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Hell, Apologies for not replying sooner. It would great to learn more from your mum. Please do get in touch and I can set something up. Regards, John

The records suggest happy staff and happy children. New staff were required to adapt to the methods. Today of course teachers have too little autonomy and are rarely trusted such is the system of surveillance and governance. My sense is that we have industrialised a process of teaching not only...

yes. Between 48 and 55

Hi Lyn, Yes, you would need to find ethical clearance and permission from the archival team. In my case I have done this via my doctorate studies. This required two references from my supervision team and obtaining an ethical clearance code through ethics application. I took some time to get...

Yes of course. I can share what is already in the public record. As I understand, the 'experiment' placed great focus on children's story telling, performance and creativity. They would practice the arts in a multitude of ways in the morning, followed by writing and arithmetic in the afternoon...

Hi Ladywoodite, I know very little about this. I shall research further. Thank you for the heads up. I have now completed a detailed examination of the schools closed record. This includes two log books dating 1940, right through to its closure in the late 60's. Between the end of WW2 and...

I'm not sure. I shall take a further look. Really interesting, thank you. John

Hi Delboy, thank you for your detailed reply. You paint a vivid picture. Your explanation of 'simple arts and crafts' is spot on. There is an interesting play called Heads or Tails. I've been in touch with the author. The play captures much of what you say above. It seems teachers at the time...

Great. Thank you for the advice. I will take a proper look and repost. Regards, John

Hi everyone. My first post. I am a postgraduate researcher (Doctorate of Education) writing a paper about children's education. Of particular interest is the Steward Street School Birmingham between 1946 and the mid late 50's. I am looking for first hand accounts of the school at a time of Head...