Work to transform a former Victorian school house and cottage ... The building operated as a school for 80 years. Historic England said the site was originally built as a hospital for factory ...

In 1880, a law was passed that made school compulsory for ... By the end of the Victorian era, almost all children (both boys and girls) in England could read and write to a basic level.

It's time for the "Victorian-era punishment" of smacking ... remains a part of childhood for too many young people in England." School standards minister, Catherine McKinnell, told the Commons ...