Newsom (1963)

(page numbers in brackets)

Notes on the text
Preliminary pages (i-xviii)
Membership, Contents, Introduction, Principal Recommendations

Part 1 Findings
Chapter 1 (1-9)
Education for All
Chapter 2 (10-16)
The Pupils, the Schools, the Problems
Chapter 3 (17-26)
Education in the Slums
Chapter 4 (27-31)
Objectives
Chapter 5 (32-40)
Finding Approaches
Chapter 6 (41-51)
The School Day, Homework, Extra-Curricular Activities
Chapter 7 (52-59)
Spiritual and Moral Development
Chapter 8 (60-71)
The School Community
Chapter 9 (72-79)
Going Out into the World
Chapter 10 (80-86)
Examinations and Assessments
Chapter 11 (87-97)
Building for the Future
Chapter 12 (98-108)
The Teachers Needed

Part 2 The Teaching Situation
Chapter 13 (109-113)
What Should Secondary Imply?
Chapter 14 (114-118)
An Education that Makes Sense
Chapter 15 (119-123)
Attainments and Achievement
Chapter 16 (124-127)
The Subjects and the Curriculum
Chapter 17 (128-141)
The Practical Subjects
Chapter 18 (142-151)
Science and Mathematics
Chapter 19 (152-169)
The Humanities
Chapter 20 (170-179)
School Organisation and Staff Deployment

Part 3 What the Survey Shows
Chapter 21 (183-188)
The 1961 Survey
Chapter 22 (194-232)
The Boys and Girls
Chapter 23 (234-244)
The Work They Do
Chapter 24 (245-249)
The Men and Women Who Teach Them
Chapter 25 (250-259)
The Schools They Go To

Acknowledgements (260-262)

Appendix I (263-267)
List of Witnesses
Appendix II (268-271)
Sex Education
Appendix III (272-276)
Deployment of Teachers
Appendix IV (277-278)
Letter to Minister on Teacher Training
Appendix V (279-295)
Statistical Detail

Index (296-299)

A report of the Central Advisory Council for Education (England)

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1963
© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland.

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Association of Education Committees

Mr RG Robinson, Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Association
Sir William Alexander, Secretary of the Association
Mr BS Braithwaite, Chief Education Officer, East Sussex
Alderman A Moss, Vice-President of the Association
Dr F Lincoln Ralphs, Chief Education Officer, Norfolk
Mr WG Stone, Director of Education, Brighton
Alderman J Wood, President of the Association

Association of Municipal Corporations
Alderman Mrs EV Smith, Chairman of the Education Committee of the Association
Alderman LE Haines
Mr SR Hutton, Chief Education Officer, Southport
Mr GW Cutts, Borough Education Officer, Widnes
Mr KP Poole, Assistant Secretary of the Association

County Councils Association
Sir Alan Lubbock, Chairman of Hampshire County Council, Chairman of the Education Committee of the Association
Sir Offley Wakeman, Bt, CBE, Chairman of Shropshire County Council, former Chairman of the Education Committee of the Association
Commander DSE Thompson, RN, County Councillor and Chairman of the Kent Education Committee
Mr JHP Oxspring, MBE, Chief Education Officer, Staffordshire
Dr F Lincoln Ralphs, Chief Education Officer, Norfolk
Mr LWK Brown, Deputy Secretary of the Association

London County Council
Mrs M Mclntosh, Chairman of the Education Committee
Mrs Helen C Bentwich, Chairman of the Primary and Secondary Schools Sub-Committee of the Education Committee
Mr WF Houghton, Education Officer
Dr EWH Briault, Deputy Education Officer

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Mr GH Sylvester, President of the Association, Chief Education Officer, Bristol
Dr BE Lawrence, CBE, Treasurer of the Association, Chief Education Officer, Essex
Mr H Martin Wilson, CBE, Secretary for Education, Shropshire
Mr H Oldman, Secretary to the Association, Chief Education Officer, York

Association of Head Mistresses (Incorporated)
Miss EM Huxstep, Chairman of Sub-Committee
Miss RN Pearse, OBE, President of the Association 1962-64
Miss AF Bull, Past President
Miss PM Adams
Mrs R Shaw

Association of Teachers in Colleges and Departments of Education
Mr EG Peirson, Principal, City of Worcester Training College
Dr William Taylor, Principal Lecturer in Education, College of the Venerable Bede, Durham
Professor JW Tibble, Director of the Institute of Education, The University, Leicester,
Mrs E Tidy, Principal Lecturer in Education, City of Coventry Training College

Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions
Mr T Driver, Technical College, Doncaster, President of the Association
Mr EE Robinson, Brunel College of Technology, Vice-President of the Association
Mr CJ Tirrell, MBE, Principal of the Technical College, Crewe, Treasurer of the Association
Mr W Ing, Member of the Executive
Mr Edward Britton, General Secretary of the Association

National Association of Head Teachers
Mr JW Watts, President of the Association
Mr JH Chantler, JP
Miss DM Parncutt

National Association of Schoolmasters
Mr T Casey, President of the Association
Mr R Hall, Vice-President of the Association
Mr LG Harris
Mr MA Langdell
Mr BF Wakefield
Mr ACE Weston
Mr AS Massingham, Assistant Secretary of the Association

