Taylor (1977)

Notes on the text
Preliminary pages Membership, Preface, Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Present arrangements for school government
Chapter 3 A new approach to school government
Chapter 4 Membership of the new governing bodies
Chapter 5 Communication and cooperation
Chapter 6 Curriculum
Chapter 7 Finance
Chapter 8 Appointments
Chapter 9 Other functions
Chapter 10 Training the new governors
Chapter 11 Procedural arrangements
Chapter 12 The government of voluntary schools
Chapter 13 Recommendations and implementation
Summary of recommendations

Notes of extension and dissent, minority report

Appendix A Evidence
Appendix B History of school managers and governors
Appendix C Visits
Appendix D Education Act 1944: selected extracts
Appendix E Administrative Memorandum No 25 (1945)
Appendix F Letter to parents
Appendix G Aims into practice

Index

Report of the Committee of Enquiry appointed jointly by the Secretary of State for Education and Science and the Secretary of State for Wales under the chairmanship of Mr Tom Taylor CBE

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1977
© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland.

Appendix A Evidence
[pages 131 - 140]

List of witnesses who gave written evidence

A. Organisations

Aberystwyth Labour Party
Advisory Centre for Education
Ammanford, Llandybie and District Trades Council
Anglian Regional Management Centre
Appleton Parish Council, Warrington
Assistant Masters Association
Association for Adult Education (Cumbria Branch and Northern Region)
Association of Assistant Mistresses
Association of Career Teachers
Association of Conservative Managers and Governors in Camden, London, NW3
Association of County Councils
Association of District Councils
Association of District Secretaries
Association of Education Committees
Association of Governing and Managing Bodies in Brentwood and District, Hutton, Essex
Association of Headmistresses
Association of Metropolitan Authorities
Association for Neighbourhood Councils
Association of Polytechnic Teachers
Association of Teachers in Colleges and Departments of Further Education
Association of Teaching Religious
Association of Voluntary Aided Secondary Schools
Avon County Branch of the Association of District Councils
Aylesbury Vale Community Relations Council

Bangor and District Group of the Confederation for the Advancement of State Education
Bedford Branch of the National Association of Governors and Managers
Bedford Parents' Union
Bedfordshire County Council Education Committee
Blackburn and District Community Relations Council
The Board of Education of the General Synod of the Church of England and the National Society (Church of England) for promoting Religious Education
Bollington Town Council
Bradfield Parish Council, Sheffield
Branksome School Parent/Teacher Association, Darlington
Bridgwater and District Trades Union Council, Somerset
Brighton Pavilion Labour Party
Brighton Socialist Educational Association
British Association of Social Workers
British Educational Administration Society
British Humanist Association
Buckinghamshire County Branch of the Association of District Councils

Campaign for Comprehensive Education
Catholic Education Council
Catholic Teachers' Federation
The Central Council of Physical Recreation
Chesterfield Division Conservative Association
Chorley Borough Council, Lancashire
Claverdon Parish Council, Warwick
Commission for Local Administration in England
Community Relations Commission
Confederation for the Advancement of State Education
Confederation of British Industry
Coombe Lodge, Academic Staff of Further Education Staff College, Blagdon, Bristol
Council of Citizens of Tower Hamlets
Coventry Local Education Authority
Croydon Education Association
Croydon Guild of Social Service
Crystal Palace Triangle Community Association
Cumbria Centre Members' Council
Cumbria-Cumberland Federation of Women's Institutes
Cumbria Voluntary Action
Clwyd and Gwynedd County Branch of the Association of District Councils

Dale Abbey Parish Council, Nr Ilkeston, Derby
Darlington Borough Council
Darlington Parents' Association
Derbyshire Branch of the National Association of Governors and Managers
Devon County Labour Party
Diocesan Council for Education of the Diocese of Monmouth
Dymchurch County Primary Schools' Parents/Teachers Association, Kent

