AGY-3704 | Fingal Point Provisional School (1913) Fingal Point Public School (1914-1962) Fingal Head Provisional School (1962- )

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Fingal Point Provisional School in the county of Rous was established in June 1913 and became a Public School in January 1914. The School had previously existed as the Cave Point Provisional School (1895-1897) and the Cave Point Public School (1897-1899) [see Agency No. 3703].(1) In January 1962, Fingal Point Public School was renamed Fingal Head Public School.(2) Provisional Schools emerged in 1867 and could be established in areas where at least 15 children, but fewer than 25 required for a Public School, could be expected to attend. The minimum number of students was reduced to twelve in the 1880s, ten from 1898, and nine from 1945. A Public School had a minimum attendance of 30 children prior to 1867, 25 children until 1880 when the number was reduced to 20. From 1957, the minimum number was reduced to nine.(3) In 2003, Fingal Head Public School was located on Letitia Road at Fingal Point in the District of Tweed Heads/Ballina.(4) ENDNOTES
1. Government Schools of New South Wales 1848 to 2003, NSW Department of Education, 2003, p64.
2. loc. cit.
3. ibid., pp17-18.
4. New South Wales Department of Education and Training website, school locator http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoolfind/locator (accessed 24/9/2003).