Hadow (1926)

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Notes on the text
Preliminary pages (i-xxiv)
Membership, Analysis, Preface, Introduction
Chapter I (1-35)
Post-primary education in England and Wales 1800-1918
Chapter II (36-69)
The facts of the present situation
Chapter III (70-100)
The lines of advance
Chapter IV (101-111)
Curricula for Modern Schools and Senior Classes
Chapter V (112-121)
The place of 'bias' in the curriculum
Chapter VI (122-131)
Staffing and equipment
Chapter VII (132-139)
Admission of children to Modern Schools and Senior Schools
Chapter VIII (140-149)
The lengthening of school life
Chapter IX (150-154)
The question of a leaving examination
Chapter X (155-171)
Administrative problems
Chapter XI (172-188)
Conclusions, recommendations, notes of reservation
Suggestions (188-247)
on the curriculum
Appendix I (248-261)
List of witnesses
Appendix II (262-280)
Notes on nomenclature
Appendix III (281-288)
Statistics relating to Chapter II pt. ii
Appendix IV (288-313)
Post-primary education abroad
Appendix V (313-322)
List of publications
Index (323-339)

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Note 1. The phrase 'advanced instruction' is described in section 20 of the Education Act of 1921 as follows:

'It shall be the duty of a local education authority so to exercise their powers under this Part as to make, or otherwise to secure, adequate and suitable provision by means of central schools, central or special classes, or otherwise -

(ii) for organising in public elementary schools courses of advanced instruction for the older or more intelligent children in attendance at such schools, including children who stay at such schools beyond the age of fourteen.'

Note 2. In April 1925 the Board desired to obtain certain information regarding those public elementary schools in which the Local Education Authority aimed at providing 'advanced instruction' of the kind contemplated in section 20(2) of the Education Act of 1921. The Board accordingly sent to all Local Education Authorities a series of questions which might be answered by the authority in respect of any school to which the questions were applicable. The main object of these questions was to ascertain in what way the school was 'specifically organised for the purpose of giving a progressive course of instruction in advance of that ordinarily given in a Public Elementary School.' The questions dealt only with the main facts of school organisation and not with the degree of efficiency which the 'advanced instruction' might have attained. 198 Local Education Authorities sent answers to the questions. Many authorities were doubtful about including their schools and replied to the enquiry only in order to let the Board decide whether the teaching given to the older pupils in such schools might properly be regarded as 'advanced instruction'. After consulting HM Inspectors upon the individual schools in question, the Board decided to tabulate the returns from 158 authorities in respect of 682 departments. The Board has given the Consultative Committee permission to publish these returns, which throw considerable light on the progress made up to 1925 by local education authorities in organising 'courses of advanced instruction'. It should, however, be borne in mind that

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departments of Public Elementary Schools offering 'courses of advanced instruction' are to be found not only in schools bearing the names of Central School, Middle School, Intermediate School or the like, but also in a number of Senior Schools or Senior Departments which provide organised courses for children from the age of 11 upwards. In addition to these there are also schools in more than one area which though not included in the Board's return on the ground that they were not specially organised for the purpose of providing what could properly be termed 'courses of advanced instruction' are nevertheless held by the local education authority to be giving, or aiming at giving, instruction suitable to the needs of older children. (1)

(1) See pages 52-64.

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