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Box Norwood Papers Box 11

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Contains 64 Results:

Address by Sir E. Farquhar Buzzard, 4 January 1938

 Item — Box: Norwood Papers Box 11
Reference code: 230/6/10/19
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Address by Sir E. Farquhar Buzzard, titled 'Physical Fitness Campaign. An address at the Guildhall to the Association of Headmasters of Secondary Schools..' 14 leaves.

Dates: 4 January 1938

Newscutting of a letter from Kurt Hahn, 5 April 1938

 Item — Box: Norwood Papers Box 11
Reference code: 230/6/10/20
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Newscutting of a letter from Kurt Hahn. 'A Badge for Fitness. The Gordonstoun Experiment', Letter from Kurt Hahn, Founder of Gordonstoun School, to The Times.

Dates: 5 April 1938

Norwood’s 'Fleming Committee Evidence', [1943]

 Item — Box: Norwood Papers Box 11
Reference code: 230/6/11/1
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Norwood’s 'Fleming Committee Evidence', 6 leaves. Returned to Norwood accompanied by a letter from P. Wilson, Board of Education.

Dates: [1943]

Letter from P. Wilson, Board of Education, 17 August 1943

 Item — Box: Norwood Papers Box 11
Reference code: 230/6/11/2
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Letter from P. Wilson, Board of Education, sent to Norwood accompanying Norwood's 'Fleming Committee Evidence'.

Dates: 17 August 1943

Report 'The Public Schools and the General Educational System', 1944

 Item — Box: Norwood Papers Box 11
Reference code: 230/6/11/3
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Report by the Board of Education 'The Public Schools and the General Educational System', also known as the Fleming Report. 132 pages.

Dates: 1944

Letter from R. A. Butler, President of the Board of Education, 26 July 1944

 Item — Box: Norwood Papers Box 11
Reference code: 230/6/11/4
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Letter from R. A. Butler, President of the Board of Education to Norwood, accompanying a copy of 'The Public Schools and the General Educational System', also known as the Fleming Report.

Dates: 26 July 1944

Final Minutes of the Norwood Committee, 23 June 1943

 Item — Box: Norwood Papers Box 11
Reference code: 230/6/12/1
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Final Minutes of the Norwood Committee, labelled 'unofficial'. 3 pages.

Dates: 23 June 1943

Anonymous essay, c1943

 Item — Box: Norwood Papers Box 11
Reference code: 230/6/12/2
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Untitled and anonymous essay with suggestions for the nature of a future curriculum, possibly presented as evidence to the Norwood Committee.

Dates: c1943

Letter from Sir Lawrence Bragg, 9 August 1943

 Item — Box: Norwood Papers Box 11
Reference code: 230/6/12/3
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Letter from Sir Lawrence Bragg, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. Sent with documents regarding discussions on the future of Science Scholarship Entrance Examinations at the University of Cambridge involving Sir Lawrence Bragg.

Dates: 9 August 1943

Copy of letter by Sir Lawrence Bragg to R. A Butler, 6 June 1943

 Item — Box: Norwood Papers Box 11
Reference code: 230/6/12/4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Norwood served as Chairman of the Secondary School Examinations Council from 1921 to 1946. The Committee on the Curriculum and Examinations in Secondary Schools was appointed by the President of the Board of Education in October 1941 under the Chairmanship of Norwood. Its report “Curriculum and Examinations in Secondary Schools” was published in 1943. R.A. Butler's Education Act of 1944 followed. In 1946 the SSEC was reconstituted, Norwood being succeeded as Chairman by Sir Maurice Holmes

Dates: 6 June 1943

Remarks of A.E.E. McKenzie, c1943

 Item — Box: Norwood Papers Box 11
Reference code: 230/6/12/5
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Document titled 'Remarks of A.E.E. McKenzie', sent with three other documents, all regarding discussions on the future of Science Scholarship Entrance Examinations at the University of Cambridge involving Sir Lawrence Bragg.

