The Bullock Report (1975)
A language for life
Report of the Committee of Enquiry appointed by the Secretary of State for Education and Science under the Chairmanship of Sir Alan Bullock FBA
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1975
© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland.
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APPENDIX B
VISITS MADE
[The name of the school or college is followed by the name of the head teacher or principal.]
1. IN ENGLAND
(i) SCHOOLS
The schools are listed by local authority areas as these existed before Local Government Reorganisation on April 1, 1974.
A. Counties
Berkshire
Sandy Lane Junior Mixed School, Bracknell. Mr NS Pugsley
The Grange Nursery School, South Ascot. Miss EA Wellbeloved
Buckinghamshire
Gerrards Cross Church of England Primary School. Mr TA Bryan
John Hampden Infant School, Aylesbury. Mrs Small
Cornwall
Looe Secondary School. Mr J Simmonds
Sir James Smith's School, Camelford. Mr DGE Haynes
Cumberland
Hesingham Junior School. Mr Hind
Montreal Street School (Junior and Infant), Cleator. Mrs Jones
St. Gregory and St. Michael Infant School, Whitehaven. Sister Rose
St. Michael's Church of England School, Dalston. Mr Barrow
Inglewood Junior School, Harraby, Carlisle. Mr Nichol
Derbyshire
Tibshelf Secondary School. Mr GG Critchlow
Tupton Hall School, Old Tupton, Chesterfield. Mr BF Rice
Devon
Bickleigh Primary School, Tiverton. Mrs Scott
Heathcoat School, Tiverton. Mr RCD Kingsford
Dorset
Gillingham Comprehensive School. Mr J Webster
Durham
Dinsdale Park Residential ESN Special School. Mr JH Morgan
Greenland Infant School, Stanley. Mrs M Robinson
Greenland Junior School, Stanley. Mr O Barras
Highfield Comprehensive School, Felling. Mr W Cooke
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Gloucestershire
All Saints' Secondary Modern, Cheltenham. Mr LEJ Taylor
Fiveways Infant School, New Cheltenham, Kingswood, Bristol. Mrs DA Unwin
Hertfordshire
Gill's Hill Infant School, Radlett. Mrs A Blakeley
Heron's Wood Secondary School, Welwyn Garden City. Mr R Bainbridge
Kent
Elvington County Primary School, Kythorne, Dover. Mr OP Baker
Lancashire
Alfred Turner School, Irlam. Mr MS Sealy
Brookfield Primary School, Skelmersdale. Mr F Holmes
Leicestershire.
Countesthorpe College. Mr JF Watts
Fernvale County Junior School, Thurnby. Mr PJ Greeve
Oadby Launde County Infant. Mrs JM Cooksey
School Oadby Manor High School. Mr W Higgins, OBE JP
Norfolk
The Belfrey Voluntary Aided Primary School, Overstrand. Mr Wallace
St. Andrew's Church of England Primary School, North Pickenham. Mr R Linton
Sheringham Secondary Modern School. Mr Rowland
Trowse County Primary School. Mrs Shaw
Northumberland
Cramlington High School. Mr TM Dines
Cramlington Parkside Middle School. Mr WE Gowrie
Linton First School. Miss M Neil
Wallsend Central First School. Mr H Brown
Wallsend Central Middle School. Mr EA Snowdon
Shropshire
Madeley Court Education Recreation Centre and Madeley Court School (Comprehensive). Mr HF Cunningham
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Somerset
The Chalice School, Glastonbury. Mr G Trump
Nailsea School (Comprehensive). Mr DW John.
