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Spens (1938)

Notes on the text
Preliminary pages Membership, Analysis, Preface, Introduction
Chapter 1 Development of the secondary curriculum
Chapter 2 The present position
Chapter 3 Physical and mental development of 11-16 year olds
Chapter 4 The curriculum of the grammar school
Chapter 5 Scripture
Chapter 6 English, classics, mathematics, general science
Chapter 7 The School Certificate Examination
Chapter 8 Technical schools
Chapter 9 Administrative problems
Chapter 10 Welsh problems
Chapter 11 Conclusions and recommendations
Appendix I List of witnesses
Appendix II Liberal education (Young)
Appendix III Secondary curriculum (Kandel)
Appendix IV Faculty psychology (Burt)
Appendix V Transfer of training (Hamley)
Appendix VI Curricula in the Dominions (Clarke)
Index

The Spens Report (1938)
Secondary education
with special reference to grammar schools and technical high schools

London: HM Stationery Office

Index
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Activities and subjects 4

Activities, conservative and creative, in the curriculum 4

Acts
Peel's Factory Act 1802, 42 geo. ill, c. 73 1
The Charities Procedure Act 1812 (Romilly's Act) 52 geo. ill, c. 101 1
Macclesfield Free Grammar School Private Act 1838, 1 & 2 Vict. c. 25 1
Grammar Schools Act 1840, 3 & 4 Vict. c. 77 1
Oxford University Act 1854, 17 & 18 Vict. c. 81 1
Cambridge University Act 1856, 19 & 20 Vict. c. 88 1
Endowed Schools Act 1869, 32 & 33 Vict. c. 56 1
Elementary Education Act 1870, 33 & 34 Vict. c. 75 1 9
Elementary Education Act 1880, 43 & 44 Vict. c. 23 1
Local Government (England and Wales) Act 1888, 51 & 52 Vict. c. 41 1
Welsh Intermediate Education Act 1889, 52 & 53 Vict. c. 40 1 3 10
Technical Instruction Act 1889, 52 & 53 Vict. c. 76 1 9
Local Taxation (Customs & Excise Act) 1890, 53 & 54 Vict. c. 60 1
Board of Education Act 1899, 62 & 63 Vict. c. 33 1
Education Act 1902, 2 edw. vii. c. 4247, 1 9
Education Act 1918, 8 & 9 geo. v. c. 39 1 3 9
Education Act 1921, 11 & 12 geo. v. c. 51 1 3 9
Education Act 1936, 26 geo. v. & edw. viii. c. 41 9

Administrative problems 9

Adolescence, general character of 3

Advanced courses, regulations for 1

Advisory Council for Technical Education (South Wales) 10

After-careers of secondary (grammar) school leavers 2 4 8

Ampleforth College 1

Apprenticeship 8

Arrangements for apprenticing some of the grammar scholars 1

Arnold, Matthew 1 Appendix II,

Arnold, Dr Thomas 1

Art 4

Art schools 8

Artist scholars at Oxford or Cambridge 1

Arts, the seven liberal 1 Appendix II

Association of Directors and Secretaries for Education 9

Association of Education Committees 7 9

Attention 3

Autonomous areas 9

Bell, Mr John S Introduction

Bifurcation of studies 9 Appendix II

Board of Education publications, reports etc
Natural Science in Education (1918) (Report of Prime Minister's Committee) 1 6 Appendix V
Modern Languages in Education (1918) (Report of Prime Minister's Committee) 1
Report of Departmental Committee on Scholarships and Free Places (1920) 9
The Classics in Education (1921) (Report of Prime Minister's Committee) 1
The Teaching of English in England (1921) (Report of Departmental Committee) 1 6
Report of Departmental Committee on Private Schools (1932) 9
The School Certificate Examination; report on eight approved examinations held in 1931 (1932) 2 6 7
Report of Committee on Partially Sighted Children (1934) 3
Report of Conference on Religious Instruction (1934) 5
Handbook of suggestions for the consideration of teachers and others concerned in the work of public elementary schools (1937) 1 4
Educational pamphlets:
No. 46 Rural education (1926) 4 9
No. 63 Memorandum on examinations for scholarships and free places in secondary schools (1928). Supplementary memorandum on examinations for scholarships and special places in secondary schools. (1936) 2
No. 83 The junior technical school (1930) Appendix III
No. 86 Suggestions for planning of new buildings for secondary schools (1931) 3 9
No. 99 Education and the countryside (1934) 4 9
No. 101 Senior school mathematics (1934) 6
No. 107 Suggestions for the planning of buildings for public elementary schools (1936) 9
No. 111 A review of junior technical schools (1937) 2
Circulars:
826 Curricula of secondary schools (1913) 1
849 Examinations in secondary schools (1914) 7
933 Examination of secondary schools (1915) 7
1034 List of approved first and second examinations (1918) 1 7
1112 Advanced courses (1919) 9
1294 Curricula of secondary schools in England (1922) 1 4
1421 Secondary schools (1932) 9
1444 Administrative programme of educational development (1936) 9
Welsh Department:
Welsh in education and life (1927) 10
Education in rural Wales (1930) 11
Memorandum No. 1 The school and language teaching during childhood (1929) 10
Memorandum No. 2 Entrance tests for admission to secondary schools (1930) 10
Circular 168 Education of older children in Wales (1929) 10