Enfield Association for Education
English New Education Fellowship
Essex County Council

The Fabian Society
Federated Committee of Parent/Teacher Associations, Llandudno
Folkestone and Hythe Divisional Liberal Association, Shepway District
Forest of Dean District Council
The Free Church Federal Council

Gedling Borough Labour Group, Mapperley, Nottingham
Gosforth West Middle School Parents Association, Newcastle upon Tyne
Greater London Area Conservative Education Advisory Committee
Greenhill Home and School Association, Beauchief, Sheffield
Gwent Headmasters' Association (prepared in consultation with the one Gwent member of the Headmistresses Association)
Gwent Secondary Heads Association
Gwynedd Council of Schoolmasters

Haringey Association for the Advancement of State Education
Headmasters' Association
Headmasters' Conference
Head Teachers' Association, Birmingham
Health Visitors' Association
Heron Brook Church of England Middle School, Gnosall, Stafford

Independent Schools Joint Committee
Inner London Education Authority
Inner London Education Authority Branch of the National Association of Governors and Managers
Inner London Education Authority Parents' Consultative Committee, Division 10

The Joint Four
The Joint Four, Birmingham

The Labour Party
Lambeth-Streatham Constituency Labour Party
Lancashire County Council Labour Group
Lancaster Trades Council
Leeds City Council
Leeds City Council Liberal Group
Leeds Council for Voluntary Service
Leeds Parents' Association
Leicestershire and Rutland Federation of Women's Institutes
Liberal Party Advisory Panel on Education
Lincoln Diocesan Education Committee
Lindsey Federation of Women's Institutes
Liverpool Branches of the Confederation for the Advancement of State Education and National Association of Governors
Liverpool Education Committee
Llandaff Diocesan Council for Education
London Board of Jewish Religious Education
London Borough of Bexley
London Borough of Croydon
London Borough of Ealing
London Borough of Hillingdon
London Borough of Islington
London Church Teachers' Association

Macclesfield District Labour Party
Maidstone Borough Council
Maidstone Constituency Labour Party
Mansfield District Council
Marston Parish Council, Oxford
Meopham Fabian Society, Gravesend, Kent.
Merton Education Association, London SW19
The Methodist Church Division of Education and Youth
Mid Yorkshire Conservative Federation (Barnsley, Dearne Valley, Hemsworth, Normanton and Pontefract constituencies)

Nailsea Parish Council, Bristol
National Association for Multiracial Education
National Association of Governors and Managers
National Association of Head Teachers
National Association of Inspectors and Educational Advisers
National Association of Local Councils
National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers
National Association of the Teachers of Wales
National Association of Youth and Community Education Officers
National and Local Government Officers Association
National Board of Catholic Women
National Campaign for Nursery Education
National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations
National Council of Jewish Religious Day Schools in Britain
The National Council of Social Service Community Work Division
National Council of Women of Great Britain
The National Education Association
National Joint Committee of Working Women's Organisations
National Union of Hebrew Teachers
National Union of Public Employees
National Union of School Students
National Union of Students
National Union of Teachers
Nether Stowey Parish Council, Bridgwater, Somerset
Newcastle upon Tyne Education Committee
Newham Education Concern
Newport High Schools Combined Parents' Association, Gwent
North Devon Movement
Northumberland Association of Local Councils
Northumberland County Education Committee

Ockbrook Parish Council
Oldham and District Community Council
Oldham Council for Community Relations

Parents Consultative Committee for the Hackney Area
Penlan Parent Teacher Association, Swansea, West Glamorgan
Preston and District Amalgamated Trades Council
Preston Borough Council
Primary Management Studies, London SE9
Professional Association of Teachers
Programme for Reform in Secondary Education
Provincial Council for Education of the Church in Wales

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Boys Parent Teacher Association, Mansfield, Notts
Queens Manor Parent/Teacher Association, London SW6

