LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Dewsbury schools row

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

11 Sep 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:16

Description

Report on children now being taught in a pub during the Dewsbury school race row where parents have removed their children from Headfield Middle School, where 93 percent of the pupils are of Asian descent, and are trying to move them to nearby Overthorpe Junior School. Includes interviews with retired headmaster (not identified – poss. Ken Dransfield); vox pop with schoolchildren. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Ken Dransfield?

Keywords

Local authorities; Education; Interethnic relations; Yorkshire; Schools; Parents; Asian peoples; Kenneth Baker; Headfield Middle School; Overthorpe Junior School; Dewsbury; Kirklees; Council; Schoolchildern

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