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Lord Chancellor's Office and Lord Chancellor's Department: Independent Schools Tribunal

Catalogue reference: LCO 24

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LCO 24

Case files arising from appeals to the Independent Schools Tribunal against notices of complaint served on proprietors of independent schools.

Full description and record details

Reference

LCO 24

Title
Lord Chancellor's Office and Lord Chancellor's Department: Independent Schools Tribunal
Date

1958-1978

Description

Case files arising from appeals to the Independent Schools Tribunal against notices of complaint served on proprietors of independent schools.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

43 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to closure for periods up to 75 years

Administrative / biographical background

The Independent Schools Tribunal heard two distinct types of cases, those in which the Secretary of State has imposed a disqualification on an individual teacher and those in which the school itself is alleged to be substandard or not conforming to its particulars of registration. A typical case is that of a teacher who has been disqualified from teaching, following a criminal conviction, but there are occasionally cases where small schools are threatened with closure, unless they can improve their tuition, premises or equipment. Part III of the Education Act 1944 was not brought into operation until 30 September 1957 and the Tribunal heard its first case in 1959.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10262/

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Lord Chancellor's Office and Lord Chancellor's Department: Independent Schools Tribunal