Reading Borough Council
Reading Labour Party and Reading Borough Council Labour Group of Councillors
Richmond Association for the Advancement of State Education
The Right to Learn Group of London Teachers
Risley Parish Council, Derby
Rochdale Education Committee
Rotherham Borough Council

Salop Education Committee
St Barnabas First School Parent Teacher Association, Oxford
St Bonaventure's Parent-Teachers-Student Association, London E7
Scarborough and Filey Area Advisory Committee for Education
School Concern
Schools Council
School Without Walls (Working Group of the English New Education Fellowship)
Selsdon Group
Sheffield Association for Education
Sheffield Branch of the National Association of Governors and Managers
Slough Corporation
Socialist Educational Association
Society of Education Officers
South Bucks Association for the Advancement of State Education
The Sports Council
Sports Council for Wales
Stafford and Stone Constituency Labour Party
Stockport Council for Voluntary Service
Stocksbridge and District Ratepayers' Action Group
Stoneleigh County Middle School Parents' Association, Surrey
Suffolk County Council Education Committee
Sutton Education Association, Carshalton, Surrey

Tooting Labour Party, London SW18
Trades Union Congress

Unit for Management in the Public Services, Sheffield Polytechnic Education Management Teaching Team

Wanstead and Woodford Labour Party, Woodford Green, Essex
Warrington Area Committee of the Cheshire Association of Parish Councils
Welsh Joint Education Committee
Welsh Secondary Schools Association
West Glamorgan Education Committee
West Midland Labour Party Young Socialists
Westminster Campaign for the Advancement of State Education
Woking Constituency Labour Party

Young Communist League

B. Managing and governing bodies of the following schools

Anthony Gell School, Winksworth, Derby
Area Primary School, Stokenham, Devon

Ballantyne Middle School, Birkenhead, Merseyside
Bebington St John's Infant and Junior Schools, Wirral
Boston Spa Grouped Primary Schools, Leeds
Brenchley and Matfield Church of England Primary School, Kent
Bromborough Pool Primary School, Wirral
Brookhurst County Primary School, Wirral

Caerleon Endowed Junior & Infants School, Newport, Gwent
Castleton Church of England Primary School, Derbyshire
The Charles Read Secondary School, Thurlby, Lincs
The Church of England School, Elvington, York

Dowdales County Secondary School, Dalton in Furness, Cumbria

EImers Court Special School, Lymington, Hants
Eynsham County Primary School, Oxford

Ferndown Upper School, Wimborne, Dorset

The Grove School, St Leonards, Sussex

Higher Bebington CJ School, Wirral
Hillside Middle & Primary Schools, Wirral

The Jewish Day School, Prestwich, Lancs

King Alfred's School, Oxfordshire

Manor Middle School, Birkenhead, Wirral
Mendall County Primary School, Bromborough, Wirral
Milverton County Junior and Infants' School, Leamington Spa

Parley County First School, Dorset
Park High (Coeducational) School, Birkenhead, Merseyside
Passmores Comprehensive School, Harlow
Pensby County Infant School, Wirral
Pensby Wood Primary School, Irby, Wirral
Riverside Primary School, Wallasey, Merseyside

Saltash Comprehensive School, Cornwall
Sarah Siddons County Secondary School, London W2
St John's Church of England School, Kingsley, Cheshire

Thomas Peacocke County Primary School, Rye
Town Lane Infants' School, Bebington, Wirral

Wallace Fields County First and Middle Schools, Ewell, Surrey
Wargrave Church of England (Controlled) Grouped Schools, Reading
Wetherby High School, Leeds
Wheldrake Church of England Aided Primary School' Yorkshire
Wirral Grammar School

