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1982 Mar 24 - 1984 May 24
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1214
Education (Secondary school education; management of local authority higher education; reform of Schools Council; raising standards in education; education in Liverpool; Green Paper on school government) (Part 2)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 259
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84 May 21 Mo Major Education: Attorney General letter to Keith Joseph (Secondary Education in Liverpool) [advice on legal power to modify Liverpool Education Authority proposals] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Jun 23 Th Major Education: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (raising standards in schools) [Departmental policy paper for MT's attention; MT critical of paper & requests meeting with Permanent Secretary] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Jul 19 Tu Major Education: Department of Education letter to No.10 ("Standards in Education and Comprehensive Schools") ["We should not expect rapid progress"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Apr 10 Tu Major Education: Keith Joseph letter to Jenkin ("Draft Circular on Teacher Training") ["to establish a Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education"; MT agrees with Jenkin concern of creating impression "that we expect local authorities to contain extra expenditure within the existing PES provision... particularly... when the Rates Bill is before Parliament"] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Aug 31 Tu Major Education: Keith Joseph letter to No.10 (Secondary School Curriculum and Examinations) [second Government response to recommendations in Second Report of Parliamentary Committtee] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 May 10 Mo Major Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("Education, Science and Arts Committee: Government Reply to the Second Report") [first Government response to recommendations in Second Report of Parliamentary Committtee] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 11 Fr Major Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("Liverpool") ["I now have to reach a decision on a controversial set of proposals from Liverpool to close all its existing 25 county secondary schools and to establish 17 new... comprehensive schools... I thought I should let you know what I propose"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 15 Tu Major Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("Liverpool") [analysis of Government options for addressing City Council's statutory proposals; conclusion] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Dec 9 Fr Major Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("Making Schools Better") [outline of key aims & strategy] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 17 Th Major Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("Raising Standards in Schools") ["a note about what we can learn from France and Germany about the school curriculum"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 4 Fr Major Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("Raising Standards in Schools") [regarding 27 April record of conversation: "to clarify one or two points": performance-related pay increments; improving mediocre teachers at reasonable cost; pilot project to test integrity of professional appraisal system] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 17 Th Major Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT (improvement in the 16+ examinations) [update on policy development] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 9 We Major Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT (School Government: Green Paper) ["a key element is to give parents the dominant voice in the government of most schools"; copy of draft Paper attached] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Apr 7 We Major Education: Keith Joseph PS letter to Edwards PS ("Education, Science and Arts Committee: Second Report, Session 1981-82") [first Government reply to Second Report of Parliamentary Committee] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Apr 19 Mo Major Education: Keith Joseph PS letter to Edwards PS ("Schools Council") [draft Statement to Parliament on the future of Council] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Apr 5 Mo Major Education: Keith Joseph PS letter to Whitelaw ("Management of Local Authority Higher Education") ["I am proposing to defer activation of the long-term policy... until some assessment of the effectiveness of the... [National Advisory Board]"] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Apr 22 Th Major Education: No.10 minute to MT ("Abolition of the Schools Council") [report on Keith Joseph's statement to Parliament] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Jan 28 Fr Major Education: No.10 minute to MT ("H Committee: Reform of the Schools Council") [progress report] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Jun 29 We Major Education: No.10 minute to MT (National Council of Educational Standards research report) ["provide[s] valuable support for the Government's emphasis on more accountability of teachers and more information about school performance so that parents can make proper choices"] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Mar 25 Th Major Education: No.10 note to MT (Schools Council) [abolition proposal: "Nicholas Edwards feels that... any gain will not be worth the fuss"] [declassified Jan 2014]