Newsom (1963)

Notes on the text
Preliminary pages Membership, Contents, Introduction, Principal recommendations

Part 1 Findings
Chapter 1 Education for all
Chapter 2 The pupils, the schools, the problems
Chapter 3 Education in the slums
Chapter 4 Objectives
Chapter 5 Finding approaches
Chapter 6 The school day, homework, extra-curricular activities
Chapter 7 Spiritual and moral development
Chapter 8 The school community
Chapter 9 Going out into the world
Chapter 10 Examinations and assessments
Chapter 11 Building for the future
Chapter 12 The teachers needed

Part 2 The teaching situation
Chapter 13 What should secondary imply?
Chapter 14 An education that makes sense
Chapter 15 Attainments and achievement
Chapter 16 The subjects and the curriculum
Chapter 17 The practical subjects
Chapter 18 Science and mathematics
Chapter 19 The humanities
Chapter 20 School organisation and staff deployment

Part 3 What the survey shows
Chapter 21 The 1961 survey
Chapter 22 The boys and girls
Chapter 23 The work they do
Chapter 24 The men and women who teach them
Chapter 25 The schools they go to

Acknowledgements

Appendix I List of witnesses
Appendix II Sex education
Appendix III Deployment of teachers
Appendix IV Letter to Minister on teacher training
Appendix V Statistical detail

Index

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.

Index
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Ability 1/4-7, 1/10, 1/15-17, 2/35, 2/36, 2/46, 5/102, Ch21, Ch22, AppV

Absence from school (see Attendance, School)

Adolescence 13/309-312, 14/326

Adult life, preparation for 1/3, 5/98-119, 13/315, 14/322, 14/323, 17/388, 17/405

Advertising 4/87, 13/315, 17/396, 19/472

Agnostics 7/158, 7/163, 7/164

Agreed Syllabus 7/166, 7/172, 7/173

Albemarle Report 17/411

All-age schools, 21/551

Ancillary staff 12/307, 16/359, 17/387

Apprenticeships 1/12, 5/102, 5/103, 5/109, 22/567

Architects and Building Branch (Ministry of Education) 11/268

Arithmetic (see Mathematics)

Art and the studio crafts 5/94-96, 10/254, 13/312, 16/352, 17/361, 17/374, 17/376-378, 23/632, 23/639, 23/640
rooms and equipment, 3/58, 5/95, 11/268, 25/662
teacher training, 12/287, 12/289

Assignments 16/353, 19/470, 20/522

Attendance, school 2/36, 3/58, 3/70, 8/183, 8/202, 13/309, Ch22

Audo-visual aids (see also Films, Radio, Tape recorders, Teaching machines, Television) 2/41

Automation 1/11, 1/12

Backward classes 12/281, 15/343

Behaviour in school (see also Discipline) 2/34, 2/47, 3/56, Ch8, 13/309, Ch22
personal (see also Moral judgements, Sex) 4/87, 5/117, 13/315, 14/324

Beloe Report 10/241, 10/245, 10/257

Boarding school (see also Journeys, School and residential provision) 8/201

Books (See also Library) 2/41, 5/93, 17/370, 17/371, 18/428, 19/469-71

Boredom 2/47, 6/120, 9/213

Brass bands 6/127, 17/413, 17/419

British Employer's Confederation 9/239

'Brown, Jones and Robinson' Ch22, 23/630, 23/635, AppV

Budgeting 5/119, 14/321, 18/449

Building, courses in 5/109, 14/322, 17/361, 17/383, 20/528, 25/663

Buildings and equipment
existing schools 1/25, 2/37, 2/45, 3/58, 8/184, 8/197, 11/265, 17/409, 17/418, 20/539, 24/655, Ch25
new 2/38, 2/41, 6/146, Ch11, 17/372, 17/408, 17/409, 18/452-454, 19/506, 24/655
overcrowded 2/32, 2/38, Ch25

Catering 5/100, 5/109, 5/113, 17/361, 17/375, 17/389

Certificate of Secondary Education Ch10, 16/355, 16/356, 19/486

Child care 5/119, 12/286, 17/392, 17/399

Choice, pupil's choice of subject 5/99, 5/100, 5/105, 14/325-327, 16/357, 17/361, 17/374, 17/407, 18/431, 18/432, 20/518, 23/643, 23/644

Civics (see under Geography, History, Social studies)

