Dewsbury schools row

Title

Dewsbury schools row

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Sep 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:03:36

Description

Report on the Dewsbury school race row where parents have removed their children from Headfield Middle School, where 93 percent of the pupils are of Asian descent, and are trying to move them to nearby Overthorpe Junior School. Includes interviews with parent Philip Marshall and Eric Haley; former MP, John Whitfield; principal schools officer for Kirklees council, Ian McMillan. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

John Whitfield; Philip Marshall; Eric Haley; Ian McMillan

Keywords

Local authorities; Education; Interethnic relations; Yorkshire; Schools; Parents; Asian peoples; Schoolchildren; Headfield Middle School; Overthorpe Junior School; Dewsbury; Kirklees; Council

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