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National Union of Teachers
Miss MA Stewart, Junior Vice-President of the Union
Mr DG Gilbert, Chairman of the Education Committee of the Union
Mr JW Hand, Vice-Chairman of the Education Committee of the Union
Mr MJC Clarke, Chairman of Panel A of the Union's Education Committee and Chairman of the Union's Advisory Committee for Special Education
Mr SW Exworthy, Chairman of Secondary Modern Schools Advisory Committee
Miss MOM Morris, Assistant Secretary to the Union's Advisory Committee
Mr FM Newrick, Assistant Official to the Education Department of the Union

British Employers' Confederation
Mr WM Larke, General Manager, Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd, Bilston and Vice-Chairman of the Educational Sub-Committee of the Confederation
Mr J Brosgall, Educational Adviser to Unilever Ltd and Member of the Industrial Education and Training Committee of the Association
Mr DD Sim, Secretary to the Industrial and Training Department of the Confederation

Central Council for Health Education
Dr AJ Dalzell-Ward, Medical Director, Central Council
Dr WS Parker, Medical Officer of Health, Brighton

Institute of Youth Employment Officers
Mr CP Walton, Secretary of the Institute
Mr VB Bray, County Youth Employment Officer, Cheshire

Standing Conference of National Voluntary Youth Organisations
Miss M Robinson, Members Council Adviser, National Association of Youth Clubs
Mr H Higgins, National Association of Boys' Clubs
Mrs H Burgess, JP, Girl Guides Association
Miss J Lines, Girl Guides Association
Miss A Bailey, Young Women's Christian Association
Miss S Matthews, Young Women's Christian Association
Brigadier D Meynell, Hon Secretary of the Standing Conference

Trades Union Congress
Mr J O'Hagan, OBE, Member of the General Council and the Education Committee
Mrs E McCullough, Member of the General Council and the Education Committee
Mr GF Smith, Member of the General Council and the Education Committee
Mr R A Jackson, Assistant, Education Department

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Mr B Bernstein, Institute of Education, University of London
Mrs J Floud, Official Fellow of Nuffield College, University of Oxford
Dr MEM Herford, DSO, Appointed Factory Doctor, Windsor and Slough District
Mr B Jackson, Director, Advisory Centre for Education, Cambridge
Mr L Paul, Research Fellow, Industrial Welfare Society
Mr DA Pidgeon, Senior Research Officer, National Foundation for Educational Research

The Council also wishes to record its gratitude to the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Salford, the Rev HA Hamilton and Dr Kathleen Bliss for accepting the Council's invitation to meet them and for the help they rendered the Council on that occasion.

Association of Physical Education of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Association of Teachers of Domestic Science
Association of Women Science Teachers
Boys' Brigade
Boy Scouts Association
British Council of Churches
British Film Institute
British Red Cross Society
British Transport Commission
Catholic Education Council
Central Council for Physical Recreation
Church of England Board of Education, Schools Council
City and Guilds of London Institute
Communist Party, Education Advisory Committee
Congregational Youth and Children's Department
Consumer Advisory Council
Electricity Council
English Association
Gas Council
Geographical Association
Girl Guides Association
Historical Association
Institute of Christian Education at Home and Overseas
Institute of Handicraft Teachers
Institute of Personnel Management
London Association for the Teaching of English
Mathematical Association
Modern Language Association
National Association of Inspectors of Schools and Education Organisers
National Association of Youth Service Officers
National Coal Board

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National Council for School Sports
National Rural Studies Association
National Savings Development Committee
National School Sailings Association
National Society for Art Education
Physical Education Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Society of British Esperantist Teachers
Society for Education Through Art
South East Regional Association of Education Officers
Special Schools Association
Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Workers' Educational Association
Young Christian Workers

Mr C Adams, Culverhouse Boys' County Secondary School, Essex
Mr M Ableway
Mr JR Armstrong, Chief Education Officer, Joseph Lucas Ltd
Mr GH Bantock, Reader in Education, University of Leicester, (advance copy of a chapter from a forthcoming book Education in an Industrial Society)
Mr MP Carter, Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield (advance copy of Home, School and Work)
Mr WB Everett, Headmaster, Huntingdon County Secondary School
Dame Anne Godwin, General Secretary, Clerical & Administrative Workers Union
Mr RP Goodings and Mr S Pratt, Institute of Education, University of London (joint memorandum included as Appendix of this report)
Mr EH Heelas, Inspector of Schools, Birmingham
Mr LJ Hewitt, Director of Guidance, Board of Education, Hamilton, Ontario
Mr J Heywood, Nuffield Fellow, College of Advanced Technology, Birmingham
Mr D Holbrook, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge (advance copies of two books, English For The Rejected and The Secret Places)
Mr G Jahoda and Mr AD Chalmers, Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology, University of Glasgow (copy of report The Youth Employment Service, A Consumer Perspective)
Mr T Lewis, Department of Education, University of Bristol (copy of diploma thesis)
Mrs M Leopold, Manager, Comptrollers Staff Office, JH Lyons Ltd
Mr RQ McGregor, Training College Lecturer
Mr R Morley, Headmaster, Broadlands County Secondary School, Somerset
Mr RW Palmer, Windsor Grammar School for Boys
Mr RT Rivington, Institute of Education, University of Sheffield
Mr F R Rogers
Mr CA Slack, Headmaster, Abbey Grange Church of England School, Leeds
Mr NJ Spearing
Mr J Webb