a 6th form student at Rawlins Community College in 1984, when he ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, Christmas 1906, Vol 1 No 1
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, Easter 1907, Vol 1 No 2
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, Summer 1907, Vol 1 No 3
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, January 1908, Vol 1 No 4
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, Summer 1908, Vol 1 No 5
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, November 1908, Vol 1 No 6
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, April 1909, Vol 1 No 7
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, April 1910, Vol 1 No 9
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, December 1910, Vol 1 No 10
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, November 1911, Vol 2 No 1
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, May 1912, Vol 2 No 2
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, December 1912, Vol 2 No 3
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1913, Vol 2 No 4
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, January 1915, Vol 2 No 6
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, February 1918, Vol 2 No 9
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, March 1918, Vol 2 No 10
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, Autumn 1926, No 1
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, Spring 1927, No 2
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, Spring 1929
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, late 1929/early 1930
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, Summer 1931
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, Summer 1933
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, April 1946, Vol 4 No 1
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1946, Vol 4 No 2
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, December 1946, Vol 4 No 3
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, March 1947, Vol 4 No 4
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1947, Vol 4 No 5
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, Christmas 1947, Vol 4 No 6
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, March 1948, Vol 4 No 7
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1948, Vol 4 No 8
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1954, Vol 5 No 6
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1957, Vol 5 No 9
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1958, Vol 5 No 10
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1959, Vol 6 No 1
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | The Quornian, Rawlins School Magazine, July 1963, Vol 6 No 5
Thomas Rawlins Grammar School opened in Quorn in 1892. In 1906 they launched their first ...... cont.
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| | Grace Wesley’s autograph book – A Quorn Rawlins ‘Old Girl’
Grace Mildred Wesley was born in 1895 and lived at Woodhouse Eaves, She was the eldest of ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Primary School – The state of the premises, 1969
Quorn National School started in 1818 in a room, probably in either the home of the first ...... cont.
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| | Thomas Rawlins Grammar School Speech Day Programmes, 1959 to 1966
The attached PDF file contains nine programmes from Speech Days at Rawlins School between ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Primary School teachers - 1973
The teachers at Quorn Primary School on the School Lane site, just before the school ...... cont.
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 | | Prizes from Rawlins School, Quorn - 1890s
Henry Whitwell was born in Leicester in 1883, but spent most of his childhood living on ...... cont.
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 | | St Bartholomew’s Primary School football team, about 1955
When St Bartholomew’s Primary School was located on School Lane, they did not have their ...... cont.
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 | | St Bartholomew’s Primary School, summer 1951
Back row, left to right: Teacher Miss Bratton, then, probably Denise Gretton, ?, ?, John ...... cont.
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 | | St Barts Primary School football team, 1957-58
St Bartholomew’s Primary School under 11s football team, 1957-58 – Cup and league ...... cont.
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| | Soar Valley News, April 1977
The Soar Valley News was a four page, black and white community newspaper/newsletter type ...... cont.
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 | | St Barts Primary School orchestra, 1952-53
Back row, left to right: John Prevost, Ann England, Gloden Horbury, Brian Holden, Janet ...... cont.
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 | | St Barts Primary School football team, 1953-54
St Bartholomew’s Primary School football team, 1953-54
Back row, left to right: Jack ...... cont.
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 | | St Barts Primary School football team, 1954-55
Back row, left to right: Jack Briers (headmaster), ? Holders, Chris Sharp, Keith Perkins, ...... cont.
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 | | Thomas Rawlins Grammar School, Quorn, Senior Speech Day November 1964
Below is the Senior School Speech Day programme for Rawlins in November 1964. It was ...... cont.
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| | Vena Grain, 1895 to 1989. Oral history interview from 1985
Vena Grain was born in Leicester on 21st February 1895, and the family moved to Quorn in ...... cont.
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 | | A brief history of Soar House, Soar Road, Quorn
Soar House is situated on Soar Road in Quorn. Many of the large houses in the village ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn National School - Infants, 1890s
Miss Isabella Corlett (on the right) first came to teach Quorn infants on 2nd October ...... cont.
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| | Quorn Grammar School (Rawlins) Admissions Register, 1900 to 1914
Rawlins School Admissions Register from September 1900 to September 1914, contains 242 ...... cont.
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 | | Letter from Henry Balguy, from boarding school at Quorn, September 1835
During the 19th century there were many private schools in Quorn. Sometimes they would ...... cont.
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| | Sampler – Rosanna Goulding, Quorndon, 1884
This article appeared in the spring edition of The Quorndon magazine in 2015. It tells ...... cont.
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 | | St Bartholomew's National School, 1910
Very little was known about this photograph until cont.
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 | | St Bartholomew's National School, 1910
This excellent quality photograph of St Bartholomew’s National School, was taken in 1910 ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Rawlins sports day, about 1907
This photograph was taken at Quorn Rawlins School sports day around 1907. It was in a ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn St Bartholomew’s Primary School, about 1894
This item appeared in the Loughborough Echo 50 years after the photograph was taken. ...... cont.
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 | | Rawlins Grammar School, Quorn, Christmas 1947
This photograph shows pupils, teachers and a few visitors enjoying a Punch and Judy show ...... cont.
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 | | St Bartholomew’s Primary School, Quorn. 1950
This photograph shows the infant class at St Barts in 1950. It must be the happiest ...... cont.
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 | | Rawlins School, Quorn, aerial view, post 1938
This postcard must date from after 1938 as the Farnham Hall (old gym) is indicated as ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Rawlins Grammar School panoramic photograph, 1946
This 'whole school' photograph was taken at Rawlins School in 1946. At this time the ...... cont.
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Total: 216 artefacts returned over 3 pages
