This school report of 1895 is from the Taranaki Education Board. The file contains reports on a number of schools in the area, including Cardiff School. A page from the inspection report of W.E. Spencer is presented here alongside the transcript of the full report. As you can see, the children at Cardiff School were not very well behaved!

Other records Archives New Zealand holds from the Taranaki Education Board include: Classification Lists, Examination Schedules, Teachers Personal Files, Photographs, Board Minutes, Finance and Buildings, Committee Minutes, Reserves Committee Minutes, Manual and Technical Committee Minutes, Teachers Selection/Staffing, Accounting Records, Historical Publications and Records, Annual Reports to the Minister of Education, Admission Registers - Closed Schools, and Closed School Reports.

ABDU W3570 19 122 archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=18849436 This record is being presented as part of Archives New Zealand's celebration of the start of the new school year. Stay tuned to our Twitter account for more updates on this special series of tweets and our On This Day in history segment: Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/ArchivesNZ For further enquiries regarding school records, please email Research.Archives@dia.govt.nz