Hadow (1931)

Notes on the text
Preliminary pages Membership, Analysis, Preface, Introduction
Chapter 1 The history of the development of the conception of primary education
Chapter 2 The physical development of children between the ages of 7 and 11
Chapter 3 The mental development of children between the ages of 7 and 11
Chapter 4 The age limits for the upper stage of primary education
Chapter 5 The internal organisation of primary schools
Chapter 6 Retarded children in the primary school
Chapter 7 The curriculum of the primary school
Chapter 8 The staffing of primary schools and the training of teachers
Chapter 9 The premises and equipment of primary schools
Chapter 10 Examinations in primary schools
Chapter 11 Summary of principal conclusions and recommendations
Chapter 12 Suggestions on the curriculum of primary schools
Appendix I List of witnesses
Appendix II Physical development of 7-11 year olds (Harris)
Appendix III Mental development of 7-11 year olds (Burt)
Index

Notes on the text

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

The page numbers shown throughout are those of the original 1931 edition (not the 1952 reprint, which used different pagination).

In the printed version, the 'Suggestions on the curriculum' follow Chapter 11 but don't have a chapter number of their own. I have called them Chapter 12.

Since there aren't pages as such in this web version, footnotes have been collected together (and renumbered) at the end of each chapter.

I've modernised the punctuation (so that, for example, " secondary " is shown as 'secondary' and Mr. W.H. Webbe C.B.E. appears as Mr WH Webbe CBE) and I've updated a handful of spellings (timetable instead of time-table, today instead of to-day etc). I've added explanations to a couple of obscure words and corrected a dozen or so misprints.

Anything added by way of explanation is shown [in square brackets].

Every web page includes chapter links (as in the left hand column on this page) and there are links to the next and previous chapters at the bottom of each page.

I have proof-read and spell-checked the text, but if you spot any errors I'd be grateful if you'd email me.

Other than the above, what you see here is what appeared in the original print version of the report.

For a summary of this report, see my article The Hadow Reports: an introduction.