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Bob Holness interviews Conservative MP and former headmaster Dr Rhodes Boyson on the publication of a new so-called black paper on education standards. He speaks about the decline in standards of schools;...
John Day, Deputy Secretary General of the Associated Examining Board, describes the lowering of standards of written English in exams. He discusses where the breakdown in communication skills is coming from,...
Speech by unidentified union spokesman on the pay, standards and services agreement reached between employers and four out of six teaching unions.
The Government has proposed tests for schools at regular intervals to check the students’ progress. The NUT has opposed any such testing, claiming it will lead to streaming, and that blanket testing is...
Kenneth Baker, Secretary of State for Education and Science on the introduction of the new national curriculum in 1989 and introduction of grant-maintained schools; the reasons for them both and benefits....
Paul Rowley reports from Westminster on a debate in the Commons on new school tests for 7-year-olds, with speeches from Education Secretary John MacGregor, Shadow Education Spokesman Jack Straw and Liberal...
Kenneth Clarke on his new post of Education Secretary following a cabinet re-shuffle by Margaret Thatcher after the surprise resignation of Deputy PM Geoffrey Howe. Denies remarks by Labour’s Jack Straw...
Interview with Education Secretary, John MacGregor, following his speech at a conference of schools and industrialists in Leicester in which he refuted claims Britain’s school system puts pupils at a...
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...
Clodagh Kennedy reports on the inner city Graveney Secondary School in Tooting, London - commended for its educational standards by the Chief Inspector of Schools; interviews with Graham Stapleton,...
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