Series
Catalogue reference: ED 154
ED 154
Files of the Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science, Architects and Building Branch concerning major education building projects carried out in the post-Second World War period.The earliest Welsh file is dated 1957.Many of...
ED 154
1946-1976
Files of the Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science, Architects and Building Branch concerning major education building projects carried out in the post-Second World War period.
The earliest Welsh file is dated 1957.
Many of the files include plans.
In alphabetical order of counties followed by county boroughs, with a separate section for Wales.
Records of the Welsh Department and successors:
For primary and secondary school development plans see ED 152
Primary and secondary development plans for Wales are in BD 7
No files for Wales for the period 1946-1957 have been found.
G file series
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English
419 file(s)
Subject to 30 year closure
The qualification of a"major" project was originally applied to those projects which cost £5000 or more, but this lower limit was subsequently increased because of progressively rising building costs.
The chief types of project were:to meet the needs for schools on new housing estates;to rectify shortages of accommodation at existing schools;to meet the demand for additional places as a result of raising the compulsory school age in 1947.
In general, the projects resulted from the adoption of development plans submitted by local education authorities to the department for approval under the provision of part 2, section 11, of the Education Act 1944.
Records created or inherited by the Department of Education and Science, and of related...
Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science: Architects and Building Branch: Local Education Authority Major Building Projects, Registered Files (G Series)
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