Norwood (1943)

(page numbers in brackets)

Notes on the text
Preliminary pages (i-ix)
Membership, Contents, Introduction

Part I Secondary Education
Chapter I (1-6)
Nature of secondary education
Chapter II (6-15)
Secondary education as it is
Chapter III (15-25)
Secondary education as it might be

Part II Examinations
Chapter I (26-35)
Existing examinations
Chapter II (35-44)
The reorganisation of examinations (i)
Chapter III (44-49)
The reorganisation of examinations (ii)
Chapter IV (50-54)
The Inspectorate

Part III Curriculum
Chapter I (55-79)
The curriculum in general
Chapter II (79-84)
Physical education
Chapter III (84-91)
Religious education
Chapter IV (91-98)
English
Chapter V (98-101)
History
Chapter VI (101-104)
Geography
Chapter VII (104-108)
Mathematics
Chapter VIII (108-113)
Natural science
Chapter IX (113-119)
Modern languages
Chapter X (119-122)
Classics
Chapter XI (122-127)
Art, music, handicrafts
Chapter XII (127-130)
Domestic subjects
Chapter XIII (130-133)
Education for commerce
Chapter XIV (133-138)
Wales and the teaching of Welsh

Summary of main recommendations (139-142)
Appendix A Note on the Central Welsh Board (143-145)
Appendix B List of witnesses (145-150)
Index (151-152)

Report of the Committee of the Secondary School Examinations Council appointed by the President of the Board of Education in 1941

London: HM Stationery Office 1943

Notes on the text: revised version (August 2009)

The full text of the report (including the Appendices) is online.

In this revised version of the text the original (Roman) chapter numbering has been restored; the page numbers from the original print version are now included; and the (few) footnotes are displayed where they were in the original - at the foot of each page. The alphabetical index now shows page numbers, as in the original print version, and page numbers are included in the chapter list (in the left hand column of each page) to facilitate finding subjects or quotations in the text.

I've modernised some of the punctuation (so that, for example, " secondary " is shown as 'secondary' and Mr. S. H. Shurrock is shown as Mr SH Shurrock); I've updated a handful of spellings (today instead of to-day etc); corrected a few misprints; and added a few explanatory notes. Anything added by me is shown [in square brackets].

Like many older reports, Norwood contains some very long paragraphs which are not easy to read on a computer screen. I have, however, left the paragraphing as printed in the original. (Unlike other reports of the time, Norwood did not have numbered paragraphs).

As with other reports of the period, capitalisation in Norwood is, by today's standards, excessive and often inconsistent. However, for the sake of authenticity, the text is now displayed with its original capitalisation.

I've also amended the formatting of the text (bold, italics, centred etc) so that it is now a reasonably accurate representation of the printed text. However, please note that the pages presented here are not exact facsimiles of the original printed version: the font (Times, Arial etc) and size of print - and therefore the number of words to a line and lines to a page - are determined by the settings you have chosen for your web browser.

If you have any comments - positive or negative - on this new version of the text, or if you spot any errors, I'd be grateful if you'd email me.