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27 results found for '"National curriculum"' in Keywords.
Baroness Young on national curriculum (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Baroness Young(?), on the results of a circular sent to education authorities in England and Wales. Responses showed a great deal of difference in curricular practice among schools; Young sees a need for a...
Baker on national curriculum (1987)
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- 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....
National curriculum introduced (1989)
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- Interview
Unidentified female government spokesperson on the introduction of a new National Curriculum which will test schoolchildren at key ages, and confirming those leaving school without a GCSE qualification will...
Brian Hayes show (1989)
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- Interview; News bulletin; Phone-in; Advertisement; Trailer
Education Minister Angela Rumbold talks to Brian Hayes on his show and members of the public phone in with questions. Subjects include the shortage of teachers; the economic problem of being a teacher in...
Tests for 7-year-olds announced (1990)
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- Interview
? Russell (male) interviews Education Secretary John MacGregor on tests for 7-year-olds being rolled out nationwide following a pilot scheme. He rejects claims by Labour’s Education spokesman Jack Straw...
Parliament debates education issues (1990)
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- 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...
Government plans educational reform (1990)
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- Interview
Education Secretary John MacGregor refuses to divulge details of a deal with the Treasury over finance for education and talks about planned educational reforms in the context of education being a key issue...
John MacGregor on NASUWT strike (1990)
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- Interview
Richard Dallyn interviews Education Secretary John MacGregor about a one day strike by members of the UK’s second largest teaching union the NASUWT in protest to a government imposed pay award and over...
John MacGregor on child literacy (1990)
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- Interview; News report
Education Secretary John MacGregor on the issue of literacy levels among seven-year-olds, following the leaking of survey results to the Times Education Supplement. Female interviewer not identified.
UK educaton as good as Europe (1990)
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- 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...