Hackney Downs
The School That Dared to Fight
Published on 31. January 1999
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-7507-0859-3 (ISBN)
Description
This text tells the story of the closure in December 1995 of Hackney Downs School, a boys' comprehensive school in London, from the point of view of the acting head, teachers, parents and pupils. The school was closed on the advice of OFSTED and involved the Secretary of State, MPs, High Court judges, teacher unions, teachers, academic educationalists, parents, pupils at the school and other schools in Hackney. Issues of race, classs, politics and poverty affected the dispute as a large number of boys at the school and the Chief Education Officer were black. Hackney's Labour Council was known for its political in-fighting and many of the parents were poor and unemployed.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7507-0859-3 (9780750708593)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
The history of Hackney Downs School; the local politics of Hackney; the troubled events of the 1990s; 1994-1995; the working of the educational association, OFSTED; the wider political and educational implications.