NRS-21774 | Registers of admission [Cessnock South Public School]

The purpose of an admission register was to record basic details about children admitted to the school and their parents or guardians. The registers were also used to record the progress of the children through various classes and the date of their leaving the school.This volume contains information pertaining to each student including: date of admission; pupil's name; date of birth; gender; religious denomination; name of previous school and date of leaving. The following details are recorded about the child's parents or guardians: name, and residence. The pupil's date of admission to each subsequent grade, date of leaving the school and name of next school is also recorded.The volume contains enrolments of students in the school from May 1956. These early enrolments are numbered 1.59, signifying 1959 onward.Admission registers in paper format ceased in 1999 when the department moved to recording enrolment details in electronic format.The volume contains loose documents which consist of correspondence from the Department of Education, and School Transfer Certificates.