§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will initiate a major survey into the extent to which the future of children in Wales could be improved by changing the present methods of teacher and head teacher appointment.
§ Mr. John Stradling ThomasNo. The subject is covered in the White Paper "Teacher Quality" (Cmnd. 8836) issued in March 1983. So far as headteacher selection is concerned, the Government provided financial support for a research project which produced a report "The selection of secondary school headteachers" published by the Open University Press in 1983. A national conference on headteacher selection on 27 February 1984 was attended by educational representatives from England and Wales. The topic was also discussed in the Green Paper "Parental influence at school: a new framework for school government in England and Wales" (Cmnd. 9242) issued in 1984.