Dewsbury schools row

Title

Dewsbury schools row

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

8 Sep 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:04:13

Description

Report on storming of Overthorpe Junior School by parents and children as the Dewsbury school race row continues- 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. Includes interviews with parents Eric Haley and Bob Busby; Fred Naylor, Parental Alliance for Choice in Education (PACE); Ian McMillan, principal schools officer for Kirklees council. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Eric Haley; Ian McMillan; Bob Busby; Fred Naylor

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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