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13 results found for '"Educational standards"' in Keywords.

  • Rhodes Boyson on education black paper (1975)

    Genre
    Interview

    Bob Holness interviews Conservative MP and former headmaster Dr Rhodes Boyson on the publication of a new so-called black paper on education standards. He speaks about the decline in standards of schools;...

  • Standards of written English fall (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    John Day, Deputy Secretary General of the Associated Examining Board, describes the lowering of standards of written English in exams. He discusses where the breakdown in communication skills is coming from,...

  • Teachers’ pay deal reached (1986)

    Genre
    Speech

    Speech by unidentified union spokesman on the pay, standards and services agreement reached between employers and four out of six teaching unions.

  • NUT votes to block testing in schools (1987)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    The Government has proposed tests for schools at regular intervals to check the students’ progress. The NUT has opposed any such testing, claiming it will lead to streaming, and that blanket testing is...

  • Baker on national curriculum (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Kenneth Baker, Secretary of State for Education and Science on the introduction of the new national curriculum in 1989 and introduction of grant-maintained schools; the reasons for them both and benefits....

  • Parliament debates education issues (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate

    Paul Rowley reports from Westminster on a debate in the Commons on new school tests for 7-year-olds, with speeches from Education Secretary John MacGregor, Shadow Education Spokesman Jack Straw and Liberal...

  • Kenneth Clarke on becoming Education Secretary (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Kenneth Clarke on his new post of Education Secretary following a cabinet re-shuffle by Margaret Thatcher after the surprise resignation of Deputy PM Geoffrey Howe. Denies remarks by Labour’s Jack Straw...

  • UK educaton as good as Europe (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Education Secretary, John MacGregor, following his speech at a conference of schools and industrialists in Leicester in which he refuted claims Britain’s school system puts pupils at a...

  • Kenneth Clarke on primary school tests (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Peter Russell interviews Education Secretary Kenneth Clarke, on changes in teaching at primary schools. The Government has announced new-look tests for seven-year-olds. Clarke says that they’ll improve...

  • Graveney School commended (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Clodagh Kennedy reports on the inner city Graveney Secondary School in Tooting, London - commended for its educational standards by the Chief Inspector of Schools; interviews with Graham Stapleton,...