Clothing trades 5/109, 5/113, 17/375, 17/389

Clubs
adult 6/138, 9/231, 17/402, 17/411,
school, 2/34, 2/41, 3/61, Ch6, 17/366, 17/384, Ch22
youth, 2/34, 6/144-148, 8/200, 8/206, Ch22

Coeducational and single sex schools 8/179, 8/186, 8/206, 23/627, 23/643, 23/644, 25/663, 25/664, 25/665, 25/671, 25/674, 25/675

Colour bar (see also Minorities, Cultural, Immigrants, New) 7/163

Commerce 2/41, 5/109, 5/113, 5/114, 6/123, 23/633-635

Communication, problems of 2/49, 2/50, 4/86, 12/291, 14/329, 14/330, 19/467, 19/498, 19/490

Community service (see also Social service) 6/128, 8/196, 8/200, 9/221, 17/384, 25/670

Comprehensive schools, 1/4, 1/19, 2/30, 19/494, 21/551, 22/619-624

'Concurrent training' of teachers 12/299, 12/300, AppIV

Conscience clause 7/169, 19/517

Consumer research 4/87, 9/211, 17/388, 17/396, 18/435

Cookery (see also Housecraft) 5/94, 14/318, 17/375, 20/531

Corporal punishment 8/186, 8/187, 8/201

Cost of education
in relation to buildings, 3/74, 6/146, 11/271
in relation to research 12/306
in relation to teachers 3/69, 6/145, 12/288, 12/296, 12/297, 12/302, 12/307
total cost 1/9, 1/26

Council estates and new towns 2/31, 6/134, 21/559, Ch22, 24/652, 25/664, 25/667, 25/668, 25/673, 25/680, 25/684

County schools 7/158, 7/166, 23/641

Coursework in external examinations 10/246

Courses, organisation of forms on a course basis (see also Vocation) 5/100-116, 20/525-527, 23/643

Crowther Report (15 to 18), 1/19, 1/22, 2/31, 2/32, 10/245, 12/277, 21/555

Current affairs (see under Geography, History, Social studies)

Curriculum, contents of Ch4, Ch14, Ch23
fields of 16/349, 16/358, 20/538, 23/625-636

Day training colleges 12/296

Decimal system 18/449

Delinquency 3/73, 6/120, 8/178

Dinners, free 3/70, Ch22

Discipline
in school 2/34, 2/43, 2/47, Ch8, 12/305, 13/309, Ch22
at home 3/56, Ch8

Display space 17/372

Doctor, school 268 (section XVI), 16/359

Drama 5/116, 268 (section VI), 14/330, 17/406, 19/478-480

'Early Leaving' Report, 21/558

Eliot, George (quoted) 7/168

Emotions 4/77, 17/377

Employment, part-time paid 2/34, 2/36, 221 Ch22

Engineering 5/94, 5/100, 5/107, 5/109, 5/110, 17/361, 17/385, 25/663

English, Ch19A
as form subject 12/283, 12/284, 20/546
general 10/254, 15/341, 15/342, 16/352, 17/367, 17/396, 17/399, 23/634, 23/641
spoken 2/49, 2/50,86,87, 10/247, 14/322, 14/324, 14/329, 14/330, 15/346
teachers, 19/487, 20/542, 20/543, 20/544
written, 4/88, 15/345, 15/346, 17/365, 18/428, 19/507

Environment (see Neighbourhoods)

Evening institute (see also Further education) 9/230, 9/231

Examinations
fifth year 2/40, 6/154, Ch10, 16/355, 16/356, 19/486, 23/636, Ch22
fourth year 10/249, Ch22
intemal 15/344, 15/345
non-exammation candidates 10/251-253, Ch22
non-examined subjects 10/254, 17/417
safeguards 10/255
eachers and 12/280, 20/544

Examinations Bulletin No. 1 (SSEC) 10/246, 10/257

Extended courses, 'signing on for' 20/525, 20/527

Extra-curricular activities (see also Community service, Journeys, School residential experience, Social service visits, School work experience) 2/41, 2/42, 3/61, 4/92, 6/121, 6/125-135, 12/290, Ch22

Family size 2/35, Ch22

Fathers' occupations 2/32, 9/219, 21/557, 21/558, Ch22

Fifteen to Eighteen (see Crowther Report)

Films 4/87, 6/125, 6/129, 9/215, 17/361, 19/465, 19/473-476, 19/501, 19/502, 19/506

