Before the days of compulsory free education for all children. Rye had many small private schools. Here are some of them. We have memories of several, but others are just names. If anyone can help with more details of any of them, please let us know.

Mrs Albin's School - in Watchbell Street, later in Cinque Ports Street.

Miss Allen's School - Watchbell Street

Miss Ashenden's Dame School - Wish St. and Rope Walk.

The Bellmount School (Mr Pretty) - Watchbell Street.

The Misses Bushby's School - Sussex House, first in the Congregational Hall (now the

Community Centre), then in West Street and later Turkeycock Lane/Tower St.

Mrs Colebrooke's School.

Miss Cook's School.

Miss Frankham's School.

Miss Fryman's School.

Mrs Goddard's Adventure School.

The Misses Greenaway's School in Watchbell Street, later in Cadborough Farmhouse.

Mrs Horner's School in Sheffield Place, off Lion Street at the back of the George Hotel.

Miss James' School - Wish Street.

Mrs Kinnett's School in Watchbell Street and Turkeycock Lane.

Miss Landry's School.

Miss Pink's School in Mermaid Street, Watchbell Street, later East Street.

Mrs Seliman's School in Watchbell Street, later Cinque Ports Street.

Miss Stonham's School.

Mrs Williams' School.

The School for pauper children, which was run "by the Parish", in the South Chancel of St. Mary's Church was "moved" elsewhere in 1862/3 when the Church was reorganised and the closed off chancels re-opened..

In the 20th Century there were also the Rye Collegiate School on Guys'/Hilder's Cliff, sometimes called the Misses Moon's School', and The Convent School in Bank House, High Street (where Woolworth's now stands).