Crowther (1959)

Notes on the text

Volume I Report

Preliminary pages (i-xxxi)
Membership, Contents, Preface

Part 1 Education in a Changing World
Chapter 1 (1-15)
Sixty years of growth
Chapter 2 (16-27)
The pattern of secondary education
Chapter 3 (28-35)
Population changes and their educational consequences
Chapter 4 (36-44)
Changing social needs
Chapter 5 (45-53)
The pressure of economic change
Chapter 6 (54-60)
Burdens and benefits

Part 2 The Development of the Modern School
Chapter 7 (63-71)
The demand for a longer school life
Chapter 8 (72-89)
Extended courses and external examinations
Chapter 9 (90-101)
The consequences of extended courses for the Modern School

Part 3 'Secondary Education for All'
Chapter 10 (105-107)
The Act of 1944
Chapter 11 (108-116)
Why the SLA should be raised:
1. Individual benefit
Chapter 12 (117-134)
Why the SLA should be raised:
2. National interest
Chapter 13 (135-142)
The duration of secondary school life
Chapter 14 (143-146)
SLA or County College: The problem of priority
Chapter 15 (147-159)
When the SLA should be raised

Part 4 The Way to County Colleges
Chapter 16 (163-172)
A majority without education
Chapter 17 (173-180)
The purpose of a County College
Chapter 18 (181-196)
The way to County Colleges

Part 5 The Sixth Form
Chapter 19 (199-205)
The ablest boys and girls
Chapter 20 (206-221)
The approach to the sixth form
Chapter 21 (222-225)
The marks of a sixth form
Chapter 22 (226-232)
The sixth formers
Chapter 23 (233-245)
The staff of the sixth form
Chapter 24 (246-256)
The structure of sixth forms
Chapter 25 (257-282)
The curriculum of the sixth form
Chapter 26 (283-301)
The problem of university entrance
Chapter 27 (302-309)
Sixth forms with a difference

Part 6 Technical Challenge and Educational Response
Chapter 28 (313-317)
Neglected educational territory
Chapter 29 (318-331)
The system of further education
Chapter 30 (332-345)
Characteristics of further education
Chapter 31 (346-364)
The effectiveness of part-time courses
Chapter 32 (365-370)
Principles of expansion
Chapter 33 (371-379)
Beginning further education
Chapter 34 (380-390)
The problem of time
Chapter 35 (391-399)
The alternative road
Appendix to Part 6 (400-403)
Note on agriculture

Part 7 Institutions and Teachers
Chapter 36 (407-426)
Changing patterns in organisation
Chapter 37 (427-446)
The Teachers
Chapter 38 (447-475)
Summary of principal conclusions and recommendations

Appendices
Appendix I (476-483)
List of witnesses
Appendix II (484-485)
Minor examinations
Appendix III (486-505)
Technical education and vocational training in Europe

Glossary (506-513)
Index (514-519)

Volume II Surveys

Preliminary pages (i-xviii)
Preface, Notes on Tables

Part 1 The Social Survey
Introduction (1-10)
Contents, Introduction
Chapter 1 (11-33)
Home background and factors affecting age on leaving school
Chapter 2 (34-54)
Employment record of school-leavers
Chapter 3 (55-80)
Further education
Chapter 4 (81-98)
Leisure time interests and activities

Part 2 The National Service Survey
Introduction (99-115)
Contents, Introduction
Chapter 1 (116-137)
Ability, school and family, school leaving
Chapter 2 (138-153)
Further education and vocational training
Chapter 3 (154-165)
Earnings and occupations
Chapter 4 (166-174)
Leisure activities
Appendix (175-182)
Technical note on chart on p. 125

Part 3 The Technical Courses Survey
Introduction (183-187)
Contents, Introduction
Chapter 1 (188-193)
The design of the survey
Chapter 2 (194-206)
Notes on the tables
Chapter 3 (207-236)
The method of estimating and the reliability of the estimates

Index of Tables (237-240)

A report of the Central Advisory Council for Education (England)

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1959
© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland.

