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Nursery Schools: 1977 dataset
Catalogue reference: ED 267/41
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This record is about the Nursery Schools: 1977 dataset dating from 1977 in the series Department of Education and Science and successors: Statistics Branch: Schools' Census.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ED 267/41
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Title (The name of the record)
- Nursery Schools: 1977 dataset
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1977
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Description (What the record is about)
- This dataset consists of data gathered from nursery schools in England and Wales during the Schools' Census conducted by the Department of Education and Science in 1977. It is the only Schools' Census dataset held by The National Archives which covers Welsh as well as English nursery schools (from 1978 onwards, the nursery school datasets cover nursery schools in England only). As in other Schools' Censuses, the enumeration date was the third Thursday in January (20 January 1977). The data reflects the position in nursery schools on that date. Nursery schools were defined by the Department of Education and Science as schools which "provide[d] education primarily for children below compulsory school age, i.e. under 5". The dataset contains data on 653 schools. It appears that these fell into the following categories: Nursery schools maintained by local education authorities (LEAs), whose expenditure was met by LEAs from local rates and central government grants. Statistics published by the Department of Education and Science indicate that there were 648 LEA-maintained nursery schools in England and Wales at the time of the 1977 Schools' Census. Direct-grant nursery schools, whose governing bodies were assisted by central government grants, and a proportion of pupils attending them did so free or under an arrangement whereby LEAs met their tuition fees. Department of Education statistics record that there were five direct-grant nursery schools in England and Wales in 1977. The dataset consists of a single table (scennu77) which contains one record per school.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- CRDA/13/DS/3/1977
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- Public Record(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open on Transfer
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11516916/
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ED 267
Department of Education and Science and successors: Statistics Branch: Schools' Census...
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Within the series: ED 267
Department of Education and Science and successors: Statistics Branch: Schools' Census...
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Nursery Schools: 1977 dataset
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