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Simmons, Robin – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2021
This paper revisits the Macfarlane Report of 1980, the first draft of which recommended the dissolution of school sixth forms, sixth form colleges and other providers of post-compulsory education and training, and the establishment of a national system of tertiary colleges across England -- a programme of reform which would effectively have…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Higher Education, Comprehensive Programs, Foreign Countries
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Mitchell, Peter – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2015
It is 25 years since the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) was abolished and management of education in central London transferred to 13 London boroughs. The author reflects on the experience of being an ex-ILEA head teacher, and of managing one of the new local education authorities in the immediate post-ILEA period. He begins by commenting…
Descriptors: Reflection, School District Reorganization, Local Government, Organizational Change