He joined the Bolton and District Operative Cotton Spinners' Provincial Association, and in 1914 was appointed as a full-time clerk for the union, but he was soon called up, and served overseas during World War I.
In 1940, was elected as the Bolton Spinners' general secretary, and also to the legislative council of the United Textile Factory Workers' Association (UTFWA).
[1] In 1943, Henry Boothman, secretary of the Spinners' Amalgamation, became ill, and Schofield took over his duties.
He was active in the General Federation of Trade Unions, the Cotton Board, and numerous other committees.
In his spare time, he was a justice of the peace, and in 1951 he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.