Circular 10/65 Revisited: The Labour Government and the “Comprehensive Revolution” in 1964‐1965 |
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| Abstract: | The article has used very extensively recently released government records and private political papers to offer a revaluation of the making of Circular 10/65 and its consequences. It explores the position of the two key ministers involved and the way in which they worked with senior officials within the Department of Education and Science in the making of policy. Many major issues such as the evolving nature of the relationship between central and local government are examined. It suggests the range of constraints, both financial and political, under which government policy was introduced in 1965. It attempts to place the policy of Anthony Croslandin a broadereducationalframeworkwhich links up with his other initiatives in 1965 notably the establishment of the Public School Commission and the development of an alternative higher degree sector announced in the speech at Woolwich Polytechnic. The article indicates that the origins of the national policy in Circular 10/65 has had profound effects on the way that comprehensive schools have evolved in the past three decades. |
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