Plowden Report
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The Plowden Report is the unofficial name for the 1967 report of the Central Advisory Council For Education into primary education in England. The report, entitled Children and their Primary Schools,
Front cover of Volume I (The Main Report) of the Plowden Report (1967)
Comprehensive school
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A comprehensive school is a secondary school for pupils aged 11–16 or 11–18 that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is as opposed to a selective school,
Plowden Report
…Government of the day introduced circular 10/65 requesting that local education authorities submit plans to replace the tripartite system and 11-plus with comprehensive schooling. The administration also made clear its intention to raise school-leaving age to 16 (from the then 15). In the years leading up to, and during the…
Chulmleigh College, Devon, is a coeducational comprehensive secondary school with academy status.
Haverstock School is a coeducational comprehensive school with sixth-form in North London.
Silverdale School is a coeducational comprehensive school with sixth form in Sheffield with academy status. Established as a secondary modern in 1957 and converted to comprehensive in 1969.
Manchester Academy is a coeducational comprehensive school with academy status in Greater Manchester.