Riverside School

[Lizalex]

Thanks, Fergie, I have been in touch with Riverside Primary School, which used to be the old Secondary School, with a primary department. They were verry hellpful, although they do not have any of the old school records.

Best wishes,
Liz

[SandyMcJ]

A little more information about the school from 'Stirling Observer 150 Years On' by Bob McCutcheon:
Although new schools were built at Cowane Street the Craigs and Upper Bridge Street during the years following the  1872 Education Act  it was not until the nineteen twenties that one of Stirling's major schools was constructed. ln 1911 the School Board had feud a piece of ground in the Riverside area suitable for the erection of a new school. This construction was for a variety of reasons delayed until the creation of a new Education Authority following the introduction of the Education Act in 1924.This Authority took advantage of the proposals outlined by the Scottish Education Department to create more advanced division schools.
This new school was built to serve both prlmary and secondary pupils. Construction started in July of 1926 to designs by A.N Malcolm and the primary department with accommodation for four hundred pupils was ready for an official opening ceremony on the 31st of August 1927.
The secondary department was not ready until the following year. One interesting feature of this department and a sign of the wider sphere of learning that this school helped to pioneer was the incorporation of a model three roomed house for the use of the the domestic science department. As the Stirling Observer reported - 'This little residence is intended for instructional purposes. The teacher of domestic science will reside there from time to time and the girls will take turns at sleeping in the house and share in the customary duties in the morning'

Suspect records may be with Stirling Archives. When I visited a couple of years ago they had records for the Allans School including dates of transfers of primary pupils to Riverside secondary

Sandy

[Lizalex]

Thanks, Sandy. That is really good information.
Liz

[stewart66]

I have been searching for Allan School records so thank you for the information provided - very helpful.

Kind regards

Linda