Department for Reformatory Schools (1887 - 1900)

Date: 1887 - ?

Date: 1887 - 1893?

The Department of Reformatory Schools oversaw the administration of reformatories.

Date: 1887 - 1900

The Department for Reformatory Schools came into being under the Juvenile Offenders' Act 1887, assuming responsibility for convicted juveniles.

In 1887, the Department for Industrial and Reformatory Schools was split into two separate government agencies - the Department for Neglected Children was responsible for neglected children, and the Department for Reformatory Schools was responsible for juvenile offenders.