C. Individuals

Elizabeth Adams, Educational Consultant, London SW19
Mr M Adams, Chairman of Managers of Pottery School, Belper and Mr J Knutton, Chairman of Managers of Long Row School, Belper
Mr R Aitken, Director of Education, Coventry Borough Council
Mr T Aldworth, Parent, Cambridge
Mr J Allenby, Barnsley, South Yorks
Mrs DM Ansari, Parent, School Governor and Secretary of a Parent Teacher Association
Mr TM Artingstoll, Workington

Dr AW Bacon, Department of Extra Mural Studies, University of Sheffield
Mr & Mrs J Bailey, London N1
Mr RJS Baker, Sheffield
Mr AJ Batstone, Wellington, Somerset
Mr G Baylis, Willerby, Humberside
Mrs Baxter, School Governor, Kent
Mr CJ Beedell, Educational Psychologist, Bristol
Sue Bender, London SW15
Dr RC Benians, London SW17
Mr AG Blackburn, Headmaster, Cobblers Lane Junior School, Ponfefract
Mr P Boulter, Director of Education, Cumbria
Fionnuala Boyd (With Mr L Evans, Mr & Mrs J Hollins, Plungar, Nottingham)
Mrs P Bradbury, Parent, Mill Hill, London NW7
Mr P Brighton, Holywell, Clwyd
Mr J Brooks, Teacher, Stevenage, Herts
Councillor PB Burke, School Manager of Drayton First and Middle Schools, Ealing

Mrs SD ChalkIey, Parent Manager, Kidderminster
Mr A Chambers, Putney, London SW15
Mr WP Coldrick, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
Mrs A Comino-James, Denham Village, Buckinghamshire
Mr B H Conridge, Sheffield
Mr A Norman Conway, Wirral
Mr TA Coombs, Goring, Reading
Mrs J Copley, Thorugumbald, Hull
Mr P Cornall, Headmaster, Carisbrooke High School, Newport, Isle of Wight
Mr AH Crawford, Teacher, Chairman of Aldershot Constituency Labour Party

Miss A Dale, Student Governor, Swanhurst School, Birmingham
Mr P Dannhesser, with Mrs B Diamond, Mrs N Drapkin, Mr J Fecamp, Mr P Geddes, Mr RS Hill, Mr J Hunt, Mr N Toetcher; Mrs B Wegg-Prosser and Mr AP Williams, governors of Sarah Siddons Comprehensive School, London W2
Mr JC Davies, Wellington, Somerset
Mr MH Davies, Mold, Clwyd
Mr AW Davis, Harpenden, Herts
Mr FS Dawson, Oxton, Birkenhead
Mr B Divine, Parent Manager, Tithe Barn Primary School, Stockport
Mr J Dobbs, Headmaster, Skelmersdale and Holland, West Bank High School, Skelmersdale
Councillor KS Dunn, Atherstone, Warwickshire

Mr RJ Ede, Headmaster, Dorking, Surrey
Mr CP England, Bromley, Kent
Mr J Evans, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham
Mr TF Evans, Ashford, Middlesex

Mr CEL Farmer, Head Master, Alexandra High School, Tipton
Mr D Feasey, School Governor, Lancaster
Mr PH Fielden, Sheffield
Mr GE Fisher, Parent, Birmingham
Prebendary HL Franklin, Director of Religious Education, Bath and Wells Diocesan Education Committee
Mr ML Franks, Head Master, Mytton High School, Warwick
Mr JEE Frew, Sharrington, Melton Constable

Mr RA German, Pentre Halkyn, Clwyd
Mrs O Gibbs, Leader of the Opposition, Oxfordshire County Council
Mr R Glatter, Reader in Educational Administration, University of London Institute of Education
Mr M Glazier, Mold, Clwyd
Mr RP Godber, London SW20
Mrs DS Gould, Parent, Cirencester, Gloucester
Mrs PL Govier, Parent, London W10
Mr DH Graham, Teacher, East Boldon, Tyne and Wear
Mr E Griffiths, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd
Councillor JH Griffiths, Rhyl, Clwyd

