The war disrupted life at school.

Education Government concentrated on shortage and poor condition of schools due to baby boom and war damage Detail of classroom, Ardoch Street, Possilpark, 1957

Education Education Act inherited from coalition government in 1947 put into operation Age at which children could leave was raised to 15 at a time when there was a shortage of workers (not 16 until 1971)

Education Led to dual system of secondary and grammar schools children to be allocated as a result of ’11 plus’ exam Planned an increase in opportunities in higher education System of grants to be put in place Government planned to build new schools By 1950,1176 new schools built 1948 further intervention in care of children as local authorities required to appoint children’s officers

Education: turned out to be socially divisive, why did Labour allow this? Assessment:compared to provision being carried out in social security and health, Labour did little for the educational welfare of the working class Due to a lack of Grammar schools(20%) many children were classified as non academic Secondary modern schools were looked upon as inferior It was not until 1964 that the idea of comprehensive schools for all abilities and social backgrounds became a reality

Assessment: Marwick: ‘hands were tied’ by the fact that a major act had just been passed therefore could not bring in another one RJ Cootes “ the forces of education once let loose, could not be contained” However surprising, no attempt made to integrate public schools into state system