Schools Council for Curriculum and Examinations

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0366 SCC
Held at	: Institute of Education   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/sites/ioe ›
Full title	: Schools Council for Curriculum and Examinations
Date(s)	: c1966-1980
Level of description	: collection
Extent	: c 310 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Schools Council for Curriculum and Examinations
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Schools Council was established in 1964 by the Secretary of State for Education. It took over responsibility for curriculum and examinations previously undertaken by the Secondary Schools Examination Council and the Curriculum Study Group. In 1969, with a revised constitution, it became a registered charity and, in 1970, an independent body financed in equal parts by government and local education authorities. A wide range of educational bodies, including teachers' organisations, were represented on the Council. In 1983-1984 its work was taken over by the Schools Curriculum Development Committee and the Secondary Schools Examination Council. In 1984 it went into voluntary liquidation. It was a non-directive body intended to provide leadership in curriculum, examination and assessment development. Its work was undertaken by committees and working parties responsible for different programmes. It commissioned much research into these areas and published a large quantity of reports.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Schools Council for Curriculum and Examinations, [1966-1980], comprising large series of registered files of the Council, including signed minutes of committees, papers relating to particular programmes and projects, administrative, subject and policy files

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open. Some files are either closed or restricted in-line with data protection legislation. Please see file level descriptions for full access conditions. Please note, we require a minimum of two weeks' notice to provide access to this collection. Please contact the IOE Archives for further information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

A reader wishing to publish any quotation of information, including pictorial, derived from any archive material must apply in writing for prior permission from the Librarian or other appropriate person(s) as indicated by the Archivist. A limited number of photocopies may be supplied at the discretion of the Archivist.

Finding aids:

Partial

Archival Information

Archival history:

Previously stored by the Schools Curriculum Development Committee, Newcombe House, Notting Hill Gate, and deposited in the Institute od Education in 1986.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

The Public Record Office holds several record classes which overlap in content with this file series.

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Date(s) of descriptions:
Created 12/2/1999, modified 12/4/2000