Swan Mead Middle School. Miss D Russell
Suffolk East
Stowmarket High School. Dr RJ Montgomery
Suffolk West
Tudor Primary (First) School, Sunbury. Mr D Evans
Sussex West
Christ's Hospital. Mr DH Newsome
Midhurst Intermediate School. Mr MJ Caton
Westmorland
Kirkby Lonsdale Church of England Primary School. Mr NE Cartwright
Longlands Boys' School, Kendal. Mr RS Foss
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Kirkby Lonsdale. Mr PR Castle
Wiltshire
Chilton Foliat Church of England Infant and Junior School. Mr Porter
Clarendon Junior School, Tidworth. Mr Rainer
Tidworth Down County Secondary School. Mr Fisher Haynes
Wootton Bassett Comprehensive School. Mr Shepherd
Yorkshire, North Riding
Huntington Secondary Modern School. Mr CE Browning
Joseph Rowntree Modern School. Mr G Mills
B. County Boroughs
Birmingham
Castle Vale Comprehensive School. Mr W Barnett
Chivenor Junior Mixed and Infant School. Miss MJ Wise
Pegasus Junior School. Mr JL Harrison
Bolton
The Deane High School. Mr F Barwise
Bradford
Hanson Upper School. Mr Dawson
Bristol
Sea Mills Infant School. Miss MD Nash
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Burnley
Ightenhill Infant School. Miss I Stanworth
Ivy Bank Comprehensive School. Mr C Brunton
Lowerhouse County Primary School. Miss M Colburn
Carlisle
Inglewood Junior School, Harraby. Mr JS Nichol
Darlington
Hummersknott County Comprehensive School. Mr LS Gordon
Dewsbury
Ravensthorpe Secondary School. Mr JR Standeven
Thornhill County Primary School. Mr J Morris
Halifax
Holy Trinity Infant School. Mrs N Clegg
Kingston-upon-Hull
Oldfleet Primary School. Mr EE Senior
Thorpe Park Primary School. Mr JR Hodgson
Leeds
Brudenell Infant School. Mrs HM Beedel
Foxwood High School, Seacroft. Mr RT Spooner
Leicester
Crescent Junior School. Mr SFA Jax
The Gateway Grammar School. Mr MH Bailey
Uplands Infant School. Miss PM Iliffe
Manchester
Parrs Wood High School. Mr EP Iball
St. Chrysostom's Infant and Junior School. Mr GN Dodds
Newcastle-uponTyne
Snow Street Primary School. Mrs DJ Heathcote
Norwich
Trowse County Primary School. Mrs OL Shaw
Nottingham
Douglas Infant and Junior Schools. Mrs P Cooper
Greenwood Junior School. Mr H Bradley
Huntingdon Infant School. Mrs BE Dexter
Huntingdon Junior School. Mr GA Richardson
John Player Bi-lateral Secondary School. Mr DT Dowell
West Player Junior School. Miss LM Hollinshead
Plymouth
Camel's Head Secondary School. Mr V Machin
North Prospect Infant School. Mrs J Sparey
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Sheffield
Rowlinson School (Comprehensive). Mr P Dixon
Teesside
Bertram Ramsey Comprehensive School. Mr DJ Chalkley
C. Outer London Boroughs
Kingston-upon-Thames
The Mount Infant School, New Maiden. Miss LP Marshall
Newham
Elmhurst Infant School. Miss JL Hicks
Star County Infant School. Miss BM Bull
D. Inner London Education Authority
Clissold Park School (Comprehensive) and Clissold Park Immigrant Language Unit. Mr TC Willcocks
Grenfell ESN School. Miss KHE Rawlings OBE
Harrington Hill Junior Mixed and Infants School, London, E5. Mrs BA MacGilchrist
Highbury Grove Comprehensive School. Dr Rhodes Boyson
Hugh Myddelton Infant School. Miss MM Robson MBE
Lee Church of England Primary School, Blackheath. Mr BC Secrett
Randal Cremer Junior School. Mrs G Shaw
St. Anne's RC Infants School, London, SE11. Sister Christine
Tidemill Junior Mixed School, Deptford. Miss FM Lane
(ii) COLLEGES OF EDUCATION
All Saints' and Trinity Colleges, Horsforth, Leeds. Mr AM Kean
Ainwick College of Education, Northumberland. Miss LK Hollamby
Avery Hill College of Education London. Mrs KE Jones
Bedford College of Education. Miss PB Dempster
Bretton Hall College of Education, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Dr AS Davies
College of the Venerable Bede, Durham. Mr KG Collier
Culham College of Education, Oxfordshire. Mr JF Wyatt
Darlington College of Education, Co. Durham. Mr J Huitson
Digby Stuart College of Education, London. Sister Dorothy Bell
