Private Schools - Cowes
NOTE: Unless otherwise indicated, entries are from Kelly's Street Directories of the year shown.
Ascham College
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Delightful and most healthy situation. All examina-
tions. Fees moderate.
From Report of Diocesan Examiner of Intermediate
Schools : "The order and tone of the school seemed
to me to be excellent." - March 1898.
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Principal, MISS GARRISH, L.L.A.
Boyett Mary Elizabeth (Miss), school,
1898 - Boyett Mary Elizabeth (Miss), school, 1 & 2 Madeira vale, Victoria road
1904 - Boyett Mary Elizabeth (Miss), ladies' school, 2 Victoria Road
Brown Elsie M. (Miss), private school
1911 - Brown Elsie M. (Miss), private school, Sea view, Moor Green road
1927 - Brown Elsie M. (Miss), private school, Greenbank, Moor Green road
1935 - Brown Miss Elsie M., school, Melton house, Granville Road
Cowes Grammar School
1898 - Bateman Joseph Hartley, school, Union road
1904 - Joseph H. Bateman BA. principal, Union road
1927 - Joseph H. Bateman BA. principal, Union road
Cullingford Miss, private school
1904 - Cullingford Miss, private school, Market Hill
Jacobs Ethel (Miss), girls' school
1898 - Jacobs Ethel (Miss), girls' school, Yarborough villa, Mill Hill road
1904 - Jacobs Miss, girls' school, Thorn bank, West Hill Road
1911 - Jacobs Ethel (Miss), girls' school, Thornbank, West Hill road
Matthews Jane E. (Mrs.), ladies' school
1898 - Matthews Jane E. (Mrs.), ladies' school, Prospect road
Pinnington Harold E., school
1935 - Pinnington Harold E., school, Hazelmount, Newport Road
St. Bede's School
NEWPORT ROAD, COWES, I.W.
(opposite Mill Hill Station).
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GOOD MODERN EDUCATION.
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FULL PREPARATORY SCHOOL CURRI-
CULUM FOR BOYS UP TO 14 YEARS
OF AGE.
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The Principal (a Registered Secondary
Teacher) IS ASSISTED BY AN EFFICIENT STAFF.
1927 - St. Bede's School (Miss Blanche Manley, principal), Newport road
1934 - "ST. BEDE'S SCHOOL, COWES, will re-open on September 19th, under the direction of an efficient Mistress as a Morning School for Little Girls and Backward Girls requiring individual attention ......... For further particulars apply Barbara Allison, Victoria High School, Yaverland." (Isle of Wight County Press - 15 September 1934)
1935 - St. Bede's School (Miss Barbara Allison, principal), Newport road
Solent House
1927 - Caws Margaret H. & C. Marion (Misses), private school, Solent house, Parade
BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL.
Principles - THE MISSES CAWS.
Beautifully situated overlooking the Solent.
Pupils receive individual attention. Excellent
diet. Open-air life. Modern education. Pre-
paration for all recognised examinations.
Entire charge taken of children whose parents
are abroad. Prospectus on application.
1935 - The Misses Caws, school, 6 & 7 The Parade
1951 - Misses Caws, principals, (boarding & day), Queen's Road
Ward Miss K., school
1935 - Ward Miss K., school, Le Chalet, Park Road
1951 - Ward Miss E., school, 153 Park Road
Westbourne House
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WESTBOURNE HOUSE, COWES.
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THE MISSES WHEELER receive a limited
number of resident pupils. Terms moderate.
Special care and attention to delicate or backward
children. Pupils most successful in passing public
exams.
1898 - Wheeler Louisa, Fanny & Emma (Misses), girls' school, 16 Birmingham road
1904 - Wheeler Misses F., E. & L., ladies' school, Westbourne house, 16 Birmingham Road
1911 - Shorter Mary A.E. (Miss), boarding school, Westbourne college, Birmingham road
1915 - Miss Mary A. E. Shorter dissolves partnership with her sister and goes off to America to be married. Miss Shorter's sister, aided by a competent staff of teachers, will continue to carry on Westbourne College. (Isle of Wight County Press - 13 February 1915, page 7, Cowes news)
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BOARDERS AND DAY PUPILS.
Special Courses for Languages, Painting, Music,
and Elecution. Classes for Little Boys.
Next Term commences Wednesday Sept. 22nd.
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MISS SHORTER will be At Home on and after
Sept. 17th.
Wheeler Harriet (Miss), school
1898 - Wheeler Harriet (Miss), school, Sea View house, Victoria road
1904 - Wheeler Misses, ladies' school, Sea View cottage, Victoria Road
1911 - Wheeler Harriet (Miss), girls' school, Sea View house, Victoria road