Bristol trade school 1

British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education 9

Bromsgrove School 1

Bruce Castle School, Tottenham 1

Burnham Committees 9

Bursary system 1

Burt, Professor Cyril Introduction 3 Appendix IV Appendix V

Butler, Dr Samuel 1

Cambridge Syndicate 1

Careers master 4

Central schools Introduction 1

Central Welsh Board 10

Cheltenham College 1

Choice of subjects (see Curriculum)

Christ's Hospital 1

Citizenship (see also State, place of, in education) Introduction 4

Clarke, Professor Fred Introduction Appendix VI

Classics 1 6

Cockerton Judgement 1

Code of Regulations for Public Elementary Schools 1926 9

Collège Appendix II Appendix III

College of Preceptors 1

Comenius 1 Appendix II

Commercial schools or academies 1

Commercial subjects 4 8

Consultative Committee reports of
Examinations in secondary schools (1911) 1 4 7
Practical work in secondary schools (1913) 1
Differentiation of curricula between the sexes in secondary schools (1923) 1 3 4
Psychological tests of educable capacity (1924) 3 The education of the adolescent (1926) 1 4 8 9 10 Appendix III
Books in public elementary schools (1928) 5 10
The primary school (1931) 1 3 4 6 9
Infant and nursery schools (1933) 3

Corporate life and activities 4
function of teaching staff in 4

Country grammar schools 4 9

County Councils Association 9

Courtly academies 1

Cowley, Abraham 1

Crafts 4

Cullis, Professor Winifred Introduction 3

Curiosity, etc 3

Curriculum (see also Technical high schools)
common course up to 13+ 4
common curriculum in all types of secondary schools 4 8
content of 4
criticisms of 1 4
freedom of choice of subjects 4
national tradition, its basis 1 4
necessity for central core 4
overcrowding of 4
parity of subjects 4 7
prime object of education for adolescents 4
principles of Introduction 4
proposals for unifying subjects: working alliances 4
studies whose value is prospective 4
subjects of, grouping 4
utility phase 4 6

Depressive emotions 3

Dewey, Professor John Appendix II

Domestic arts 4 8

Dominions
Australia Appendix VI
Canada Appendix VI
New Zealand Appendix VI
South Africa Appendix VI

Downside School 1

Drummond, Miss IM Introduction

Ecole primaire supérieure 1 Appendix III

Ecole des métiers 1

Economics 4

Edinburgh Review 1

Education, present provision of, for children over 11 years 2

Educative effects of different studies 4

Emotional development 3

Employers and technical high schools, cooperation between 8

Employment 2 4 7 8

Engineering elements in alternative science course 4

English 4
in examinations 6
language and literature 4 6

English schools 1

Environmental influences 3

Establishment of teaching posts 9

Eton College 1 Appendix II

External examinations 1

Faculty psychology 1 Appendix IV

Federation of British Industries 8

First school examination (school certificate) Introduction 1 4 7
content of syllabuses 7
curriculum for pupils under 16 1 7
dominates curriculum 1 4 7
dual function of 7
effects of the examination on school work 7
group system 7
history and aim 7
importance of English 7
language requirement 7
not main object of grammar school education 7
overstrain and pressure on individual pupils 1 7
prescribed books 4 6
relation to matriculation 7
school records, use of 7
standardisation of in 1917 and its effect on curriculum 1
statistics 2

Fleury, the Abbé 1

Foreign language (see also Modern language) 4 8 9

Formal training and transfer of training 1 3 Appendix IV

Free education 9

Free places (see also Special places) 1 2 9

Free schools in England 1

Gardening 4

General courses, board's reaction against 1

General education 1 4

General emotional characteristics 3

General liberal education (see Liberal education)

Genital system 3

Geography 4

Girls' curriculum
assimilation to boys' curriculum 1
development of 1
influence of examinations on 1

Glands 3

Grading of schools 1
first grade schools 1
second grade schools 1
third grade schools 1

