Introduction

When you started at your new school, your Mum and Dad were probably given a School Handbook to take home and read.  Most School Handbooks contain general information about;-

• the building and facilities
• the teaching staff
• the curriculum
• and most importantly, what the school values and what it expects from its pupils both in work and behaviour

Writing a School Handbook is never an easy job.  It needs to give clear information and it also needs to persuade Mums and Dads that it is the best school for you.  But what makes a good school nowadays, and was it the same in Victorian Times?  This Quest is challenging you to design and write a School Handbook which might have been produced by a Victorian School.