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Affidavit describing the uprising of enslaved people onboard the Bedford
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Series
Department of Education and Science: Schools I Branch: Registered Files (S Series)
Catalogue reference: ED 207
What's it about?
ED 207
Registered files of the Department of Education and Science Schools I Branch containing information on most aspects of primary and secondary education with specific reference to schools.Particular subjects include, the introduction of...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ED 207
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Education and Science: Schools I Branch: Registered Files (S Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1965-2002
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Description (What the record is about)
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Registered files of the Department of Education and Science Schools I Branch containing information on most aspects of primary and secondary education with specific reference to schools.
Particular subjects include, the introduction of comprehensive education, the department's reaction to Lady Plowden's Report on children and their primary schools, and its relationship with independent schools, complaints from parents about placement and availability of school places, bullying and ethnic problems as well as more routine files dealing with the provision and maintenance of school buildings.
The majority of files in the series relate to individual schools.
This series was introduced in 1966 replacing the existing S series, which continued to be in use simultaneously until 1970.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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This series continues the series transferred into ED 147
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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S file series
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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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- Department for Education, 1992-1995
- Department for Education and Employment, 1995-2001
- Department for Education and Skills, 2001-2007
- Department of Education and Science, Schools Branch 1, 1973-1992
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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722 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1994 Department for Education
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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
- Race relations
- Children
- Education
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Only those files in the series which resulted in the development of policy have been selected for permanent preservation.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7006/
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