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Department of Education and Science and predecessors: Secondary Schools Digest files
Catalogue reference: ED 162
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ED 162
Department of Education and Science (DES) and predecessors secondary schools digest files documenting important changes in the accommodation, status and organisation of secondary schools.Papers regarded by the DES as containing significant...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ED 162
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Education and Science and predecessors: Secondary Schools Digest files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1879-1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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Department of Education and Science (DES) and predecessors secondary schools digest files documenting important changes in the accommodation, status and organisation of secondary schools.
Papers regarded by the DES as containing significant information were removed from the original "school file" and placed on a digest file. The files relate to both those secondary schools set up as a result of the 1944 Education Act and to grammar and technical schools already set up at that time. Included are legal orders, information on building projects, a number of statistics and official letters concerning the award of grants to voluntary schools.
They also contain the most recent HMI reports at the time of digesting as earlier ones were not transferred to the digested file. The files for all schools in Bedfordshire to Dorset have been digested and some files from other counties, county boroughs, and London boroughs as files were only digested if called for by DES staff.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
In county and county borough order within each transfer.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Earlier papers relating to secondary institutions can be found in ED 35
A complete series of HMI reports for secondary schools can be found in ED 109
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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)
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- Board of Education, 1899-1944
- Department of Education and Science, 1964-1992
- Education Department, 1856-1899
- Ministry of Education, 1944-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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3109 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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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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- An index of counties county boroughs and London boroughs is available. Please speak to staff at the enquiry desk for the precise location.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6961/
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