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Edge Hill College of Education, Ormskirk, Lancashire. Mr PKC Millins
Homerton College of Education, Cambridge. Miss AC Shrubsole
Kingston-upon-Hull College of Education. Dr C Bibby
Maria Grey College of Education, London. Mrs KM Saunders
Newton Park College, Newton St. Loe, Bath, Somerset. Mr NP Payne
Northumberland College of Education, Ponteland. Miss EM Churchill
Rachel McMillan College of Education, London. Miss EM Puddephat
St. John's College of Education, York. Mr JV Barnett
St. Mary's College of the Sacred Heart, Fenham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Sister Prudence Wilson
St. Matthias College of Education, Bristol. Mr RA Adcock
Wall Hall College of Education, Watford, Hertfordshire. Miss AK Davies
West Midlands College of Education, Walsall, Staffordshire. Dr J Cornwell
(iii) READING AND LANGUAGE CENTRES
Leicester County Borough
Leicester Reading Centre.
Manchester
Reading Centre at George Leigh Street School, Ancoats.
Reading Centre at Manchester Teachers' Centre, Barlow Moor Road.
Reading
University of Reading, Centre for the Teaching of Reading.
London Borough of Croydon
Croydon Language Centre.
Inner London Education Authority
Centre for Language in Primary Education, London, SW1.
Centre for Urban Educational Studies, Aberdeen Park, London, N5.
2. IN THE USA
(i) SCHOOLS
New York
George Washington High School. Mr S Kostman
Public School 129.
Public School 234.
Public School 198. Mrs Charlotte Schiff
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Springfield, Massachusetts
Longmeadow High School. Mr Edgar G Craver
Los Angeles Area
McKinley Elementary School, Burbank. Mr James C Derrick
Miller Elementary School, Burbank. Mr Hal Bucklin
Macy School, Lowell Joint School District, Whittier. Mr Marston Ellis
NCL-USC Reading Center School, Los Angeles.
San Francisco Area
Oakland High School.
Crocker Highlands Elementary School, Oakland.
Martin Luther King School, Oakland. Dr Herbert Wong
Washington Elementary School, Berkeley.
Everett Junior High School, San Francisco. Mr Carlos V Cornejo
(ii) UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS
California State University of San Francisco.
University of Southern California.
New York Learning Cooperative.
(iii) DISCUSSIONS WITH THE FOLLOWING:
Dr Ruth Love Holloway, Director, The Right to Read Effort, US Office of Education, Washington
Dr Ralph C Staiger, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, International Reading Association
Dr Constance McCullough, President-Elect, International Reading Association
Dr Edythe Gaines, Director, Learning Cooperative, Board of Education, New York
Dr Margaret Early, Reading and Language Arts Center, Syracuse University, New York
Dr Roselmina Indrisano, School of Education, Boston University
Dr Donald L Landry, Professor of Education, Westfield State College, Massachusetts
Mr OA Lopes, Chairman of English, Longmeadow High School, Springfield, Massachusetts
Dr Nila Banton Smith, Distinguished Professor of Education, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Miss Sue Schrager, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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Dr Grayce A Ransom, Associate Professor of Education and Director of the Reading Centers, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Mrs Elsie Black, Director of Instruction, Lowell Joint School District, Whittier, California
Dr Margaret Weymouth, Chairman, Department of Elementary Education, California State University, San Francisco
Dr James Duggins, Director, External Evaluation Team, School of Education, California State University, San Francisco
Mr R Connolly, Assistant Principal, Chairman of English, Oakland High School
Miss Eleanor Robison, Berkeley, California
Discussions with Miss Charlotte Sharp (President) and members of the New England Reading Association at the Association's annual conference, Springfield, Massachusetts.
Appendix A | Glossary
 
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