Volume II

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1. References are generally to Tables on the pages indicated.

2. The Roman number preceding the page number indicates the Survey.

I - The Social Survey.
II - The National Service Survey.
III - The Technical Courses Survey.

Subject, Part and Page Number

Ability/Ability Group
  defined, II, 113
  age on leaving school, II, 118, 119, 135
  apprenticeships, II, 148-149
  educational level, II, 122, 123
  family size, II, 125, 126, 176-178, 182
  levels of ability, II, 113
  part-time further education. II, 144
  General Certificate of Education, II, 122-124
  types of secondary school, II, 120-121

Apprentices, II. 146-153
  ability, II, 148-149
  earnings, I, 43. II, 155, 157
  parental occupation, II, 151
  school background, II, 150

Board and Lodging
  payment by young workers, I, 28-29

Boy Scouts
  (see Uniformed Organisations)

Cadets
  (see Uniformed Organisations)

Careers, I, 42-43

Cinema, I, 92-95

City and Guilds of London Institute I. 65, 75. III. 213, 216, 217, 231-233

Clubs, I, 81-91
  ages of club members, I, 90-91
  part-time further education, I, 82, 84, 88
  membership by rural and urban areas, I, 89
  type of organisations, I, 87
  types of club activity, I, 84, 86 et pass
  (see also Games, Youth Organisations)

Commercial Colleges/Courses, I, 62, 65, 66. II. 140-142

Craft Apprentices
  (see Apprentices)

Dancing, I, 84, 86, 87, 91-94, 96-97

Day Release
  (see Part-time Day Release)

Earnings
  (see under Parents, Employment, Educational level)

Educational Level
  defined, II, 115
  ability, II, 122, 123
  earnings, II, 155-157

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Subject, Part and Page Number

Employment, I, 34 ff. II, 154 ff
  earnings
    age on leaving school, II, 155, 157
    apprentices, I, 43. II, 155, 157
    educational level, II, 155, 157
    parental occupation, II, 155, 157
    school attended, I, 42, 43. II, 155, 157
  further education
    compulsory attendance, I, 71-72, 76
    inducements offered, I, 73
  jobs
    number held by school-leavers, I, 46 et pass
    reasons for taking particular job, I, 42-43
    travel time, I, 44
  levels of occupation
    age on leaving school, I, 37
    G.C.E. performance, I, 39
    occupation of father, I, 36. II, 159-160

Evening Classes, I, 76, 78. II, 143. III, 201, 222, 223, 231-233

Further Education,
  full-time courses
    age on leaving school, I, 37, 56
    area, I, 60
    duration of attendance, I, 63
    home back ground of students, I, 36, 57. II, 138
    student's occupation, I, 59
    institution attended, I, 62. II, 138
  part-time further education courses, I. 56-80. II, 139-146. III, 188 et pass
    age on leaving school, I, 56
    area, I, 60. II, 144
    part-time further education abandoned/continued courses, I, 66 et pass. U, 142, 145
    duration of part-time education, I, 68. II, 141-142, 145
    non-vocational courses, II, 145
    parental occupation of student, I, 57. II, 140
    reasons for giving up part-time classes, I, 80
    suggested by, I, 70
    types of course, I, 65, 66. II, 140-142, 145
    type of school, I, 9, 56 ff
    voluntary/compulsory attendance, I, 71-72
    (see also: City and Guilds, National Certificate Courses)
  club membership, I, 82, 84, 88
  examinations, I. 65 et pass
  (see also: City and Guilds, General Certificate of Education, National Certificate Courses)

Games, I, 84, 86-87, 91, 93, 94, 96-97. II, 172. III, 201, 228

General Certificate of Education
  ability, II, 122-124
  National Certificate Engineering Courses, III, 230
  part-time courses, I, 65-66. II, 140,142
  present occupation, I, 39