Grammar (literature) 1

Grammar scholars: arrangements for apprenticing 1

Grammar schools
amount of provision of 2 9
classification of 2
combination with modern schools 9
decapitation of 9
development from 1914-1937 2
form as unit 4
size of classes 9
statistics (see Chapter 2 passim)

Greek 6

Gymnasium 1

Halifax, Lord 5

Hall, Dr Stanley 3

Hamley, Professor HR Introduction 3 Appendix V

Handicraft 4

Harris, Professor HA Introduction 3

Hartog, Sir Philip 6

Hazelwood School, near Birmingham 1

Head Mistresses Association 7

Herbart, JF 1 Appendix IV

Higher elementary education, definition of 1

Higher elementary schools (1900) 1

Higher grade elementary schools 1

History 4

History rooms 9

History, the lessons of 1

Hobbies 4

Homecraft (see also Home training schools, and Domestic arts) 1 8

Home training schools 8

Homework 3 4

House system 4

Humboldt, W von 1 Appendix II

Huxley, Professor TH 1 Appendix II

Imagery 3

Inconsistences of adolescents 3

Incorporated Association of Head Masters 9

Information, value of 4

Institute of Christian Education 5

Intellectual capacities 3

Intermediate education, definition of 1

Jesuit schools 1 Appendix II

Johnson, Dr Samuel 1

Joint Committee of the Four Secondary Associations 7

Junior art departments 2 8

Junior commercial schools 1 2 8

Junior housewifery schools (see Home training schools)

Junior technical schools
aim of 8
curriculum 8
development of 1 8
provision of 2
vocational training 7

Kandel, Professor IL Introduction 9 Appendix III

Knightly academies 1

Knox, Vicesimus 1

Latin 1 4 6

Latin (grammar) schools 1 11

Le Breton, Colonel 4

Leeds Grammar School, Lord Eldon's judgement on 1

Leibniz Appendix II

Leisure, right use of 4

Liberal arts and sciences (see Arts, the seven liberal)

Liberal education 1 4 Appendix II

Linguistic studies 4

Literature 4 6

Liverpool College 1

Local education authorities
cooperation between 9
Part iii authorities (see also Autonomous areas) 9

Local survey 4

Locke, John 1 4 Appendix IV

London Matriculation Examination 1

Lycée 4 Appendix II Appendix III

Macclesfield Modern Free School 1

Mckenna, the Rt Hon Reginald 9

Maintenance allowances Introduction 9

Mass suggestion 3

Mathematical schools 1

Mathematics 4 6

Matriculation 1 7

Meadon, Sir Percy 9

Mechanics' institutes 1

Medical inspection and treatment 3

Memory 3

Mental characteristics 3

Mental development in children 3

Mental discipline 1 3 4

Middle class schools 1

Mill Hill School 1

Modern languages 4

Modern schools Introduction
combination with grammar schools 9
size of classes 9

Modern sides 1

Multi-bias schools 9

Multilateral schools Introduction 9 10

Music 4

National Certificates (see Technical high schools, leaving certificates)

National Farmers' Union 4

Natural science in education 1 4

Nautical training, schools of 2

Nomenclature of schools Introduction 9

Nomenclature of technical schools of different types 8

Nonconformist academies 1

Northern Universities Joint Matriculation Board 7

Nunn, Sir Percy Introduction 6 Appendix III Appendix IV Appendix V

Organisation of grammar school (see Parallel forms)

Organised science schools 1

Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board 1

Oxford Delegacy 1

Out-of-school hours, wrong to control all 4

Overstrain in boys and girls 3 4 5

Parallel forms 4

Parents 3 4 7 8 9

Parents' associations 3 4

Parity of schools 4 6 8 9

Percy, Lord Eustace 9

Physical development in children 3

Physical education 3 4

Pillans, James 1

Plato 1 Appendix II Appendix III Appendix IV

Platt, Mr J Clement Introduction

Playing-fields 4 9

Post-certificate work 9

Post-primary education in 1903, three main types of 1

Prefects 4

Premises, joint user 4

Preparatory schools 6

Priestley, Joseph 1 Appendix II

Private schools, inspection of 2 9

Problem method 4 6

Protagoras (Plato) 1

Psychological opinion 3

Psychology, influence of on curriculum 1 4 Appendix IV

Pupils
differences in ingenium, ability 4
individual differences 3
non-academic 4
overstrain in 3 4 7
varying tastes and talents 4

Quadnvium (see Arts, the seven liberal)

Quasi-vocational work for pupils under 16 Introduction 1 8

Quintilian 1 3 Appendix II

Realgymnasium 1

Realschule 1

Reasoning 3

Refresher courses (see Training of teachers)

Regulations for further education 8 9

Regulations for secondary schools
1904-5 1 4
1906-7 1 9
1935 2 4 9
summary and criticism of 1
their influence on curriculum 1

