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Sawyers Gully Provisional School, in county Northumberland, was established in February 1894. Provisional Schools operated in areas where the school population was too small to justify a public school. Parents provided the building and furniture, while the Department of Education paid the teacher and supplied books and equipment. In 1894 a provisional school could commence in an area where twelve children attended. In March 1898 the School was reduced to a part-time school sharing a teacher with Brownmuir Half-Time School. The following March Sawyers Gully Half-Time School was renamed Heddon Half-Time School, but continued to operate on a half-time basis with the Brownmuir school until March 1900. Half-Time Schools emerged to cater for children in areas of scattered population. In 1898 the attendance of at least sixteen children was required, in two groups of eight or more. The School was converted to a provisional school - known as Heddon Provisional School in April 1900. In October 1903 it became a public school, which was re-named Sawyers Gully Public School in January 1905. Public Schools are basic elementary schools in the New South Wales education system. When the Heddon (later Sawyers Gully) Public School was established the attendance of twenty children was required to maintain a school of this classification and from 1957 when Provisional Schools were converted to Public Schools, the minimum figure was reduced to nine. Sawyers Gully Public School was closed in December 1965. REFERENCE:Government Schools of New South Wales 1848-2003. NSW Department of Education and Training 2003.
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