| Abstrakt: |
No discussion of the nature of educational provision in contemporary English society can fail to recognize the dramatic impact which recent trends in the birth‐rate have had on the system — on its shape and structure, on its resources and political status, on the curriculum, on the role and prospects of teachers and on the relationship between the different ‘partners’ in the service. This article (which falls into two parts) discusses one small, though significant, aspect of the problem of falling rolls — namely, its effect on Church schools. The first part of the article looks at the national picture and compares the impact of falling rolls on different types of school in the county and voluntary sectors. The second part of the article (which will appear in a later issue) takes a more local view of the problem and describes the process of closure of one small school in a Midlands county authority, assessing the impact on various parties — the pupils, their parents, teachers, the community and the Church. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
