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School archives

Start by checking your school's retention schedule. Derbyshire Record Office will be interested in records marked for permanent retention.


Complete a deposit request form

To make a deposit with us, you'll need to complete a deposit request form. For a school, 'background history of the creator' includes the years of key events you know about, such as foundation, change of name or location, merger with another school or closure.

We'll then get in touch with you and ask you to compile a list of what you want to transfer using a template that we'll send you. This enables us to prepare for the accession and ensure the records are properly identified.

Once we've received your list we'll contact you to arrange transfer. Please do not send any records to us before we've agreed to accept them.

If the records include governors' minutes in plastic pockets, please remove these as we'll store the minutes in archival folders. Please also remove all duplicates, and any circulars and leaflets not mentioned in the agenda.