E/SA1/4/5

File on consultations regarding the comprehensive reorganisation of schools in Area 4 (South Central Bedfordshire), including, amongst other things, the following:

1971 - 1976

From: 1971 To: 1976

- lists detailing expected numbers at the proposed middle schools (Parkfields, Toddington and Arnold, Barton-le-Clay) over the period 1970-1982 as well as a list of expected numbers at the proposed Harlington Upper School from the two proposed Middle Schools [1971]; - proposed timetable for reorganisation [1971]; - draft detailed proposals for the implementation of reorganisation in Area 4 [June 1971]; - notes of a meeting with the headteachers of the secondary schools in Areas 2 and 4 regarding the reorganisation timetable [1971]; - notes of a meeting with teachers in Area 4 [1971]; - notes of a meeting with governors and managers in Area 4 [1971]; - notes of three public meetings regarding reorganisation in Area 4 [1971]; - correspondence with individual parents regarding their comments and opinions on reorganisation; - draft Information for Parents regarding reorganisation [Oct 1971]; - Information for Parents regarding reorganisation [Jan 1972]; - correspondence with the Chairman of the Mid Bedfordshire Conservative Association regarding complaints he wished to raise with his MP regarding comprehensive reorganisation and regarding complaints at the standard of teaching at Silsoe County Primary School [1972]; - notes of a meeting with headteachers to discuss possible contingency plans if Harlington Upper School was not ready for use in September 1974 [1973]; - Section 13 notice regarding alteration of status of Area 4 County Primary Schools [1974] - implementation of contingency plans due to non-completion of Harlington Upper School [1974]; - list of Lower Schools in the Area giving: numbers on the roll; current accommodation size and year built; and current building programme plans for enlargement, replacement etc. [1974]; - current and projected roll figures for Ramsey School, Barton and Barton Manor School and discussion of admission policy changes to free space for a Nursery School [1975]; - enquiry from the National Union of Teachers, with the Local Education Authority response, as to the date when countywide reorganisation would be complete and whether the 1969 scheme had been altered [1975].

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Mid Bedfordshire Conservative Association,
National Union of Teachers

EDUCATION, schools, health administration, general correspondence, population statistics, Parkfields Middle School, TODDINGTON, Barton-le-Clay Arnold Middle School, BARTON-LE-CLAY, Harlington Upper School, HARLINGTON, timetable, headteacher, secondary schools, teachers, school governors, school managers, public meeting, parent, advice and information, political correspondence, chairman, Mid Bedfordshire Conservative Association, complaints, teaching, Silsoe County Primary School, SILSOE, education buildings, Education Act 1944, building work, lower schools, Ramsey Manor Lower School, Barton Manor School, BARTON-LE-CLAY, nursery schools, National Union of Teachers, Local Education Authority