Flats, housecraft, 268 (sections XV, XVI), 17/391-394

Food supply, world, 4/79, 18/438

Foreign languages 2/41, 6/125, 16/353, Ch19a, 20/532, 23/633-635

Teachers 19/493
form teachers 8/194, 12/282-284, 12/288, 20/533, 20/546

France, method of raising school leaving age 1/21, 1/22

French (see Foreign Languages)

Further education 1/23, 1/24, 9/209, 9/228-231, 9/235, 10/257, 17/386, 18/432, 18/434, 18/451, 20/536, 22/567

Games (see also Physical education and Playing fields) 7/162, 11/265, 17/404, Ch22

GCE 10/242, 10/245, 10/251, 10/253, 20/544, 21/557, 22/568, 22/569, 22/574, 23/636

Geography (see also Social studies) 2/41, 16/350, 18/429, 18/447, Ch19c, 20/545, 23/632, 23/641, 25/682
teachers 19/514

Ghandi, Mahatma 19/503, 19/515

Girls' domestic duties 2/34, 8/182

Graded posts 12/288

Grammar schools 1/4, 1/18, 6/124, 7/160, 9/222, 12/287, 15/339, 20/526, 20/531, 21/551, 21/558, 22/619

Gymnasium 2/45, 3/58, 11/265, 17/408, 25/668, 25/669

Hadow Report (1926), 5/93

Handicraft (see also Vocation) 3/58, 5/93-96, 9/211, 268 (sections III, IV, V, IX), 14/319, 17/361, 17/374, 17/375, 17/379-336, 18/432, 18/433, 23/639, 25/663
teachers 12/285-287

Heads, courses for 20/534

Health education 16/359, 18/438, AppII

Hire purchase 9/211, 16/358

History (see also Geography, Social studies) 6/125, 7/163, 9/213, 16/350, 18/438, 18/447, Ch19c 20/545, 23/641, 25/682
teachers 19/514, 20/543

Homework 2/34, 2/36, 3/61, 4/92, 6/122-124, 15/337, 15/338, 19/507, 21/557, Ch22

Housecraft (See also Cookery, Needlework) 268 (section XVI), 17/374, 17/388-401, 18/447, 23/639, AppII
teachers 12/285-287

Housemasters 8/194, 12/282

Housing 3/54, 6/124, 21/559

Humanities, the 16/349, 16/358, 16/359, 17/401, Ch19, Ch23A, 23/641

Imagination 4/77, 5/116, 14/321, 17/377

Immigrants, new 3/55, 3/71, 4/79

Incentives 8/190-192, 15/345-348, 17/362-366

India 19/501-503

Industrial Training, White Paper (1962), 1/12

In-service training 12/286, 12/287, 12/302, 19/514, 20/534

Italian (see Foreign languages)

Jewish schools 7/166

Journeys, school 2/42, 3/72, 6/149-156, 7/162, 12/290, 17/410, 19/491, 19/505

Laboratories 2/45, 3/58, 11/265, 268 (sections III & IV), 17/395, 18/432, 25/672, 25/673

Labour, Ministry of 9/226

Leavers' forms 5/99, 20/525, 23/643

Leaving certificates 10/240, 10/258-260, 15/348

Library (see also Books) 2/45, 5/93, 11/265, 17/370, 17/371, 19/502, 25/677, 25/681
public 6/123, 6/124, 19/469, 19/502

Lincoln, Abraham 19/499, 19/509

Literacy 4/76, 4/88, 15/331-334, 15/340, 15/346, 16/349, 17/368, Ch19, 21/556

Macaulay, Lord 1/15, 19/503

Machines 4/78, 5/111, 17/385

Maladjusted, classes for 8/201

Manual work, workers 1/12, 2/32, 5/111, 14/324, 21/557, 21/558, Ch22

Marriage and home-making 3/56, 5/113, 5/116, 5/119, 7/164, 14/322, 17/398-400, AppII

Mathematics (see also Numeracy) 4/76, 4/88, 9/211, 13/310, 13/314, 15/341, 15/342, 18/429, Ch18B, 23/634, 23/638, 25/674-676
as form subject 12/283, 20/546
teachers 12/286

