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16 results found for '"Grant maintained schools"' in Keywords.

  • 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....

  • Conservative conference - Proposals for schools (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Report on the Conservative Party conference 1987 in Blackpool and speech introducing measures for schools by Kenneth Baker, Education Secretary. He speaks against new Labour spokesman Jack Straw and critical...

  • Conservative conference - Margaret Thatcher speech (1987)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Emma Udwin reports on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s well-received keynote speech at the 1987 Blackpool Conservative Party conference. She outlines proposals to reduce local authority power including...

  • Labour reacts to Baker comments on education (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on reaction to a speech by Education Secretary Kenneth Baker at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool attacking Labour criticism of private schools. Jack Straw, Labour education spokesman on...

  • Education Reform Bill defeated in House of Lords (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    The Education Reform Bill was defeated in the House of Lords last night. The Bishop of London, Graham Leonard, led the attack on the part of the bill concerned with taking schools out of local body...

  • Kenneth Clarke on education reform (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with new Education Secretary Kenneth Clarke about how the educational system in the UK should change with small schools controlling their own budgets (grant maintained schools) amongst other...

  • Kenneth Clarke on UK education system (1991)

    Genre
    Press conference

    New Education Secretary Kenneth Clarke answers press questions about the educational system in the UK, his planned reforms including encouraging grant maintained schools, and how public spending should be...

  • Grant maintained schools policy (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview on schools opting out of being funded by the local education authority, more commonly named grant maintained schools. Criticising the Conservative Government policy and saying it is a failure. Male...

  • Major in Brixton to launch schools iniative (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference; Interview; Speech

    Havovi Todd reports from the LBC radio car outside St Paul’s Angels’ nursery in Brixton, South London, on the launch by Prime Minister John Major of a new Government education iniative. Touring London...

  • Jack Straw on opted-out schools (1992)

    Genre
    Interview

    Des Fahy interviews Shadow Education Secretary, Jack Straw about claims that a report on opted-out schools shows the policy has been a failure. He says a study by the Local Schools Information Unit shows...