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Kenneth Clarke on primary school tests (1991)

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Interview

Peter Russell interviews Education Secretary Kenneth Clarke, on changes in teaching at primary schools. The Government has announced new-look tests for seven-year-olds. Clarke says that they’ll improve...

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Village Life: Checkendon (1987)

Mike Matthews second visit to a village: this time, he goes to Checkendon, in the South of Oxfordshire, 9 miles northwest outside Reading, off the A474. He talks first with the vicar of the local parish...

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Kenneth Clarke on education inquiry (1991)

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Interview

Phil Edwards interviews Education Secretary Kenneth Clarke, on a wide-ranging inquiry into teaching at primary schools. He criticises progressive teaching methods, introduced since the 1960s and calls for a...

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John Patten on primary school teacher training (1993)

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Interview

Interview with Education Secretary John Patten about his plans to create a one year intensive training course including on the job training rather than university courses for new primary school staff in the...

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NUM on primary school reform proposals (1992)

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Interview

Doug McAvoy of the NUM teacher’s union discusses primary school reform proposals put forward in the report of an inquiry ordered by Education Secretary Kenneth Clarke. McAvoy is concerned Clarke is using...

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Primary school reform (1992)

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Interview

Simon Hobbs interviews Education Secretary Kenneth Clarke on an inquiry report demanding a shake up of primary school teaching methods. The report has called for traditional teaching methods to return, and...

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Two schools fail Ofsted report (1993)

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Interview

Interview with Education Secretary John Patten about an Ofsted report on two schools that have been branded the worst in the UK, Brookside Special School in Derby and Crook Primary School in County Durham....

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Dunblane families cope with loss (1996)

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Interview

Dunblane Cathedral officer Moira Herkis pays tribute to the courage and calmness of the bereaved families following the massacre at the local primary school (13/03/96).

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Dunblane’s mixed response to visits (1996)

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Vox pop

Vox pop with residents of the town of Dunblane, where is a a mixed response to the visits of politicians and other dignitaries following the massacre at Dunblane Primary School on 13/03/96.

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Royal visit to Dunblane (1996)

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Interview

Colonel James Stirling tells reporters about the reaction of the Queen after visiting the Scottish town of Dunblane, in the wake of the shooting at the local primary school (13/03/96).

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