Hammersmith School poor inspection leaked

Title

Hammersmith School poor inspection leaked

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

21 Mar 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:30

Description

The inspection report for Hammersmith School, one of the worst in Britain, has been leaked to a Sunday newspaper angering councillors on the Labour controlled Hammersmith and Fulham Council. Chair of the Education Committee David Williams says the leak was politically motivated as failing schools like Battersea Technology College in Conservative controlled Wandsworth have not been mentioned; with response from his Tory counterpart Guy Mortimer. Hammersmith School could be taken out of local authority control. Report by Chris Chambers includes vox pop with fifth form students and audio of a business studies class.

Contributors

David Williams; Chris Chambers; Guy Mortimer

Keywords

Politics; Wandsworth; Councils; Schools; Party politics; School inspections; Hammersmith and Fulham Council; John Patten; Hammersmith School; Educational standard; Battersea Technology College

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