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Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science: Inspectorate: Reports...
Catalogue reference: ED 172
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ED 172
Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science Inspector's reports on independent schools.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ED 172
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science: Inspectorate: Reports on Independent Schools
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1938-1989
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science Inspector's reports on independent schools.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
By 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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Later reports produced by HM Inspectorate on independent schools in Wales are in BD 72
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Education, Inspectorate (England), 1923-1944
- Board of Education, Inspectorate (Wales), 1923-1944
- 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
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 613 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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 to counties and county boroughs is available. Please speak to staff at the enquiry desk for the precise location.
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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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The 1943 White Paper, 'Educational Reconstruction', announced the Government's intention to introduce a system of compulsory inspection and registration of all independent schools, with provision to require the closure of any school found deficient unless the defects complained of were remedied.
Subsequently, part III of the Education Act 1944 required the minister to maintain a register of all independent schools and their proprietors to furnish certain information and to make their schools available for inspection at all reasonable times.
Although these provisions were not made fully effective until part III came into operation in 1957, a programme of inspections of all independent schools which provided full-time education for five or more pupils of compulsory school age was commenced in 1949. This was announced in Circular 196, published in January of that year.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6971/
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