E/SA1/4/6

File on consultations regarding the comprehensive reorganisation of schools in Area 5 (East Bedfordshire), including, amongst other things, the following:

1972 - 1976

From: 1972 To: 1976

- notes of an officer’s meeting to discuss reorganisation in Area 5 [1972]; - notes regarding the Section 13 notice declaring alteration of status of the Area’s schools [1973]; - lists detailing expected numbers from each feeder lower school to the proposed middle schools (Etonbury, Arlesey and Holmemead, Biggleswade) over the period 1970-1983 as well as a list of expected numbers at Stratton Upper School, Biggleswade from the three proposed Middle Schools [1973]; - draft detailed proposals for the implementation of reorganisation in Area 5 [June 1973]; - notes of a meeting with governors and managers to discuss reorganisation in Areas 5 and 7 [1974]; - notes of a meeting with teachers to discuss reorganisation in Areas 5 and 7 [1974]; - outline timetable for reorganisation in Area 5 [1973]; - correspondence with parents with queries and opinions on reorganisation; - answer to a Councillor’s question as to the extent of consultation with teachers in Area 5 regarding reorganisation [1973]; - Detailed Proposals for the Implementation of Reorganisation in Area 5 [Sep 1973]; - draft information for parents regarding the reorganisation in Area 5 [Sep 1973]; - notes of a meeting with headteachers in Area 5 and Area 7 to discuss possible contingency plans if Sandy Upper School and Biggleswade North Middle School were not ready for use in September 1974 [1973]; - estate agency’s notes on schools in Biggleswade (Stratton, Holmemead, Rose Lane, Lawnside, The Lawns and the Further Education Centre) written before reorganisation [c.1970]; - list of schools in Areas 5 and 7 giving: numbers on the roll; current accommodation size and year built; and current building programme plans for enlargement, replacement etc. [1973]; - correspondence as to whether Northill VP School was in either Area 5 or 7 and in the catchment area for which Middle School [1973]; - Information for Parents regarding reorganisation in Area 5 [Jan 1974]; - error in the Information for Parents booklet regarding transfer of pupils in Area 5 at 13+, the booklet stating that this would happen in 1976 whereas it would actually take place in 1975 [1974]; - implementation of contingency plans due to the fact that Biggleswade North Voluntary Controlled Middle School would not be ready in September 1974 [1974]; - catchment areas of St.Andrew’s Voluntary Controlled and Lawnside Lower Schools, Biggleswade [1976].

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EDUCATION, schools, health administration, general correspondence, East Bedfordshire, Education Officer, Education Act 1944, population statistics, lower schools, middle schools, Etonbury Middle School, ARLESEY, Biggleswade Holmemead Middle School, BIGGLESWADE, Stratton Upper School, school governors, school managers, teachers, timetable, parent, Councillor, headteacher, education buildings, building work, Sandy Upper School, SANDY, Biggleswade Edward Peake Middle School, Headland, Stratton School, Holmemead School, Biggleswade Rose Lane School, Lawnside School, The Lawns Nursery School, further education, Northill Voluntary Primary School, advice and information, St.Andrew's Voluntary Controlled Lower School, Lawnside Lower School