▁in ▁England ▁and ▁Wales . ▁ ▁The ▁schools ▁were ▁eventually ▁absor bed ▁into ▁the ▁state ▁system , ▁either ▁as ▁fully ▁state - run ▁schools ▁or ▁as ▁faith ▁schools ▁fund ed ▁by ▁the ▁state . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁ 1 8 0 0 , ▁education ▁for ▁poor er ▁children ▁was ▁limited ▁to ▁isolated ▁char ity ▁schools . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 0 8 ▁the ▁Royal ▁Lan cast rian ▁Society ▁( l ater ▁the ▁British ▁and ▁Foreign ▁School ▁Society ) ▁was ▁created ▁to ▁promote ▁schools ▁using ▁the ▁Mon itor ial ▁System ▁of ▁Joseph ▁Lanc aster . ▁ ▁The ▁National ▁Society ▁was ▁set ▁up ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 1 ▁to ▁establish ▁similar ▁schools ▁using ▁the ▁system ▁of ▁Dr ▁Andrew ▁Bell , ▁but ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁teach ings ▁of ▁the ▁Church ▁of ▁England ▁in ▁contrast ▁to ▁the ▁non - den omin ational ▁Christian ▁instruction ▁of ▁the ▁Lan cast rian ▁schools . ▁The ▁aim ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Society ▁was ▁to ▁establish ▁a ▁National ▁school ▁in ▁every ▁parish ▁of ▁England ▁and ▁Wales . ▁The ▁schools ▁were ▁usually ▁next ▁to ▁the ▁parish ▁church , ▁and ▁named ▁after ▁it . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 8 3 3 , ▁the ▁state ▁began ▁to ▁pay ▁annual ▁gr ants ▁to ▁the ▁soci eties , ▁with ▁the ▁much ▁larger ▁National ▁Society ▁receiving ▁a ▁proportion ally ▁larger ▁share . ▁The ▁gr ants ▁increased ▁over ▁time , ▁but ▁they ▁were ▁accompanied ▁by ▁ins pe ctions ▁and ▁increasing ▁dem ands ▁from ▁the ▁state . ▁The ▁rig id ▁monitor ial ▁system , ▁though ▁econom ical