| Administrative History | Under the will of Anthony Swan, made in 1662, an annual sum of £4 was devised to four trustees to be used for the education of ten poor children of the chapelry of Fairfield. By the Fairfield Enclosure Act of 1771, an allotment of land at Green-moor in Fairfield was added to the endowment. This allotment was exchanged with lands belonging to the Duke of Devonshire in 1853. The old schoolhouse was maintained by the parish, and the vestry meeting also appointed the headteacher.
In 1861 a new school building was erected on waste land near the church, on North Road. The following year, a Scheme for the management of the Charity was sealed by the Charity Commission. The Scheme was varied in 1889 and replaced in 1905. The 1905 Scheme allowed the Trustees for use the income of the Trust to provide financial assistance for Fairfield pupils to move onto secondary schools and colleges. A further new Scheme was sealed in 1982, after six years of preparation and consultation. This Scheme allowed Trust income to fund special grants, beyond the normal scope of the Local Education Authority, to benefit the education of young people from Fairfield up to the age of 25, as well as providing extra facilities in the school itself.
An Order by the Secretary of State for Education and Science in 1970 allowed the sale of the old school building on North Road and the transfer of the Junior School to a new site on Boarstone Lane. A separate Infant School on Queens Road had been built in the 20th century, but was closed in 1983 |
| Custodial History | The first four series of papers were deposited in Derbyshire Record Office in August 2001. The remainder were accessioned in January 2016. |