Educational Priority Areas: (Excerpts from the Plowden Report) (England)

In 1963, at the request of the then Minister of Education, a committee under the chairmanship of Lady Bridget Plowden was appointed to consider primary education in England "in all its aspects, and the transition to secondary education. "In the three years devoted to its study, the committee observed school systems abroad (including the United States and the Soviet Union) and collected oral and written evidence from a great variety of sources. Their final report contains national survey data on relevant social and educational phenomena, a number of special studies, and the committee's conclusions and recommendations based on a thorough review of all aspects of primary schooling.