Tudor Schools In Tudor times, girls and boys didn’t often go to school because they couldn’t pay the fee. They had to go to work around the house or on the land. Tudor schools expected hard work and dedication from its students. Long hours of hard work and only short breaks for breakfast and lunch. They went to school six days a week and only had religious holidays off. Long hours studying didn’t stop Tudor children playing games and having fun at home and school. The children that went to school were mainly the sons of wealthy family who could afford to pay the money for school. The two types of school were the:
There weren’t many books so pupils had to learn their lessons off by heart. Punishment was hard, if boys did wrong they would be beaten. |
The Tudor children’s schools started at 7:00 in the morning at winter and 6:00 in the morning in the summer time. They usually finished around 5 o’clock at night. 
In grammar schools the main subjects the boys were taught were Latin, Greek and Religion. They had to speak to one another in Latina and write with quill pens.| Back |