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For the first time since they were published, you can now read the full text of these important reports online. The documents are presented as text, so they are searchable (using your web browser's Find facility), and copiable. Revision of the Texts: 2009 When I first put most of these documents online I did not include individual page numbers from the printed versions. Several readers have asked for these so that they can be included in references. In June, therefore, I began revising the texts to include page numbers. I am also improving the authenticity of the texts by (1) restoring some capitalisation which I had previously removed, and (2) by amending the formatting (bold, italics, centred etc) so that what you see here is now a reasonably accurate representation of the printed page. (However, please note that the pages presented here are not exact facsimiles of the original printed version: the font - Times, Arial etc - and size of print - and therefore the number of words to a line and lines to a page - are determined by the settings you have chosen for your web browser). I am working through the documents in chronological order. So far I have completed the reports down to and including Volume 1 of the 1967 Plowden Report. I'm currently working on Plowden Volume 2 - a long job! Comments If you have any comments, or if there's a particular report you'd like to see online, send me an email. Copyright Please note that many of these documents are Crown copyright material. They are reproduced here under HMSO Licence No. C02W0004691. |
Education documents online
listed in chronological order 1867-8 Schools Inquiry Commission: girls' schools A chapter from the Reports of the Schools Inquiry Commission on the education of girls. 1923 Hadow Report: Differentiation of the curriculum for boys and girls 1924 Hadow Report: Psychological tests of educable capacity 1926 Hadow Report: The education of the adolescent 1928 Hadow Report: Books in public elementary schools 1931 Hadow Report: The primary school 1933 Hadow Report: Infant and nursery schools These important Consultative Committee reports provided the basis for many of the policies which were enacted in the 1944 Education Act. The Consultative Committee report which recommended the 'tripartite' system of grammar, technical and secondary modern schools. 1943 Norwood Report: Curriculum and examinations in secondary schools The report of the Committee of the Secondary School Examinations Council which, along with Spens, underpinned the 1944 Education Act. 1959 Primary Education: suggestions for the consideration of teachers This Ministry of Education publication provides a snapshot of primary education in the 1950s, eight years before the publication of Plowden. 1963 Newsom Report: Half our future A report of the Central Advisory Council for Education (England) on children of average or below-average ability. 1965 DES Circular 10/65: The organisation of secondary education The circular issued by Harold Wilson's Labour government requesting LEAs to submit plans for comprehensivisation. 1967 Plowden Report: Children and their primary schools The full text of the Plowden Report (both Volumes 1 and 2) plus articles about it by AH Halsey and Kathy Sylva, Maurice Kogan, George Smith, David Winkley, Neville Bennett, Maurice Galton, Philip Gammage, Andrew M Wilkinson and Bridget Plowden. 1972 James Report: Teacher education and training Recommended major changes in the way teachers were trained. 1975 Bullock Report: A Language for Life A major report on the teaching of English, which included an extensive survey of 2,000 schools in England. Report of a small-scale survey of some aspects of the life and work of ten secondary schools carried out by HMI. 1977 Education in schools: a consultative document The Green Paper which began the process of curriculum review called for by Jim Callaghan in his Ruskin College speech of 1976. 1977 Taylor Report: A new partnership for our schools Recommended major changes to the composition and responsibilities of school governing bodies, including roles for parents and the local community. 1978 Waddell Report: School examinations Report of the Steering Committee established to consider proposals for replacing GCE O Level and CSE with a common system of examining at 16+. 1978 Warnock Report: Special educational needs An important report on the education of children and young people with special needs. 1978 HMI Survey of primary education in England A major report by Her Majesty's Inspectors on the state of primary education in England in the 1970s. Pamphlet No. 11 in the HMI Series Matters for Discussion 1981 Rampton Report: West Indian children in our schools The interim report of the Committee of Enquiry into the education of children from ethnic minority groups. DES booklet giving advice to LEAs on curriculum development. 1981 DES Circular 6/81: The school curriculum Circular to LEAs asking them to review the curriculum offered in their schools in the light of The school curriculum. 1982 Cockcroft Report: Mathematics counts A major report on the teaching of maths. 1983 DES Circular 8/83: The school curriculum Circular to LEAs asking them to report on progress in reviewing the curriculum offered in their schools, as requested in Circular 6/81. 1985 Better schools - a summary DES booklet describing the government's policies for schools in England and Wales as set out in the White Paper Better schools. 1985 HMI Survey of education 8 to 12 in combined and middle schools Another important report by Her Majesty's Inspectors. 1985 The curriculum from 5 to 16 No. 2 in the HMI series Curriculum Matters. An important statement about the school curriculum by Her Majesty's Inspectors - the last before the politicians took control! 1985 Quality in Schools: evaluation and appraisal DES publication based on surveys by HMI of practice in a small number of schools and LEAs. 1985 Swann Report: Education for all The final report of the Committee of Enquiry into the education of children from ethnic minority groups. 1989 Personal and social education from 5 to 16 No. 14 in the HMI series Curriculum Matters. 1989 Elton Report: Enquiry into discipline in schools A report commissioned by Education Secretary Kenneth Baker into behaviour in schools. Includes the findings of a national survey of teachers (Appendix D). 1990 Rumbold Report: Starting with quality Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the quality of the educational experience offered to 3 and 4 year olds, chaired by Angela Rumbold 1992 Curriculum organisation and classroom practice in primary schools The 'Three Wise Men Report', as it was popularly known, was produced by Robin Alexander, Jim Rose and Chris Woodhead at the request of Education Secretary Kenneth Clarke.  See also Professor Robin Alexander's website which includes downloadable PDF versions of a number of reports. 
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