Monkton Education
Monkton School [James Purkiss 2003]
Monkton Education
A school was built in the village, with adjacent schoolteacher's cottage. Winterborne Monkton Church of England School has records from 1919 to 1948, which are kept at the National Archives in Kew. The school has been converted into an art gallery.
Schoolteachers:
- 1871
- George Crumpler, 24, Schoolmaster
- 1881
- Elizabeth M Lucas, 21, Schoolmistress
- Schoolhouse is uninhabited on census night
- 1891
- Bessie Matcham, 26, Schoolmistress
- 1901
- Neither the schoolhouse or any teachers are mentioned on census returns
Penwithen, a large house to the north of the village adjacent to the Weymouth Road, was bought by the County Council early in the twentieth century. It, along with the Rectory next door, has since been used as a school for children with special needs, but looks likely to be closing in the near future. Its pupils are to be transferred into mainstream schools.