Reports (see Board of education, publications; see also Royal Commissions)

Review of pupils at the age of 13 4 9

Rheumatism 3

Rhythm in the history of subjects and in children's interests 4

Royal Commissions
Royal Commission on Oxford (1850-2) 1
Royal Commission on Cambridge (1850-2) 1
Public schools Commission (1861-4) 1 3
Schools Inquiry Commission (1864-8) 1 3
Endowed Schools Commission (1869-74) 1 3
The Charity Commission (1874-1902) 1
Royal Commission on scientific instruction and the advancement of science (Devonshire Commission), sixth report, 1875 1
Royal Commission on technical instruction (1881-4) 1
Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the elementary education acts, England and Wales (1888) 1
Royal Commission on secondary education (1894-5) 1 3

Royal Society of Arts, examinations of 1

Rugby School 1

Rural grammar schools (see Country grammar schools)

Russell, Sir John 4

Salary scales 9

School as a society (see also Corporate life and activities) 4

School buildings 9
changing rooms 9
common rooms 9
design 9
dining rooms etc 9
heating 9
lighting 9
subject rooms, history, geography etc 9
ventilation 9

School Certificate examination (See First school examination)

School fees 8 9

School garden 4

School leaving age 4

School life
length of 2 4
undertakings 4

School meals 3 4 9

School medical officers 3 4

School rules 4

School studies, utility of 4

Science 1 4 6

Science and Art Department 1

Science Masters' Association 6

Sciences, the seven liberal (see Arts)

Scotland 9

Scottish Education Department 9

Scripture 4 5 10
examinations in 5
specialist teachers 5
training of teachers for 5

Second school examination (higher certificate) 1 2

Secondary Code 9

Secondary curricula in the Dominions Appendix VI

Secondary education (see also Grammar schools) Introduction
aim of 4
definition of 1
demand for 4
its relation to technical education 1
two stages (11+ to 1 16 to 18) 4

Secondary Education in England, report of a conference convened by the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, 1893 1

Secondary school, definition of (see also Nomenclature of schools) 1

Secondary School Examinations Council 7

Secondary schools (see Grammar schools)

Self-assertion and submission 3

Self-consciousness 3

Self-government 4

Sensory capacities 3

Short courses for teachers (see Training of teachers)

'Sides' in grammar schools and public schools 1 4

Sixth forms Introduction 1 4 9

Size of classes 9

Skeletal growth 3

Social impulses 3

Special place examination 9

Special place system, 100 per cent 9

Special places (see also Free places) 2 9

Specialisation in grammar schools (see 'Sides' in grammar schools)

Specialisation, incipient, for pupils under 16 1

Spinal curvature 3

Staff (see Training of teachers)

Standing Joint Committee of Industrial Women's Organisations 9

State, place of in education 4 9

Statistical tables 2 9

Subjects : culture and practical ability not mutually exclusive 4

Teaching aids, visual and auditory 9

Technical education
definition of 1
its relation to secondary education 1

Technical high schools Introduction 8
accommodation 8
administration 8
amount of provision 9
curriculum 4 8
equipment 8
fees 8
government 8
leaving certificates 8
nomenclature 8
recruitment and transfer of pupils 8
timetable 8

Technical instruction, definition of, in Welsh Intermediate Education Act 1889, and Technical Instruction Act 1889 1

Technical schools 8

Thomson, Sir JJ 6 Appendix V

Thring, Edward 1

Tildsley, Dr John L 8 Appendix III

Timetable
overcrowding of 1 4
unallocated periods 4

Tlverton, Middle School for Boys 1

Trade schools 2 8
development of 1
history of name 1

Trades Union Congress General Council 9

Training of teachers 2 5 6 8 9

Transfer of pupils 4 8 9

Transfer of training 3 Appendix V

Trivium (see Arts, the seven liberal)

Tutorial system 4

United States of America 6 9

Universities, connection of grammar schools with 1

University entrants 1 2 4

Utility phase 4 6

Vision 3

Vocational education (see also Appendix II) Introduction 1 4 8

Wales
alternative courses in small schools 10
bilingual problem 10
combined grammar school and modern school 10
Departmental Committee on the organisation of secondary education in Wales, 1920 10
free (secondary) education, demand for 10
grammar school curriculum, modification of 10
intermediate schools 10
multilateral school 10
teaching of arts and crafts etc 10
teaching of Scripture 10
technical education, provision for 10
Welsh language 10
Welsh problems 10

Whitehead, Professor AN 1 4 Appendix II

Winchester College 1 4

Woodard schools 1

Workers' Educational Association 9

Wotton-under-edge Grammar School 1

Wykeham, William of 1

Wyse, Sir Thomas 1

Appendix VI