With what was the 'Plowden Report' concerned?
Plowden Report Plowden Report The Plowden Report is the unofficial name for the 1967 report of the Central Advisory Council For Education (England) into Primary education in England. The report, entitled "Children and their Primary Schools", reviewed primary education in a wholesale fashion. The collation of the report took around 3 years. The Council was chaired by Bridget, Lady Plowden after whom the report is named. The report was commissioned by Education minister, Sir Edward Boyle in 1963. He requested that the council "consider primary education in all its aspects and the transition to secondary education." At that time, the last such
Edwin Plowden, Baron Plowden created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE). Edwin Noel Auguste Plowden, Baron Plowden died of hypertension in 2001, aged 94, one year after his wife's death. He predeceased his two sons and one daughter while another daughter predeceased both Sir Edwin and Dame Bridget Plowden. Edwin Plowden, Baron Plowden Edwin Noel Auguste Plowden, Baron Plowden, GBE, KCB (6 January 1907 – 15 February 2001) was a British industrialist and public servant in the Treasury. Before the Second World War, Plowden joined C Tennant Sons & Co, commodity dealers. As he spoke French and German and