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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)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 259
Themes: Secondary education, Local government

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Date Value Title
84 May 9 We Major Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("School Government: Green Paper") ["admirably fulfils the remit agreed by [you]... [gives] parents majority control over the governing bodies of 'county' schools, and near-control of 'controlled' schools"; other key points] [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]
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 12 Sa Major Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Schools in Liverpool") ["The Council's proposal is... Socialist schooling, neighbourhood comprehensives for all, with no choice for anyone... acceptance of the proposal - even if it is a political necessity - will be an educational disaster"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 14 Mo Major Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Biffen, Brittan, Heseltine, Jenkin, Rees, Boyson) ["Secondary Education in Liverpool"] [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]
84 May 16 We Major Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Education in Liverpool") ["Keith is still understating the appalling educational consequences of accepting Liverpool's proposals"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 17 Th Major Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Keith Joseph, Whitelaw, Biffen, Brittan, Tom King, Jenkin, Rees, Havers) ["Education in Liverpool": MT: "City Council's proposals... even worse than she had feared"] [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 17 Th Major Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT (improvement in the 16+ examinations) [update on policy development] [declassified Jan 2014]
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]
84 May 22 Tu Major Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Brittan, Keith Joseph, Jenkin, Biffen, Heseltine, Tebbit, Tom King, Rees, Havers, Redwood) ["Liverpool City Council": statutory proposals for reorganisation of County secondary schools; Government grants/Urban Programme; legal action to disqualify Councillors; Commissioners Bill] [declassified Jan 2014]