Mathematics and science as a curriculum
field 13/314, 16/349, 16/358, Ch23A

Memory 4/77, 15/343, 15/344, 18/429

Metalwork 5/94, 17/382, 25/663, 25/665

Mining areas 2/31, 21/559, Ch22, 24/652, 25/664, 25/668, 25/680, 25/682, 25/684

Minorities, cultural 3/71

Moral judgements and standards 4/76, 7/157, 7/159-164, 14/321, 14/327, 17/396, 18/438, 18/439, 19/509, 19/515

Music 2/41, 2/45, 6/125, 6/127, 10/254, 11/265, 268 (section VIII), 17/366, 17/374, 17/412-420, 23/632, 23/639, 23/640, 25/671

Music teachers, 12/285, 17/416

National Advisory Council on the Training and Supply of Teachers 1/25, 12/274, 12/301, AppIV

National Foundation for Educational Research 20/520

National Union of Teachers (Survey of school buildings) 25/685

Needlework 5/94, 5/95, 17/374, 17/388-401, 25/665

Neighbourhoods 2/31, Ch3, 6/134, 6/152, 19/505, 21/559, 21/561, 21/562, 21/563, Ch22, 24/652, 25/664, 25/667, 25/668, 25/673, 25/676, 25/680, 25/682, 25/684

Newspapers 14/327, 19/465, 19/472

New towns (see Council estates)

Numeracy (see also Mathematics) Ch15, 16/349, 17/368, 20/531

Nurse, school, 268 (section XVI), 16/359

Nursing 5/109, 17/361

Options (see also Choice) 16/357, 20/531-532, 23/644

Oral Examinations 10/247

Overcrowding of schools (see Buildings) Parent-Teacher Associations 6/128, 8/204

Parents, influence of 2/50, 3/56, 6/124, 6/152, 8/179-183, 8/204, 9/219, 14/329, 14/330, 16/359, 17/411

Periods, length of 16/356, 23/630, 23/645

Photography 17/361

Physical Education 6/125, 16/349, 16/353, 16/359, 17/374, 17/402-411, 23/639, 25/666-670
teachers 12/285-287, 12/289, 17/407

Physique 2/35,70, 5/119, 17/404, Ch22

Plastics 17/361

Playing fields 2/32, 3/58, 17/408, 25/660, 25/666, 25/667, 25/669

Practical subjects 3/61, 5/93-97, 14/318-320, 16/349, Ch17, 20/548, Ch23A and C, Ch25A

Prefects 5/119, 8/195, Ch22

Primary educaton, schools 12/299, 13/308, 13/311, 13/312, 14/325, 15/332, 15/333, 15/335, 18/443, 18/444, 18/450, 19/464, 19/471, 19/482, 19/495, 20/520

'Problem areas' 2/31, 3/64, 8/178, 8/182, 21/559, 21/562, Ch22, 24/652, 25/664, 25/667, 25/668, 25/673, 25/680, 25/682, 25/684

Projects 6/123, 14/327, 17/366, 19/485

Punctuation 19/481, 19/482

Punishment 8/185-187, 8/201

Race (see Immigrants, new)

Radio 17/419, 19/473, 19/506

Reading test, 1/8, 3/57, 3/65, 15/332-334, 21/553, 21/556, 22/564, 22/615, AppV

Real, realistic 5/93, 5/97, 14/321, 14/324

Records, record players 17/419, 19/473, 19/477

Regions 21/560, Ch22, 24/654, 25/665, 25/668, 25/673, 25/676, 25/682

Religion, religious instruction 4/82, Ch7, 10/254, 16/349, 19/515-17, 20/544, 20/545, 23/641
teachers 7/168-170, 12/283, 12/284, 19/517, 20/544, 20/548

Remedial class, work 12/281, 15/343, 18/458

Residential experience, provision (see also Boarding) 2/42, 3/72, 3/73, 6/149-156, 9/209, 17/410

Retail trade 1/13, 5/100, 5/109, 17/361

Robbins Committee, 12/300, AppIV

Rotary Club 9/223, 9/236

Rural areas, 2/31, 14/329, 21/559, Ch22, 24/652, 25/664, 25/667, 25/673, 25/680, 25/684

Rural studies 5/94, 9/218, 9/227, 17/361, 17/375, 17/387, 18/432, 18/447, 25/663-635, 25/664

Safety 17/380, 17/385

School day, length of 4/92, 6/120, 6/136-142, 8/181, 9/210, 23/645

School leaving age, case for raising 1/3, 1/18-24
numbers staying after 1/19, 2/40, 3/61
and external examinations 10/249, 20/525
and teacher training 12/279

