What level of education would an Edwardian clerk have?

Question

What subjects were taught to lower middle class children between 1887 and 1900? Was education compulsory? Were there any exams?

Answer 1

A clerk in Edwardian times would be expected to be able to read, write and do accountancy as a bare minimum. A clerk must have had some schooling to at least level six (just before what we now think of as GCSE) however schools in those days taught by rote not creative thinking. Most clerks would have had a grounding in British History and Geography of the Empire as business interests demanded so. Because they may have had to deal with a high level of society they would have had a grounding in advanced English Language and received pronunciation and would be expected to converse fluently and articulately upon a number of subjects. Legal Clerks especially had a grounding in Latin, and most clerks of the day would have gone to a grammar school.

Answer 2

I should think the only things that were taught the 3 Rs

Answer 3

i dont think education was compulsory then..only qualifications would have been that you could read and write..mostly subjects taught in schools then were religion and arithmetic.