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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | DCC/ED/7 |
| Former Reference | D1389 |
| Title | Divisional Educational Executive: Mid Derbyshire |
| Date | 1900-1974 |
| Description | Divisional Executive
Minutes 1945-1974, Officers' minutes 1946-1949, Reports to the Divisional Executive 1960-1966, Development plans and related papers 1947-1952, Education circulars 1946-1950, Scrapbook 1946-1947
Inherited records
School management minutes for Swanwick Hall Grammar School 1922-1948, Alfreton Group of Secondary Schools 1921-1952, Ripley Council Schools 1932-1948, Matlock Evening Institute 1900-1966, Heage Evening Institute 1959-1966, Lea Evening Institute 1953-1966 |
| Extent | approx. 9.5 boxes, 2 outsize volumes |
| Level | Series |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Derbyshire County Council: Mid Derbyshire Educational Divisional Executive (1945-1974) |
| Administrative History | Divisional Executives were set up in 1945, following the provisions of the 1944 Education Act. Derbyshire was split into five divisions: North West, North Eat, Mid, South and South East. The Borough of Chesterfield became an Excepted District, with its own executive, and Derby, as a county borough council, ran its own education service during this period.
In 1974, the divisional executives were replaced by Area Education Offices. The bulk of Mid-Derbyshire became part of the Amber Valley and Erewash Area, which followed the new district council boundaries. The following places, formerly under the Mid-Derbyshire division, were placed in different areas:
- Pinxton and South Normanton transferred to the North East, Chesterfield and Bolsover area
- Matlock, Bonsall, Cromford, Darley and Tansley transferred to the High Peak and West Derbyshire area
- Darley Abbey and Allestree had become part of Derby in 1968 and were part of the new Derby and South Derbyshire area from 1974.
The executive provided the clerks and secretarial service for the governors or managers of schools in the area (see DCC/ED/7/7-12). The Executive also took receipt of the records (log books, admission registers and related records) for safe-keeping when schools closed. These records transferred to school collections, see below. |
| Custodial History | These records were transferred to Derbyshire Record Office by the Amber Valley and Erewash Area Education Office in April 1974, January 1975 and January 1976 until reference D1389. They were re-accessioned to DCC in November 2024. Records for individual schools had been re-accessioned from D1389 to school collections in July 1995. |
| Arrangement | Divisional Executive
D1389/1 Minutes
D1389/2 Reports to the Divisional Executive
D1389/3 Officers' minutes
D1389/4 Development plans and related papers
D1389/5 Education circulars
D1389/6 Scrapbook
School Management
D1389/7 Swanwick Hall Grammar School
D1389/8 Alfreton Group of Secondary Schools
D1389/9 Ripley Council Schools
D1389/10 Matlock Evening Institute
D1389/11 Heage Evening Institute
D1389/12 Lea Evening Institute |
| Organisation Sub-Type | School Boards/Education Authorities |
| Access Conditions | Some of these records are closed for 100 years from the date of the last record, because they contain data relating to living individuals. Please see Data Subjects in Archives Privacy Notice, link below, for further information. |
| Related Material | See DCC/ED/9 (formerly D1631) for records of the Amber Valley and Erewash Area Education Office.
See DCC/ED/4 (formerly D931 and D2632) for records of the North East, Chesterfield and Bolsover Area Education Office, formerly North East Divisional Education Executive.
Records for the following schools were re-accessioned from D1389 in July 1995:
- South Normanton Board School, later Council School, later Senior Girls' and Senior Boys' Schools, see D4372
- Shottle Endowed School, see D4373
- Copthorne County Infants School, formerly Alfreton Temporary Junior Girls' Council School, see D4374
- Pentrich County Primary School, see D1933
- Mackworth Church of England School, see D4376
- Kirkstead Board School, later Council School, later Adelaide Coke Secondary School, Pinxton, see D4377
- Swanwick Church of England (Mixed, then Boys) School, see D4378
- Alderwasley Church of England (Mixed) School, see D909
- Ironville Infants School, Golden Valley, see D4379
- Belper Board School, later Council School, later High Street Infants School, see D4380
- Long Row Junior School, Belper, see D4381 |
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| Archivist Note | Catalogued 5 April 1984 and 8 August 1995, EB.
Revised to ISAD(G) standard, 29 November 2024, BS (published 8 October 2025). |