• General information about school records in England and UK & Ireland. 
• Berkshire Schools in the Eighteenth Century from the Berkshire Record Society. "In 1833 the Government provided the first public money for schools; within 70 years there was a national system of primary and secondary education covering every place in every county. These milestones built on what had existed earlier: a complex patchwork of charity, religious and private schools – many of which are now long gone, having left little evidence of their existence. This volume recreates that pre-1833 picture and, in doing so, celebrates the wide range of schooling offered in Georgian Berkshire."
• RBA holdings:
  • Research guides listing some of their historical school records.  They are generally subject to a 50-year closure period.  
  • For catalogued records, use TNA's Discovery advanced search and include "Berkshire Record Office" in the "Exact word or phrase" field, in addition to your own search term(s).   
  • Some are un-catalogued, of which some are listed below:  

Beech Hill Church of England School, 1951-1967 (D/EX 1864); Mrs Bland’s School, Burghfield Common, 1904-1991 (D/EX2082); Bradfield CE Primary School, 1921-2000s (SCH24); Wildmoor Heath (formerly Broadmoor) Primary School, Crowthorne, 1873-2000 (SCH29); Princess Margaret Rose School (formerly St Stephen’s Senior Girls’ School), Clewer, 1889-1983 (SCH8); St Mary’s School, Datchet, 1844-1980s (SCH30); St Nicolas’ Primary School, East Challow (2003/SCH/1 & 21?); Maidenhead Infant School, Brock Lane, 1870-1884 managers’ minutes (D/P 194); Reading schools:  the British Infants School (later a Board School) in Southampton Street, 1870-1907, and George Palmer Infants School, 1907-1996 (2001/SCH/3) (see also The Centenary of the George Palmer School, Daphne Barnes-Phillips); Battle Mixed/Senior/Secondary Modern School, 1891-1968, Wilson Mixed, Central and Senior Schools, 1905-1972, and Meadway Comprehensive, 1972-2001 (2001/SCH/4); and Christchurch C of E Primary School (now New Christ Church CE (VA) School), 1983-2000 (2001/SCH/5); Katesgrove Primary School, Reading 1872-1987 (SCH6); Reading and Earley Board School (later New Town Board School and New Town Secondary Modern School) and Alfred Sutton Secondary Girls’ School, Reading, log books, 1877-1895 and 1949-1973 (D/EX2015); plans for several Reading schools, 1851-1872 (D/EX2009); Reading Teachers’ Centre, 1970-c.1983 (D/EX2081); Battle Primary School, Reading, 1893-2000 (SCH20); Wilson Primary School, Reading, 1904-c.1990s (SCH14); and Churchend School, Tilehurst, 1962-2008 (SCH15); Letcombe Bassett National school, 1864-1926 log books (D/EX 1904); Newbury County Grammar School for Girls, 1950-1961 (D/EX2308); Newbury County Girls’ Grammar School, 1904-2003 (SCH12 and D/EX2060); St Bartholomew’s Grammar School, Newbury, 1945-1975 (SCH11); St Bartholomew’s School, Newbury admission registers, 1975-1998 (2004/SCH/1); St Bartholomew’s [Comprehensive] School, Newbury, 1975- 2001 (SCH13); Winchcombe Junior School, Newbury records, 1950-2005 (SCH2); Winchcombe Infants’ School, Newbury, 1964-1981 (SCH10); Streatley C of E School 1873-2003 (D/EX2127); photographs of Courtenay Lodge School, Sutton Courtenay and Maiden Erlegh School, Earley, 1930s-1950s (D/EX1914); Lambs Lane Council School, Swallowfield 1908-1916 (SCH19); Sir Charles Russell's school, Swallowfield 1873-1908 admissions register (SCH17); St Mary’s Church of England Junior School, Thatcham, formerly Thatcham National School, 1883-2005 (SCH4); Parsons Down Junior School, Thatcham, 1997-2004 (SCH27); West Hendred School admission register, 1904-1966, (SCH1/11/1); St John’s Primary School, Wallingford, 1863-2010 (SCH22); Robert Piggott Church of England Junior School, Wargrave, 1993-2000 log books (2001/SCH/2); Lambrook School, a private preparatory boarding school for boys in Winkfield, 1870-1997 (D/EX1832); Winkfield St Mary’s Church of England School 1943-2003 (SCH18); Ranelagh School, founded as an elementary charity school in Cranbourne by the Earl of Ranelagh in 1709, refounded as a grammar school in new premises in Bracknell in 1908, and since 1981 a comprehensive school (SCH5) and Cranbourne Ranelagh School, Winkfield, 1904-1942 (D/EX1979).

