E/SA1/4/4

File on consultations regarding the comprehensive reorganisation of schools in Area 3 (West Central Bedfordshire), including detailed planning and, amongst other things, the following:

c.1950s; 1969 - 1976

From: 1950 To: 1976

- details of numbers of children, by age group, in feeder schools for the proposed Area Middle Schools and Upper Schools [1969]; - plan for possible pattern of implementation of reorganisation [1969]; - news release regarding commencement of consultations regarding comprehensive reorganisation [1969]; - notes of meetings of officers concerned [1969]; - notes of meetings with Governors and Managers [1969]; - notes of meetings with teachers [1969]; - possible plans for Marston Moretaine, specifically whether Church End County Primary School should be in the same reorganisation Area and catchment area as Shelton County Primary School [1969]; - notes of public meetings [1969]; - discussion of Instruments/Articles of Government for the new Upper Schools (Wootton and Hastingsbury, Kempston) [1969]; - Instrument of Government for Ampthill/Flitwick County Secondary Modern School [1954]; - Articles of Government for County Secondary Schools [c.1950s]; - Instrument of Government for Biggleswade County Secondary Grammar-Technical School [1951]; - draft detailed proposals for reorganisation of schools in Area 3 [Sep 1969]; - Reorganisation of Schools - Detailed Proposals for Area 3 [Sep 1969]; - notes of selective places to Harpur Trust schools gained from County Primary School schools in Area 3, 1964-1968 [1969]; - notes regarding children from Haynes County Primary School which had previously sent children to Redborne School, Ampthill, Elstow School or Harpur Trust schools but from 1971 would fall within the boundaries of Area 3 [1969]; - Education Circular regarding comprehensive reorganisation in Area 3, also including other matters such as: performances by The Wheatsheaf Players of Luton; Council for Encouragement of Cultural Activities play in Dunstable put on by four actors from Brive-la-Gaillarde [France]; Bradgate Players Amateur Dramatic Society production of Peer Gynt; Bedford Film Society showing of Olivier’s Othello; and a list of weekend courses at Maryland College, Woburn [1970]; - letter to teachers inviting them to apply for posts at the new Kempston Upper School [Hastingsbury] [1970]; - discussion as to primary education in Bromham, whether one school or two were necessary [1970-1976]; - proposals for Stagsden Voluntary (Church of England) Infants School to become a full Lower School for children aged 5-9 [1970]; - progress report on reorganisation [1970]; - notes for Section 13 notice declaring alteration in status of Area County Primary Schools [1970]; - letters from parents commenting on aspects of the reorganisation; - draft teachers’ comments on and final version of Information for Parents on Reorganisation in Area 3 [1970-1971]; - notes of a meeting regarding proposed changes in Middle School catchment areas in Area 3 for 1972 entry only [1971]; - correspondence regarding the reorganisation as affecting Cranfield [1971-1972]; - correspondence with Wootton Community Association regarding the proposed new Wootton Upper School and plans for Wootton Lower School [1973-1974]; - Wootton Community Association Newsletter regarding the schools as well as the village development policy, highway proposals, Wootton Lower School Parent Teacher Association, Wootton Blue Cross Football Club, tree felling, children’s questionnaire, Wootton Methodist Church, St.Mary’s Church, Workers Education Association and village events 1973]; - transfer of pupils from Wilshamstead Lower School to Abbey Middle School, Elstow [1975].

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Council for Encouragement of Cultural Activities,
Bradgate Players,
Bedford Film Society,
Wootton Community Association,
Workers' Educational Association

EDUCATION, schools, health administration, general correspondence, population statistics, middle schools, upper schools, programme, publicity, Education Officer, school governors, school managers, teachers, MARSTON MORETAINE, Church End County Primary School, Shelton County Primary School, public meeting, business, general legal process, Wootton Upper School, WOOTTON, Hastingsbury Upper School, KEMPSTON, Redborne Upper School, FLITWICK, AMPTHILL, Biggleswade County Secondary Grammar-Technical School, BIGGLESWADE, Harpur Trust schools, Haynes County Primary School, HAYNES, Redborne School, Elstow School, ELSTOW, newsletter, drama productions, The Wheatsheaf Players, LUTON, plays, DUNSTABLE, Brive-la-Gaillarde, Bradgate Players, Bedford Film Society, training, Woburn Maryland College, business correspondence, employment, primary schools, BROMHAM, Stagsden Voluntary (Church of England) Infants School, lower schools, STAGSDEN, Education Act 1944, parent, advice and information, CRANFIELD, Wootton Lower School, rural issues, town & local roads, parent teacher association, Wootton Blue Cross Football Club, trees, surveys, churches, Workers' Educational Association, events, Wilstead Lower School, WILSHAMSTEAD, Abbey Middle School