Ministry of Education

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Date:	1944-1964
History:	Replaced the Board of Education under 1944 Education Act. Former branches amalgamated to form new Schools Branch and Further Education Branch. Administered Camps Act 1939, education of Polish refugees and agricultural education. Replaced by Department of Education and Science (DES) in 1964.
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (central)
References:	IC; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C278628

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference
1	1818-2000: Records created or inherited by the Department of Education and Science, and of related bodies	The National Archives, Kew	ED
2	1826-1986: Committee of Privy Council and successors: Various Lists of Educational Institutions and Departmental Staff	The National Archives, Kew	ED 270
3	1915-1920: Records created or inherited by the Ministry of Reconstruction	The National Archives, Kew	RECO
4	1878-1946: Board of Education and predecessors: Secondary Education, General Files	The National Archives, Kew	ED 12
5	1871-1945: Board of Education and predecessor: Elementary Education, Local Education Authority Attendance Files	The National Archives, Kew	ED 18
6	1857-1946: Ministry of Education and predecessors: Public Elementary School Files	The National Archives, Kew	ED 21
7	1835-1991: Department of Education and Science and predecessors: Establishment Files	The National Archives, Kew	ED 23
8	1873-1945: Board of Education and predecessor: Elementary Education, Institution School Files	The National Archives, Kew	ED 30
9	1944-1992: Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science: Parliamentary Questions and Answers, Files	The National Archives, Kew	ED 34
10	1859-1966: Board of Education and successors: Personal Files	The National Archives, Kew	ED 36
11	1858-1945: Teachers' Training Colleges Endowment Files	The National Archives, Kew	ED 40
12	1853-1945: Elementary Education Endowment Files	The National Archives, Kew	ED 49
13	1869-1946: Ministry of Education and predecessors: Local Education Authority Secondary Education, Files	The National Archives, Kew	ED 53
14	1879-2000: Education Department and successors: Awards and Scholarships Files (U and O Series)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 54
15	1922-1970: Board of Education and successors: Elementary Education, Local Education Authority Staffing Files	The National Archives, Kew	ED 60
16	1906-1957: Board of Education: Practical Instruction Centres Files	The National Archives, Kew	ED 70
17	1904-1962: Teachers' Misconduct: General Files	The National Archives, Kew	ED 104
18	1897-1945: Education Department and successors: Precedent Books	The National Archives, Kew	ED 127
19	1904-1953: Board of Education and successors: Elementary Education: Poor Law School Files	The National Archives, Kew	ED 132
20	1935-1966: Board of Education and successors: Private Office: Files and Papers (Series II)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 136
21	1907-1954: Board of Education and Ministry of Education: Drafts and Papers of Official History of Education, Second World War and General Historical Survey	The National Archives, Kew	ED 138
22	1902-1966: Board of Education and Ministry of Education: Local Education Authority Establishment of Education Committees, Registered Files (G Series)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 139
23	1870-1989: Education Department and successors: Circulars and Administrative Memoranda	The National Archives, Kew	ED 142
24	1936-1969: Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science: Architects and Building Branch: Registered Files (G Series)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 150
25	1944-1966: Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science: 1944 Education Act, Schemes for Divisional Administration, Registered Files (G Series)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 151
26	1946-1976: Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science: Architects and Building Branch: Local Education Authority Major Building Projects, Registered Files (G Series)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 154
27	1854-1984: Department of Education and Science and predecessors: Elementary and Primary Schools Digest Files	The National Archives, Kew	ED 161
28	1879-1984: Department of Education and Science and predecessors: Secondary Schools Digest files	The National Archives, Kew	ED 162
29	1870-1983: Board of Education and successors: School History Sheets	The National Archives, Kew	ED 185
30	1952-1988: Department of Education and Science: Universities Branch and successors, Finance and Policy Teams: Registered Files (H Series)	The National Archives, Kew	ED 188
31	1905-1947: Board of Education: Procedure Minutes and Instructions	The National Archives, Kew	ED 230
32	1855-1976: Board of Education and successors: Specimens of Documents Destroyed	The National Archives, Kew	ED 900
33	1952-1989: Records of the Universities Branch
34	1851-1966: Private and Private Office Papers

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Dates	Category of relationship
1	Board of Education	Successor/Predecessor		See Also
2	Department of Education and Science	Successor/Predecessor		See Also