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Department of Education and Science: Committee of Inquiry into the Teaching of Mathematics...
Catalogue reference: ED 284
What's it about?
ED 284
This series contains the minutes and papers of the committee set up in 1978 to consider the teaching of mathematics in primary and secondary schools in England and Wales.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ED 284
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Education and Science: Committee of Inquiry into the Teaching of Mathematics in Schools (Cockcroft Committee): Minutes and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1978-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the minutes and papers of the committee set up in 1978 to consider the teaching of mathematics in primary and secondary schools in England and Wales.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Department of Education and Science, Committee of Inquiry into the Teaching of Mathematics, 1978-1981
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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22 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2004 Department for Education and Skills
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Education
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Not accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Concerns raised by the Education, Arts and Home Office Sub-committee of the Parliamentary Expenditure Committee in their report of July 1977 led to the Secretary of State for Education and Science establishing an inquiry into the teaching of mathematics in primary and secondary schools, with particular regard to the skills required in further education, employment and adult life generally. The committee, under the chairmanship of Dr Wilfred H Cockcroft, vice chancellor of the New University of Ulster at Coleraine, met for the first time on 25 September 1978 and submitted its report jointly to the Secretary of State for Education and the Secretary of State for Wales on 10 November 1981.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16186/
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