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Catalogue description Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science: Inspectorate: Reports on Independent Schools
| Reference: | ED 172 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science: Inspectorate: Reports on Independent Schools |
| Description: |
Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science Inspector's reports on independent schools. |
| Date: | 1938-1989 |
| Arrangement: |
By county and county borough order within each transfer. |
| Related material: |
Later reports produced by HM Inspectorate on independent schools in Wales are in BD 72 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Board of Education, Inspectorate (England), 1923-1944 Board of Education, Inspectorate (Wales), 1923-1944 Department of Education and Science, HM Inspectorate (England), 1964-1973 Department of Education and Science, HM Inspectorate (Wales), 1964-1973 Department of Education and Science, HM Inspectorate of Schools (England), 1973-1992 Department of Education and Science, HM Inspectorate of Schools (Wales), 1973-1992 Ministry of Education, Inspectorate (England), 1944-1964 Ministry of Education, Inspectorate (Wales), 1944-1964 |
| Physical description: | 613 files and volumes |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Unpublished finding aids: |
An index to counties and county boroughs is available. Please speak to staff at the enquiry desk for the precise location. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The 1943 White Paper, 'Educational Reconstruction', announced the Government's intention to introduce a system of compulsory inspection and registration of all independent schools, with provision to require the closure of any school found deficient unless the defects complained of were remedied. Subsequently, part III of the Education Act 1944 required the minister to maintain a register of all independent schools and their proprietors to furnish certain information and to make their schools available for inspection at all reasonable times. Although these provisions were not made fully effective until part III came into operation in 1957, a programme of inspections of all independent schools which provided full-time education for five or more pupils of compulsory school age was commenced in 1949. This was announced in Circular 196, published in January of that year. |
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