Archive

1988 Jun 1 - 1988 Nov 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2126
Education (General policy on education and education expenditure; Higginson Report on future of 'A' levels; polytechnics; City Arts College; national curriculum issues; opting out of Local Education (Part 19)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Jul 21
Classification: Secret
Page count: 343
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88 Jun 30 Th Major Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Baker) ["A City Arts College"] [declassified 2016]
88 Sep 2 Fr Major Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Teachers' pay for 1989-90: a remit for the Interim Advisory Committee") [teachers' pay] [declassified 2016]
88 Jun 6 Mo Major Education: Baker minute to MT ("Governance of polytechnics") [Education Reform Bill] [declassified 2016]
88 Jun 13 Mo Major Education: No.10 letter to Baker PS ("Minority religious groups and the maintained sector") [MT comments on Baker paper] [declassified 2016]
88 Jun 9 Th Major Education: No.10 minute to MT ("City Arts College") ["Kenneth Baker's minute... seeks agreement to extending the concept of City Technology Colleges... The Chief Secretary's minute... questions this"] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Jun 1 We Major Education: No.10 letter to Walker PS ("HMI report: Aspects of Educational Provision in Wales 1986/87") [MT content with proposal to publish] [declassified 2016]
88 Jun 16 Th Major Education: Baker minute to MT (City Arts College) [amendment to draft Bill; Government to remain neutral on proposed College] [declassified 2016]
88 Jul 27 We Major Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("National Curriculum: mathematics and science") [Working Group reports; Government proposals; public consultation] [declassified 2016]
88 Jun 10 Fr Major Education: Baker minute to MT ("Education Reform Bill: provision for Further Education students with special educational needs (SEN)") [local education authorities' duties] [declassified 2016]
88 Jun 29 We Major Education: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("CTCs: City Arts College") [purpose of the college and private vs public funding; future of City Technology Courses] [declassified 2016]
88 Jul 1 Fr Major Education: Chairman of the City Technology Colleges Trust letter to MT (City Arts Technology College and CTC sponsorship) [thanks, and progress report on sponsorship recruitment in advance of dinner to be hosted by MT at No.10] [declassified 2016]
88 Oct 25 Tu Major Education: No.1o briefing for MT ("Progress meeting with Kenneth Baker on education reform") [first bilateral meeting on implementation of Education Reform Act] [declassified 2016]
88 Sep 30 Fr Major Education: Professor Cox letter to No.10 (National Curriculum English Working Group) [Chair submits first report from Group set up in wake of Education Reform Act] [declassified 2016]
88 Oct 25 Tu Major Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Progress with Education Reform") [Bilateral with Kenneth Baker: 26 October] [declassified 2016]
88 Jul 5 Tu Major Education: No.10 minute to MT ("Education Bill: collective worship") ["some real problems looming for the Third Reading"] [declassified 2016]
88 Jul 22 Fr Major Education: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting of E(EP): 29 July") [Working Group on maths & science; Scottish Education Bill] [declassified 2016]
88 Jun 23 Th Major Education: No.10 minute to MT ("Education Reform Bill: provision for Further Education students with special educational needs (SEN)") [amendment, and cost consideration] [declassified 2016]
88 Jul 25 Mo Major Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Education (Scotland) Bill") [Rifkind response to E(EP) committee queries] [declassified 2016]
88 Jul 6 We Major Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Education (Scotland) Bill") [teachers' pay; 'opting-out'] [declassified 2016]
88 Jul 13 We Major Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Education Reform Bill: Lords amendments") [Grant-maintained schools; universities funding] [declassified 2016]