Girl Guides (see under Uniformed Organisations)

Hobbies, I, 84, 86, 91. II, 173

Leisure activities, I, 81 ff. II, 166 ff
  (see Clubs, Youth Organisations)

Libraries, I, 98

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Subject, Part and Page Number

National Certificate Courses, I, 66, 75. III, 188 et pass
  age on leaving school, III, 218-219
  difficult subjects, III, 226-227
  exemptions, III, 196-197, 201, 230-231
  games, III, 228-229
  occupation of student's father, III, 224-225
  part-time day release, I, 75. III, 222, 223
  success and progress rates, III, 192, 196-197, 201, 214-215 et pass
  type of school attended, III, 220-221

Non-Vocational education, II, 145

Occupational Group
  defined, I, 11. II, 114
  parental occupation, I, 12, 13, 17, 36, 57, 62. II, 111, 118-123, 127, 129, 130, 132, 133, 138, 140, 151, 152, 153, 155, 157, 159, 160, 162, 164, 167, 168, 169, 172, 176 ff, 179. III, 201, 224-225
  child's age on leaving school, I, 17. II, 132, 133
  full-time further education, I,57, 59, 62. II, 138
  games, II, 172
  parent's income, I, 13, 57
  part-time further education, II, 140
  size of family, II, 127, 129, 176-178, 179
  type of school attended by child, II, 130
  training in industry, II, 151-153
  youth organisations, II, 167-169
  son/daughter's occupation, I, 36-37, 39, 42-43, 48, 50-53. II, 159-164

Parents
  age on leaving school, I, 14
  attitude to child's leaving school, I, 20-21
  income, I, 13, 19
  (see also Occupational Group (a))

Part-Time Classes (see under Further Education, Part-time courses)

Part-Time Day Release, I, 72, 73, 75 et pass. II, 142, 145. III, 201, 222, 223
  employer's inducements, I, 73
  length of working week, I, 77, 79
  loss of earnings, I, 76
  non-vocational courses, II, 145, 146
  type of course, I, 75. II, 142

Part-Time Jobs (see under Secondary Schools, paid jobs)

Red Cross (see Uniformed Organisations)

Rural Areas
  club membership, I, 89
  further education, I, 60. II, 144
  travel to and from work, I, 44

Secondary Schools
  ability, II, 120-121
  age on leaving school
    ability, II, 118-119
    attitude of parents, I, 20-21
    present occupation by age on leaving school, I, 37
    earnings, II, 155, 157
    income of father, I, 19, 28
    occupation of father, I, 17. II, 127, 132-133
    parents' leaving age, I, 14, 16
    school attended, I, 9. II, 131-133
    selective schools, I, 15-17. II, 131-133
    size of family, II, 128-129
    technical courses, III, 201- 218
  attitude to leaving school, I, 23-24, II, 136-137

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Subject, Part and Page Number

Secondary Schools - continued
  employment, I, 36-37, 48 et pass
  paid jobs held while at school, I, 30-33
  parental occupation of pupils, I, 9, 12-13. II, 112, 130
  reasons for leaving school, I, 25, 28. II, 135
  industrial training, II, 150, 155- 157
  youth organisations, I, 82 et pass. II, 169
  Sixth Forms, II, 132

Sports (see Games)

Teacher Training Colleges, I, 62

Training in Industry, II, 146-153
  (see also Apprentices)

Travel to and from work, I. 44

Uniformed Organisations, I, 84 et pass. II, 166 et pass

University, I, 62. II, 138

Urban Areas
  youth club membership, I, 89
  further education, I, 60. II, 144
  travel to and from work, I, 44

Youth Employment Officer, I, 70

Youth Organisations, I, 81-91. II, 166-171
  ability, II, 170
  parental occupation of members II, 167-169
  type of school, II, 169
  (see also Clubs)

Youth Service (see Youth Organisations, Clubs, Uniformed Organisations)