Mr S Hatch, Chairman, Town Development Committee, Greater London Council
Mr LA Hawke, Area Principal, Harlow Adult Education, Essex
Mrs J Heath, Hampton, Middlesex
Mr D Henschel, Headmaster, The Grammar School and Sixth Form College, Henley-on-Thames
Mr J Herbert, Headmaster, Lliswerry High School, Newport, Gwent
Mr MA Hodges, Parent, Governor, Christchurch, Dorset
Mr GL Hook, Headmaster, Wisewood School, Sheffield
Mr AG Horsnail, Business Economist, Clophill, Bedford
Mr AH Hoskyns, Head of Physics Department, NUT Representative, London NW8

Mr V Ient, Wateringbury, Kent

Mr TH James and Mr JF Mitchell, Ebbw Vale School Governors, Gwent
Dr Anne M Jepson, Area Specialist in Community Medicine (Child Health), London W2 (with Miss PA Slack, Area Nurse (Child Health) London W2 and Mr J Cleary, Area Dental Officer, London W2)
Anne Johnson, Highbury, London N5
Dr WR Jondore, Parent Manager, Cambridge
Mr RT Jones, Chief Administrative Officer, Glyndwr District Council
Col FWS Jourdain, Crawley, Sussex

Mr HSCK Kandekore, Parent, Dunstable
Mr DJ Kenner, London N2
Mr JS Kent, Lecturer, Barnsley College of Technology
Beryl Kingston, Bognor Regis, West Sussex
Mr AH Klein, Community Governor, Borough of Brent

Councillor I Lauder, Lecturer, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mr HT Legg, London SE21
Mr R Leggatt, Senior Lecturer in Education, Bedford College of Education
Mr WRG Lewis, Registrar, The University of Birmingham
Mr B Livesey, Clifton, Shefford
Mr E Lloyd Williams, Head Master, The County Secondary School, Fishguard
Mr & Mrs AR Lord, Chipping, Preston

Mr & Mrs J Maloney, Parents, London W10
Mr John Frederick Mann, Sheffield Education Department
Mr J Mann, Lecturer in Management Studies, University of Bradford
Mr KJ Masters, Head Master, St Kevin's School, Kirkby
Mr AM McMurray, Head Master, Ernulf School, St Neots, Huntingdon
Mr FJ Message, Bexleyheath, Kent
Mr DPM Michael, CBE, Head Master, Newport High School, Newport, Gwent
Dr E Midwinter, Project Director, National Consumer Council
Mr D Miles, Cwmbran, Gwent
Miss ME Mills, Head Mistress, Franche First School, Kidderminster
Mr C Mitchell, General Secretary, Stockport Council for Voluntary Service (evidence submitted on behalf of interested people brought together by the Council for Voluntary Service)
Mr D Morrish, Member of Devon County Education Committee

Mr P Nanton, Birmington 20
Mr CJ Newman, Warden, Manchester Teachers' Centre
Mr CP Nicholls, Parent, School Governor, David Hughes School, Anglesey
Mr RA Nisbet, Weybridge, Surrey
Mr BH Nottage, Chairman, Leasowe Nursery School Managing Body, Wallasey

Mr DS O'Callaghan, Ripe, Sussex
Mr P O'Connell, Vice-Chairman Dunraven School Governors, London SW16
Joyce Oldham, Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Polytechnic
Mrs DM Otter, Lincolnshire

Canon GA Pare, West Kirby, Wirral
Mr DJ Pharaoh, School Manager, Wirral
Sir James Pitman, KBE, London SW3
Mr W Bernard Powell, Downend, Bristol
Mr M Prescott, Secretary to Managers of William Reynolds County Infants & Junior Schools, Telford
Mrs TA Punchard, Warden, Malden Youth and Adult Centre

