Wolverhampton Borough Council Departmental Records/ Education Department/ School Records Held at Wolverhampton Archives/Grove School

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Reference code(s): CMB/WOL/d/ED/9/ 73 - 74

Title: Wolverhampton Borough Council Departmental Records/ Education Department/ School Records Held at Wolverhampton Archives/Grove School

Date(s): 1968 - 1973

Level of description: File

Extent and medium of the unit of description: 2 files

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Name of creator(s): Wolverhampton Borough Council Departmental Records/ Education Department

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Scope and content: Documents of note include reports from Headmaster, managers, Education Committee, as well as details of language problems many of the children had and the monitoring of community relations. The issues discussed include building maintenance, resignations, and new appointments, the work of the language department, children's activities, ports events, and student enrolment (between 300 - 301 during the period.). Speech days, visits to the school, the Parent's association and the 'immigrant ratio'. Details of the fact that the school was available mainly for 'Parts of Parkfield and Blakenhall Wards' is also included (the school when it opened had over 90% Black and Asian students. Information is also given on the contributions made by Indian parents during special school events. There is also a report that deal specifically with the teaching of 'immigrant children' presented by the Wolverhampton Education Committee (file 74). This is the school Enoch Powell referred to in his 'Rivers of Blood' Speech.

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Conditions governing access: Open access

Conditions governing reproduction: @Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies

Language/scripts of material: English

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Finding aids: Printed catalogues

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DESCRIPTION CONTROL AREA

Recorder's note: RSB

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: 3/3/01

Interest: Black, Asian

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Immigration

Education

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Language instruction

Interethnic relations

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Powell, Enoch

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Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom