E/ME4/2/1

File regarding school year 1987/88, including information as follows:

1986 - 1988

From: 1986 To: 1988

- Bedfordshire Academy 1986 policy statement - “Multicultural Education and the Hidden Curriculum” based on a report of teachers, inspectors and others to Manchester City Education Authority and dealing with school assembly, school uniform, displays outside school building, home-school links, school dinners and multicultural shows; - Bedfordshire County Council draft guidelines for colleges on Multi-ethnic education; - “Without Prejudice: Education for an Ethnically Mixed Society” - Local Education Authority notes on the report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Education of Children from Ethnic Minority Groups (“The Swann Report 1985”) [see also E/ME4/2/2]; - Challney Girls’ School, Luton, whole school policy proposed by an anti-racist committee and accepted by teaching staff with programme of development at the school; - schematic diagram of Bedfordshire Multicultural Education (ME) Support Services; - report on factors which support academic attainment in Asian and Afro-Caribbean pupils; - draft circular - “Ethnically Based Statistics on School Pupils”; - Aims & Objectives statement of “Towards Multicultural Education” project 1988; - a series of notes regarding policy in a number of schools in ME areas, [answers seem to have been given to a questionnaire, now lost and so are not always easy to interpret], schools comprise: Crawley Green Infants, Luton; Hazeldene Lower, Bedford; Wootton Upper; Clipstone Brook Lower, Leighton Buzzard; Someries Infant, Luton; Wigmore Primary, Luton; Manshead Upper, Dunstable; Icknield High, Luton; Sharnbrook Upper; St.Andrew’s Lower, Biggleswade; Chantry Junior, Luton; Chantry Infants, Luton; Ramridge Junior, Luton; Ramridge Infant, Luton; Leagrave Junior; Stopsley Junior; William Austin Infant, Luton; Maulden Lower; and Studham Voluntary Controlled Lower; - outline plans for introduction of ME at Maulden Lower and Russell Lower, Ampthill; - course programme - “Policy into Practice” at Putteridge Bury site, Luton College of Higher Education; - evaluation forms from nine attendees on the “Towards Multicultural Education” course, answers to questions include overall comments, usefulness of each session, use of resources, balance between input and discussion, possible improvements, benefit to organising ME in schools, other comments; - Multicultural Education Resources Centre/Multicultural Education Support Team report regarding criteria for selection of ME learning materials.

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EDUCATION, multicultural education, ethnic minorities, Higher Education, BEDFORDSHIRE, Local Education Authority, political correspondence, schools, Bedfordshire County Council, colleges, Challney Girls School, Asians, Afro-Caribbeans, student, statistics, surveys, Crawley Green Infant School, Someries Infant School, Wigmore Primary School, Icknield High School, Chantry Junior School, Chantry Infant School, Ramridge Junior School, Ramridge Infant School, Leagrave Junior School, Stopsley Junior School, William Austin Infant School, LUTON, Hazeldene Lower School, BEDFORD, Wootton Upper School, WOOTTON, Clipstone Brook Lower School, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, Manshead Upper School, DUNSTABLE, Sharnbrook Upper School, SHARNBROOK, St.Andrew's Voluntary Controlled Lower School, BIGGLESWADE, Maulden Lower School, MAULDEN, Studham Voluntary Controlled Lower School, STUDHAM, Russell Lower School, AMPTHILL, training, programme, Putteridge Bury, Luton College of Higher Education, Multicultural Education Resources Centre, business correspondence