Contains:- half yearly financial statements; tables showing the consumption of gas, coal, coke and water; the classification of schools for salary purposes; tables showing the incomes of board and voluntary schools throughout the country; regular attendance certificates; prizes under the scheme of the Board; results of pupil teacher examinations;

report of the deputation appointed to attend the conference at Birmingham on the Superannuation of Teachers and Officials; reports of the Bye-laws Committee as to additional accommodation required (rough draft and final version) and on private adventure schools;

the duties of the Inspector of Board Schools; report of the board inspector and reports on the first, second and third year pupil teacher examinations, 22 April 1888 and 23 June 1888; instruction, private study and home lessons for pupil teachers;

papers relating to scholarship examinations, 1888; regulations for the Francis Bond Scholarships and results of the examinations for the scholarship, 1887-1888;

report by the School Management Committee on Higher Grade Schools (draft and final version); Tabulated information about Higher Grade Schools in other towns (Birmingham, Bradford, Brighton, Halifax, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham and Sheffield.); report of visits to Higher Grade Schools in Leeds, Bradford, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Jarrow, Sheffield, Nottingham and Manchester; scheme for the establishment of a higher grade school, 13 June 1888;

report on evening classes and a table showing the award of merit grant in various large towns, 1886-1887;

diet tables of the industrial schools; reports of the inspection of the Industrial Schools; tables showing the cost of maintaining Truants' and Girl's Industrial Schools in various towns; print notice and letter about parents taking school children to sea.