Mr N Ratcliffe, Buxton, Derbyshire
Mrs M Reed, Head Mistress, Latton Bush Comprehensive School, Harlow, Essex
Mr A Rees Jones, Birmingham
Councillor Miss E Rhodes, Chairman of Group 4 Primary School Managers, London Borough of Bexley
Mr CR Riches, Parent, and twenty other parents of children attending Wrestlingworth Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Sandy, Bedfordshire
Mrs EM Roberts, Head of the Faculty of Communications, Friars Upper School, Bangor
Mr MF Robertson, Keston, Kent and Diana McPetrie, Slapton, Devon
Mr EE Robinson, Principal, Bradford College, Bradford
Mr I Rodger, Brill, Aylesbury
Mr VGT Rosewell, Adviser to Teachers, University of London, Institute of Education
Mr E Rudd, Department of Sociology, University of Essex
Mr DV Rugg, Ottery St Mary, Devon

Mrs WG Saurin, Northwood, Middlesex (on behalf of a group of women teachers, school governors, and parents)
Mr M Scott Archer, Head Master, Comprehensive School, Rhdyw
Mr B Seaman, Teacher, King Edward VII School, Kings Lynn
Mr P Segal, London NW3
Mr GW Shaw, Appleton, Nr Warrington
Dr HF Shaw, School Managers, Islip, Oxford
Mr R Shaw, Meols, Wirral
Mrs S Shaw, Chairman of the Education Committee, City of Manchester
Mr A Shippey, Head Master, Oakdale County Primary School, Southfields, Peterborough
Mrs L Simmons, Primary Head Master, Bromsgrove
Mr A Slater, Dartford, Kent
Mr M Sloman, School Manager, London N19
Councillor L Smith, JP, Davenport, Stockport
Councillor NW Smith, Water Orton, Nr Birmingham
Councillor L Snow, Wembley, Middlesex
Mr & Mrs RE Sparry, Trowbridge, Wilts
Mr J Spooner, Head Master, The Carr Junior School, York
Mr J Stafford, Newport, Isle of Wight
Mr B Stephens, Burton on Trent

Mr K Tanney, Head Master, Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
Mr B Taylor, Chief Education Officer, Somerset, (with Mr R Benson, Chairman of Education Committee and Mr M Waley-Cohen, Chairman of Schools Sub-Committee)
Mr D Terry, Head Master, The Headlands School, Swindon
Mr DJR Testro, Teacher, Woodford, London E18
Mr RE Thornbury, Warden of Sherbrooke Teachers' Centre, London
Mr PJ Toogood, Stratton, Dorchester
Mrs C Towers-Perkins, Cookham Dean, Berkshire
Mr R Trippier, Head Master, Bamford County Primary School, Rochdale
Mr I Tuckett, London SE1
Mr DA Turner, Lecturer, Sheffield City College of Education

Mr B Unwin, Head Master, Connah's Quay High School, Clwyd

Mr JE Vaughan, Tutor Librarian, University of Liverpool
Mr & Mrs R Wakely, London SE27

Mrs J Waley, Parent Manager, Oulton Primary School, Staffordshire
Mr TR Ward, School Manager and Governor, and Margaret Cole, London SE5
Dr D Warwick; Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Leeds
Mr B Wates, Kendal, Cumbria
Mr KM Webster, Teacher, Cuxton, Kent
Mrs JH Welch, Parent, Morecambe, Lancs
Captain AP Wells (Retd.) Hooke, Beaminster, Dorset
Mr TH Whitehouse, Horsham, Surrey
Mr EG Williams, Thingwall, Wirral
Mr A Wilson, Parent, Leatherhead, Surrey
Mr AL Wilson, Head Master, Buckingham
Mr JT Wilson, Mayor & Chairman of Education Committee, Dudley
Mr PS Worrall, Headmaster, Sutton-upon-Derwent School, Humberside
Mr DK Wotton, Parent, London SE1

Mrs M Young and another parent manager of Broughton County First and Middle Schools, Aylesbury, Bucks