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In 1702 Thomas Hollis of London, son of a Rotherham whitesmith, founded a school for poor children in Rotherham.
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The Feoffees also founded a charity school in 1708 but it is uncertain where the actual school was situated. Its purpose was to teach children how to read, write, and presumably for the girls, to knit and sew. It was known as the Bluecoat School as the children wore a predominantly blue uniform.
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Robert Raikes initiated the Sunday School Movement, having inherited a publishing business from his father and become proprietor of the Gloucester Journal in 1757.
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