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Section 2 Schools

The Week Vol. 6, No. 25, c. 5 January 1967 · p. 8 of the scan · 222 words

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The schools in this section would be Corn Schools for children between the ages of 71 and 16, At this stae puvils who wish to continue full-time secondary education would be ave transfer either to the two schools »rovidine for sixth-form education nwv.ed in Section 3 or to tne sixth forms cf the schools in Section 1. This is suggested because it is not expected that nny of these schools in Section e will have cnough punils wishine to remain beyond the aze of 16 to justify the establishment of a separate sixth-form., Several of these schools hove the moment rot small sixth-forns, and this Section of Scheme "D" (Nodifi has cone under attack because of the ‘iscontinuance of these existing s: forms. There is sortie substance in this charse, but as Schenie "D" (Modified is subject to alteration by the fducation Committee at any time when circu stances requite it the vronosed closine-down of existins VI forms may not, in fact, take place, There are twelve schools in this cntesory, none of whoich is purpose-built. In many of tie ro RBs the individual schools are separated by distances of up to a mile :nd has been the source of much adverse comment. The view smons many teachers is that, given the will, the system can be made to work effectively,

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