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Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science: HM Inspectorate: Reports...

Catalogue reference: ED 156

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ED 156

Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science HM Inspectorate reports on the full and interim inspection of local education authority and non-local education authority maintained primary schools in England, Wales and Hong Kong,...

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Reference
ED 156
Title
Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science: HM Inspectorate: Reports on Primary Institutions
Date
1946-1993
Description

Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science HM Inspectorate reports on the full and interim inspection of local education authority and non-local education authority maintained primary schools in England, Wales and Hong Kong, under the provisions of section 77 of the Education Act 1944.

The papers include some reports on all-age schools that survived the 1944 Education Act (the Act introduced, inter alia, the division between primary and secondary education at the eleven-plus age).

For the period 1956-1965 the reports have been transferred into single-year pieces, reflecting the large number of full school inspections performed during those years.

Arrangement
Arrangement

By counties (and, from 1956, by county boroughs) of England and Wales, the sequence being repeated for successive transfers: within a county or county borough, the records are arranged in alphabetical order of district.

Related material

For reports produced by the HM Inspectorate of Schools for Wales on primary schools, following the transfer of responsibilities to the Welsh office in 1970, see BD 17

Further HMI Inspectorate reports are in ED 161

Reports on the inspection of elementary schools prior to 1944, under the provision of section 7 of the Elementary Education Act 1870, may be found in ED 21

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Department of Education and Science, HM Inspectorate (England), 1964-1973
  • Department of Education and Science, HM Inspectorate (Wales), 1964-1973
  • Department of Education and Science, HM Inspectorate of Schools (England), 1973-1992
  • Department of Education and Science, HM Inspectorate of Schools (Wales), 1973-1992
  • Ministry of Education, Inspectorate (England), 1944-1964
  • Ministry of Education, Inspectorate (Wales), 1944-1964
  • Office for Standards in Education, 1992-1992
Physical description
1200 files and volumes
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure
Subjects
Topics
Asia
Education
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6955/

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