| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Description | Speech entitled 'Primary and Secondary in England Today - an overview of patterns and trends.' Talk discussing eleven main points: contradiction between the rhetoric of increasingly local decision and the fact of increasing centralised decision, concern over provision in the maintained sector, rise in parental expectations, marked roll-drop, accountability/review, education for multi-ethnic society, equal opportunities for boys and girls, concern about employment prospects, recognition of the importance of pre-school experience and uncertainty about the relationship between pupils and teachers. |