HC Deb 04 June 1985 vol 80 cc125-6W
Mr. Soames

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he is yet in a position to announce the terms of reference and membership of the National Steering Committee to oversee the records of achievement pilot schemes.

Sir Keith Joseph

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales and I have now set up this committee.

The terms of reference are:

  1. 1. To steer, monitor and evaluate the pilot schemes for records of achievement receiving support under the Education Support Grants scheme, with particular reference to the objectives and issues for consideration identified in the Government's July 1984 policy statement.
  2. 2. To oversee the work of the professional evaluating team which the Department of Education and Science is to fund from its research budget.
  3. 3. To report to the Secretaries of State in the autumn of 1988 on the experience gained and on the implications for introducing records of achievement for all pupils in secondary education in England and Wales, and to prepare draft national guidelines for such records and recording systems.

The members of the committee will be:

  • Mr. P. A. Clarke, Principal, Harrogate College of Further Education.
  • Mrs. M. W. Corke, Chairman, The West Midlands Examinations Board.
  • Mr. J. D. Dutton, Headmaster, Richmond School, North Yorkshire.
  • Mr. B. W. Fletcher, Deputy Head, St. Thomas' High School, Devon.
  • Mr. J. L. Glasscock, Divisional Managing Director, Civil Division, British Aerospace plc.
  • Mr. D. B. Moy, Manager, Senior Management Development, J. Sainsbury plc.
  • Mr. M. Payn, Chief Adviser, Cumbria County Council.
  • Mr. J. D. Perry, TVEI Evaluator, School of Education, Leicester University.
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  • Mr. A. Pickavance, Chief Education Officer, Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council.
  • Miss M. Reid, Deputy Director, National Foundation for Educational Research.
  • Mrs. M. Rogers, Deputy Head, The Dene School, Cleveland.
  • Professor M. Shipman, Roehampton Institute of Higher Education.
  • Mr. B. H. Whitfield, Managing Director, Hautin Limited.
  • Mr. R. J. Whittaker, Deputy Secretary, Joint Matriculation Board.

Mr. A. J. C. Edwards and Mr. S. W. Cosser of the Department of Education and Science will be chairman and secretary respectively. Assessors will be provided by the Welsh Office, Her Majesty's Inspectorate and the Secondary Examinations Council.

The committee will be supported by a team of evaluators from the Open University and Bristol University. The joint directors of the team will be Professor Desmond Nuttall of the Open University and Dr. Patricia Broadfoot of Bristol University.