List of Teachers and salaries at Airton School
The following is a list of the teachers from 1875 to the closure of the school in 1974. The salaries quoted are mainly the full school’s salary bill for teaching staff in the year, rather than for individuals.
| Year | B | G | In | To | Teacher | Salary |
| 1875/76 | 44 | Miss Moore | 2mths +. furnished house
£10. 4s 1d |
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| 1876/77 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 48 | Miss Paley | £71. 13s 5d |
| 1877/78 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 47 | Miss Alice Smith | £63. 9s 0d |
| 1878/79 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 58 | Miss Alice Smith | £51. 9s 10d |
| 1879/80 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 55 | Miss Alice Smith | £64. 12s 5d |
| 1880/81 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 64 | Miss Alice Smith
Elizabeth Lawson (PT) |
£70.16s 1d
£5. 13s 0d |
| 1881/82 | 20 | 19 | 27 | 66 | Mr F E Brown
Miss Cartwright (S) Elizabeth Lawson (PT) |
£76. 5s 5d |
| 1882/83 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 59 | As 1881/82 | £74.16s 11d |
| 1883/84 | 21 | 27 | 19 | 67 | As 1881/82 | £84. 3s 0d |
| 1884/85 | 23 | 35 | 15 | 73 | Miss Patrick
Elizabeth Lawson (A) |
£79. 9s 9d |
| 1885/86 | 21 | 27 | 13 | 61 | Miss Patrick | £97.11s 10d |
| 1886/87 | 26 | 25 | 14 | 65 | Miss Patrick
Annie Maudsley (PT) |
£88. 9s 10d |
| 1887/88 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 66 | As 1886/87 | £86. 4s 0d |
| 1889/90 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 62 | Miss Anna M Parker | £85. 6s 4d |
| 1890/91 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 68 | Miss M A Proctor
Isabel Yeoman (PT) |
£93. 3s 2d |
| 1891/92 | 18 | 18 | 29 | 65 | Miss Dora E Pateson
Isabel Yeoman (PT) |
£87. 2s 6d |
| 1892/93 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | £79.13s 4d |
| 1893/94 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | £82.18s 4d |
| 1894/95 | 24 | 17 | 21 | 62 | Miss Drysdale
Elizabeth Bell (PT) |
£83. 14s 7d |
| 1896/97 | 29 | 34 | 63 | Miss Julia Guttery
Elizabeth Bell (PT) |
£73. 0s 0d | |
| 1897/98 | 27 | 35 | 62 | Miss Julia Guttery
Clarissa Mitchell (PT) Florence Spencer (PT) |
£81. 13s 4d | |
| 1898/99 | 15 | 36 | 51 | Miss Julia Guttery
Margaret Bolland (A) Florence Spencer (PT) |
£85. 18s 0d | |
| 1899/00 | 14 | 32 | 46 | As 1898/99 | £91. 18s 2d | |
| 1900/01 | 17 | 29 | 46 | Mrs Smith
Margaret Bolland (A) Florence Spencer (PT) |
£104. 2s 11d | |
| 1901/02 | 17 | 29 | 46 | As 1900/01 | £80. 1s 0d | |
| 1903/04 | ? | ? | ? | ? | As 1900/01 | £55. 0s 0d (10 months) |
| 1904/05 | 50 | Mrs Smith
Florence Spencer (A) |
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| 1905/06 | 54 | Mrs Smith
Miss Whitham (A) Margaret Bell (PT) |
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| 1906/07 | 54 | Mrs Smith
Miss Alderson (A) Margaret Bell (PT) |
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| 1907/08 | 54 | Mrs Smith
Miss Alderson (A) |
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| 1908/09 | 52 | As 1907/08 | ||||
| 1909/10 | 44 | As 1907/08 | ||||
| 1910/11 | 53 | As 1907/08 | ||||
| 1911/12 | 49 | As 1907/08 | ||||
| 1912/13 | 46 | As 1907/08 | ||||
| 1913/14 | 56 | As1907/08 | ||||
| 1914/15 | 55 | As 1907/08 | ||||
| 1915/16 | 56 | Mrs Smith
Miss Thwaite (A) |
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| 1917/18 | 54 | Miss Thompson
Miss Thwaite (A) |
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| 1918/22 | Miss Thompson
Miss Thwaite (A) |
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| 1922/34 | Miss Fanny Nussey
Miss Nussey (A)(sister) |
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| 1934/35 | Miss F Nussey
Miss Carter (A) |
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| 1935/58 | Miss Collin
Miss Carter (A) |
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| 1958/2 | Miss Roberts
Miss Carter (A) |
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| 1962/74 | Miss Roberts |
Airton school took over the Scosthrop school building when it started in 1875.
The school moved to the new building overlooking Airton green, which opened on May 17th 1943
| Abbreviations | |
| Assistant | (A) |
| Pupil Teacher | (PT) |
| Sewing Mistress | (S) |
| Number of Boys | B |
| Number of Girls | G |
| Number of Infants | In |
| Total Pupils | T |
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