... students, and 60 female students. Then there was the Independents school. This contained 152 students of both sexes. Both of the Sunday Schools were run by contributions. From this, you can clearly see that the Sunday Schools were more popular than the daily schools. This was probably because of two reasons, the first being that Sunday Schools allowed you to work on the fields in the week, leaving the person still earning. Another reason was probably because no-one had to pay a fee to go to a Sunday school. Then, in 1835, we can see that the Government gave a trust deed to the Established Church School. This was to instruct poor children of both sexes in the parish of Debenham. This meant that the Government was taking an interest in what was happening to the education in Debenham. In 1866 the Sir Robert Hitcham's Church of England School was erected, and ...

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