HISTORIC school documents reveal how teachers used to lack even the most basic literacy skills in a charity school in Burwash.The parchment books, which shows how far modern educational standards have risen, is thought to be the earliest school records in Sussex.The books show that two of the first three teachers employed at the Burwash Charity School in 1727 "made their mark" rather than signing their name on receipts for their wages.The books are being kept at The Keep, in...