Dates: c1943

Science Entrance Scholarship Examination, c1943

 Item — Box: Norwood Papers Box 11
Reference code: 230/6/12/6
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Document titled 'Science Entrance Scholarship Examination', sent with three other documents, all regarding discussions on the future of Science Scholarship Entrance Examinations at the University of Cambridge involving Sir Lawrence Bragg.

Dates: c1943

Science Masters' Association, c1943

 Item — Box: Norwood Papers Box 11
Reference code: 230/6/12/7
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Document titled 'Science Masters' Association', sent with three other documents, all regarding discussions on the future of Science Scholarship Entrance Examinations at the University of Cambridge involving Sir Lawrence Bragg.

Dates: c1943

Inter-Collegiate Committee on Scholarships, c1943

 Item — Box: Norwood Papers Box 11
Reference code: 230/6/12/8
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Document titled 'Inter-Collegiate Committee on Scholarships', sent with three other documents, all regarding discussions on the future of Science Scholarship Entrance Examinations at the University of Cambridge involving Sir Lawrence Bragg.

Dates: c1943

Letter from R.A. Butler, M.P, Minister of Education, 25 October 1944

 Item — Box: Norwood Papers Box 11
Reference code: 230/6/12/9
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Norwood served as Chairman of the Secondary School Examinations Council from 1921 to 1946. The Committee on the Curriculum and Examinations in Secondary Schools was appointed by the President of the Board of Education in October 1941 under the Chairmanship of Norwood. Its report “Curriculum and Examinations in Secondary Schools” was published in 1943. R.A. Butler's Education Act of 1944 followed. In 1946 the SSEC was reconstituted, Norwood being succeeded as Chairman by Sir Maurice Holmes

Dates: 25 October 1944

Letter from R.A. Butler, M.P, Minister of Education, 11 January 1945

 Item — Box: Norwood Papers Box 11
Reference code: 230/6/12/10
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Norwood served as Chairman of the Secondary School Examinations Council from 1921 to 1946. The Committee on the Curriculum and Examinations in Secondary Schools was appointed by the President of the Board of Education in October 1941 under the Chairmanship of Norwood. Its report “Curriculum and Examinations in Secondary Schools” was published in 1943. R.A. Butler's Education Act of 1944 followed. In 1946 the SSEC was reconstituted, Norwood being succeeded as Chairman by Sir Maurice Holmes

Dates: 11 January 1945

Letter from Ellen Wilkinson, M.P, Minister of Education, 26 January 1946

 Item — Box: Norwood Papers Box 11
Reference code: 230/6/12/11
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Norwood served as Chairman of the Secondary School Examinations Council from 1921 to 1946. The Committee on the Curriculum and Examinations in Secondary Schools was appointed by the President of the Board of Education in October 1941 under the Chairmanship of Norwood. Its report “Curriculum and Examinations in Secondary Schools” was published in 1943. R.A. Butler's Education Act of 1944 followed. In 1946 the SSEC was reconstituted, Norwood being succeeded as Chairman by Sir Maurice Holmes

Dates: 26 January 1946

Report of the Joint Committee on the Report of the Norwood Committee, 15 January 1944

 Item — Box: Norwood Papers Box 11
Reference code: 230/6/12/12
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Report of the Joint Committee on the Report of the Norwood Committee, Vol. 187, Oxford University, page 15 - 28.

Dates: 15 January 1944

Development plans, 8 March 1946

 Item — Box: Norwood Papers Box 11
Reference code: 230/6/12/13
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Minutes of the Education Circular, 90, 'Development plans', 4 pages.

Dates: 8 March 1946

Secondary School Examination Council, 26 June 1946

 Item — Box: Norwood Papers Box 11
Reference code: 230/6/12/14
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Minutes of the Education Circular, 113, 'Secondary School Examination Council', 2 pages.

Dates: 26 June 1946