A decisive break might have been expected with the shift from control of the Architect's Department from the SBL to the new LCC. This was only partially true because the department remained under the leadership of T J Bailey until his retirement and death in 1910. The LCC schools of the period 1904 to 1910 are entirely attributable to T J Bailey or his pupils and associates in the department and reflect both his SBL legacy and interest in the Edwardian baroque.

Change begins in 1910. The department survived and the relatively small number of schools constructed between 1910 and 1914 reflect Bailey's legacy, particularly in their plan form and detailing. However, new influences, notably that of the architect Philip Webb, were beginning to be felt and these schools show changes in materials, fenestration and roofscapes.

In 1914 the old Architect's Department was rearranged and moved to the new County Hall. The years of the First World War saw very little school building activity (a few schools already begun in 1914 were completed in 1915 and these, the last gasp of the Victorian era, are included here). The schools of the early 1920s show some affinity with those of the 1910 to 1914 period, but multiple new influences came to bear, intensified by new plan forms and a greater use of outside tendering.