Uncle Ray at school

My Grandma was a great collector. She kept Uncle Ray's school reports from  Christmas 1932 when Ray was 8 and attended St. Mark's Junior School through 1935 at Wheatley Street Senior Boy's School when Ray was 11 and John Gulson Senior Boy's School from Christmas time 1937 to midsummer 1938 when Uncle Ray was 13, (all the schools were in Coventry.) There are no reports after this. During the year of 1936, when Uncle Ray was attending Corley Open Air School,  there are no reports.
All the reports make interesting reading. Uncle Ray was a bright pupil and achieved a lot of good results in his exams and class position. There were times when he was absent from school through illness and it affected his position in the class. The last report in midsummer 1938 showed Uncle Ray to be 1st in his class. During 1938/39 Uncle Ray attended evening classes in a technical couse, an art course and the junior evening institute taking English, Keep Fit, Maths and Drawing. He was awarded a prize for the technical course.

Take a look at the cake on the bottom photo. I remember my Grandma making wonderful cakes.

A young Uncle Ray with his younger brother Theo at the stumps and Olive with the bat.