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Pupil Numbers 1950s onwards

How many pupils at the school? Has the number of children changed?
1950s onwards
We know there are registers missing. We could find out more from the Admissions Log Books. We would have to look at each name. This would be a long job... Here are the numbers from the registers we have.
1950s
Year	Register Name or Source	Number of Children
April 1951	Paper 'the History of the Royal Cross School, Preston, between 1894 - 1977	126
1952	Paper 'the History of the Royal Cross School, Preston, between 1894 - 1977	148
1953	Paper 'the History of the Royal Cross School, Preston, between 1894 - 1977	153
1955/56	Senior Boys	57
1957	Paper 'the History of the Royal Cross School, Preston, between 1894 - 1977	146
1956/57	Senior Boys	56
1957/58	Senior Boys	55
1958/59	Senior Boys	50
1959/60	Senior Boys	48
1960s
1960/61	Senior Boys	44
1966	Royal Cross School Annual Report 1965-66	145 124 residential 21 day Wilmar Lodge 20 Ribby Hall 45 Royal Cross 80
1966/67	Senior Boys	38
1969	Paper 'the History of the Royal Cross School, Preston, between 1894 - 1977	100 residential 44 day
1970s
1970/71	Nursery	32
1971/72	Nursery & Infant	33
1972/73	Nursery & Infant	36
1973/74	Nursery & Infant	36
1974/75	Wilmore Lodge (Nursery) & Nursery & Infant (RC)	68
1975/76	Nursery - (Preston) & Nursery & Infant (RC)	66
1975-76	Paper 'the History of the Royal Cross School, Preston, between 1894 - 1977	125 78 residential 47 day Nursery 30
1976/77	Junior	34
1978/79	Wilmar Lodge	23
1980s
1980/81	Primary	17
1982/83	Primary & Senior	41
1985/86	Secondary	25
1986/87	Primary 5 transferred to seniors in April	22 13 from April
1987/88	Primary	16
1988/89	Primary	24
1989/90	Primary	31
1990s The school moved and became Royal Cross Primary School for Deaf Children. The new school also had a special unit. The Language Development Unit is for hearing children with speech and language disorders. This means up to 8 of the children on the registers are hearing not deaf.
1990/91	Whole School	30
1991/92	Whole School	35
1992/93	Whole School	29
1993/94	Whole School	31
1994/95	Whole School	41
1995/96	Whole School	45
1996/97	Whole School	40
1997/98	Whole School	38
1998/99	Whole School	35
1999/2000	Whole School	32
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