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Stephen Crisp has prepared a report on his predecessor's plans for introducing comprehensive education in Wiltshire. The Crisp Report, as it came to be known, caused a furore in the County. In it, ...Crisp concludes that his predecessor's 3 tier scheme of lower, middle and upper schools will be to« expensive and that a new scheme based on larger 11—18 year old units would be more efficient and economical. In this opening episode a Public Relations plan is developed to focus public attention on the only existing large—scale unit in the County, the large comprehensive at Abbot *s Grove. As a result the headmaster of this school, Eric Heddlestone, becomes a figure of key importance. We learn something about Heddlestone's very methodical but somewhat unusual approach to management and later discover that he is to have a new Head of Science Studies, The successful applicant for this post turns out to be a certain Dr. Martin Hawthorn, a well known television science correspondent who has decided to return to teaching as a way of opting out of the rat race. At the end of the episode we are left wondering how these two men, Heddlestone and Hawthorn, will be able to work together
Stephen Crisp has prepared a report on his predecessor's plans for introducing comprehensive education in Wiltshire. The Crisp Report, as it came to be known, caused a furore in the County. In it, ...Crisp concludes that his predecessor's 3 tier scheme of lower, middle and upper schools will be to« expensive and that a new scheme based on larger 11—18 year old units would be more efficient and economical. In this opening episode a Public Relations plan is developed to focus public attention on the only existing large—scale unit in the County, the large comprehensive at Abbot *s Grove. As a result the headmaster of this school, Eric Heddlestone, becomes a figure of key importance. We learn something about Heddlestone's very methodical but somewhat unusual approach to management and later discover that he is to have a new Head of Science Studies, The successful applicant for this post turns out to be a certain Dr. Martin Hawthorn, a well known television science correspondent who has decided to return to teaching as a way of opting out of the rat race. At the end of the episode we are left wondering how these two men, Heddlestone and Hawthorn, will be able to work together
| Module code and title: | E321, Management in education |
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| Item code: | E321; 02 |
| Series: | The Educators |
| Episode | 1 |
| Recording date: | 1975-11-10 |
| First transmission date: | 01-05-1976 |
| Published: | 1976 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:19:00 |
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| Producer: | Donald Holms |
| Writers: | Donald Holms; Vincent Houghton; Lydia Campbell |
| Contributors: | Peter Woodthorpe; John Barcroft; Gary Watson; Geoffrey Matthews; Frank Duncan; Anna Barry; John Curle |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Comprehensive education; Fictional school; Public relations; Radio play; School management |
| Master spool number: | BLN46FW337 |
| Production number: | BLN46FW337 |
| Available to public: | no |
