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Mike Tomlinson: Chairman of 14 - 19 Working Group

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Tomlinson Report

Just published as the book was being compiled, the Tomlinson Report (or the "Working Group on 14 - 19 Reform" to give it its official title) is, according to taste, either the most radical attempt at educational reform in Britain since the 1944 Education Act or - not to put
too fine a point on it - "dead in the water".

Whatever the eventual reality (and at the moment it's looking like "piecemeal implementation" is the likely option - the government implements the bits it likes and ignores the unpalatable bits), a general knowledge of the Report, its content, implications and, of course, criticisms would be very useful.

This section, therefore, is dedicated to an overview of this important body of work...