• School Records at the BRO (now the RBA),  article in Berkshire Family Historian, Dec 2006, Vol 30, page 21.  
• RBA's album of early 20th century photographs of Berkshire schools (D/EX1964/1), see the Berkshire Echo Vol 62 of 2013 and the links below.
• The location of archived papers may be listed on the NRA.  
• Schools records from Berkshire FHS
• Useful  information about schools through the years can often be found in trade directories, see sample pages from a 1915 directory.
• Blewbury Charity School: see The Story of Blewbury Charity School, Peter Northeast (Blewbury Local History Group, 1964, 3rd ed with amendments by BLHG, 2007) A4, 30pp. ISBN 978-0-9504794-7-7 
• Bradfield College, Bradfield
  • College website.  
  • Wikipedia.  
  • Bradfield College Register of 1888 on CD from Berkshire FHS.  Reading Central Library hold registers for some years 1876 to 1963.  Subscription online access for 1850-1908 from The Genealogist.
• Radley College (aka St Peter's College), Radley near Abingdon: 
  • School archive. 
  • Reading Central Library hold a number of books about the college, including St Peter's College, Radley Register 1847-1962.
• Reading Mechanics Institute: now closed, records are held by the RBA (D/EX1431).
• Reading School is one of the town's oldest institutions.
  • Reading Central Library hold various books relating to the school. 
  • Records 1746 - 2001 are held by the RBA (SCH3, R/ES19).
  • Wikipedia.  
  • See also these pages from a 1915 directory.
•  Ryeish Green School, Spencers Wood, see booklet Ryeish Green School by Spencers Wood Local History Group, 2010, A4, 60pp.  See review by Berkshire FHS.
• St Bartholomew's School, Newbury
  • Founded in 1466 as St. Bartholomew's Boys' Grammar School, amalgamated with Newbury County Girls' Grammar School in 1975
  • Wikipedia.  
  • See articles in Berkshire Family Historian: June 2011, Vol 34, page 22; March 2014, Vol 37, page 16.  
• St Joseph's College, Reading (formerly St Joseph's Convent School) - brief history from the Berkshire Family Historian.
• Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst:
  • Cadet and staff registers. 
  • A history, from Philip Johnston.
• Wellington College, Sandhurst.
• White House Preparatory School, Wokingham (formerly Grosvenor House School and Wokingham Preparatory School), now closed.  
• University College, Reading (now the University of Reading) was established in 1892.
  • Wikipedia
  • The University of Reading: the first fifty years, Holt, J.C. (Reading, Reading University Press, 1977), is available from Reading Central Library. 
  • The names of senior staff can often be found in trade directories, see sample pages from a 1915 directory.  
  • See their archives and links in the relevant sections of this page.  

There are several Research Guides from The National Archives giving an excellent overview of the history of education in this country. Also look under keywords 'educational history' and 'schools'.

• UK Schools & Colleges Database: provides information on more than 31,000 UK state and independent Schools and Colleges, and over 29,000 UK School, College and University websites (as of June 2016).
• MissingAncestors.com (archived copy) - contains information on staff and students at Industrial/Reformatory Schools & the like during the 19th and early 20th century.
• Anguline Research Archives (archived copy) produce CDs of a number of major public school registers.
• Universities: Brief biographical details of graduates of Cambridge or Oxford Universities are provided in either Alumni Cantabrigienses by JA Venn or  Alumni Oxonienses : the Members of the University of Oxford, by Joseph Foster, respectively, which are particularly useful for C of E ministers.  They are available in various forms:
  • Hard copies are held by many public libraries, including Reading Central Library.  
  • Cambridge Alumni Database free online from Cambridge University.  See also their research guide. 
  • Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714 and 1715-1886 free from Internet Archive.  
  • Online subscription access from Ancestry:  Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886  and  Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900.