Science 4/78, 7/163, 9/211, 13/314, 16/353, 16/359, 17/395, 17/401, 17/415, Ch18A, 23/636, 23/637, 25/672, 25/673, AppII
teachers 12/286, 12/287

Scotland 6/150, 10/240

Secondary School Examinations Council 10/246

Senior (elementary) schools 2/37, 20/524

'Sets' 20/531

Sex, sex education, relation between sexes (see also Behaviour, Personal, Moral judgments and standards) 3/56, 7/164, 8/179, 8/205-207, 12/296, 16/359, 17/398-400, 18/439, AppII

Size of schools 3/71, 8/193, 20/519, 20/521, 20/535, 20/536, 20/537, 23/644, 25/663, 25/665

Skill, increasing demand for 1/10-14

Skills, basic (see Literacy, Numeracy)

Slums 2/30, Ch3, 21/561, AppV

Smoking 8/183, 16/359

Social service (see also Community service) 7/162, 8/196, 8/200, 9/212, 9/221, 9/227, 17/380, 17/399

Social studies (see also Geography, History) 9/211, 9/213, 23/641

Social workers 3/70, 8/204, 9/232, 12/293, 12/294

Spanish (see Foreign languages)

Special schools 1/4, 1/18, 8/201

Spelling 19/481, 19/482

Streaming 19/508, 20/520-524, 20/526, 23/643

Student Christian Movement in Schools, 7/173

Surveys
Early Leaving 21/558, AppV
National Service 2/31, 21/555-557, 22/564
NUT 25/685
1961 2/29, 2/30, Ch21A, AppV

Sweden 9/222

Swimming 3/58, 17/408, 25/670

Switzerland 19/490

Tape recorders 2/41, 10/247, 15/346, 17/419, 19/473, 19/506

Teachers (see also entries under individual subjects)
as careers advisers 9/233-239, 12/295
climate of opinion among 7/158
form teachers 12/283, 12/284, 20/541, 20/546
graduates 12/301-303, 20/541, 20/543
heads of departments 10/254, 12/280, 12/288, 18/448, 19/487, 20/544
married women 6/141, 8/179, 12/296, 12/297, 20/540, 20/547, 24/658
mature entrants 9/237, 12/296
probationary period, 12/298
residential accommodation for 3/69
specialists 12/285, 20/541
supply of 1/25, Ch12
supply in difficult areas 3/68, 3/69, 8/203, 12/276, 12/277, AppIII
training 12/287-304
turnover 2/33, 3/59-60, 8/189, 8/193, 10/241, 20/541, 21/563, Ch24

Teachers' assessments (as part of external examinations) 10/248

Teaching groups, size of 7/171, 17/367, 17/368, 20/547

Teaching load (pupils per teacher per week) 7/171, 20/545

Teaching machines 18/455

Technical drawing 5/94, 17/375, 18/452, 23/632, 23/639, 25/674-676

Television 9/214-216, 268 (section VII), 19/465, 19/474, 19/506

Theatres 19/480

Time allocations for subjects 7/171, 16/356, 19/506, 20/532, 20/538, Ch23

Training colleges 12/287, 12/290-294, 20/541, 20/543

Transfers between secondary schools 8/201, 20/536
age of, from primary to secondary 8/198

Truancy (see Attendance, school)

Tutorial groups 8/194, 12/282, 20/533

Uniform 8/188, 8/199, 13/309, Ch22

United States of America 1/12, 1/21, 9/222

Visits, school 2/42, 6/129, 6/130

Vocational, vocationally biased courses, vocational incentive 1/3, 5/100-116, 14/322-324, 16/357, 17/378, 17/382, 17/383, 17/389, 18/432, 18/450, 20/518, 20/527-530

Vocational guidance (see also Teachers, Careers, Youth Employment Service) 9/211, 9/218, 9/222, 9/233

Voluntary schools 3/56, 7/158, 7/166

Welfare state 9/212

Wolfenden Report on sport 17/411

Women, changed position of 4/80

Woodwork (see also Handicraft) 3/58, 5/94, 23/639, 25/663, 25/665

Work experience 9/222-227, 12/295

Worship, corporate 7/174

Youth Employment Service 9/223, 9/232-238, 10/257, 12/293-295

Youth Service 6/144-148, 12/290, 12/293

Zones (see Regions)