Reference number
  • CST
Date
  • 1960-2003
Level
  • Collection
Description
  • Minutes, conference and AGM papers, 1963 - 2000; accounts; correspondence; Chairman's files; subject files; records of local and regional groups; press cuttings and relations with external organisations; publications and research papers; papers of Judith Parris, north regional secretary and national committee member.
Extent
  • 40 boxes (39 [MSS.236], 1 [851])
Admin history
  • In November 1960 the first association for the advancement of state education was formed in Cambridge as a result of dissatisfaction with conditions at one particular local school. Further local associations were formed following press publicity beginning in June 1961. In January 1962 delegates from all associations formed the Joint Committee for the Advancement of State Education to provide a means of communication between local associations and to express the views of members at national level. This led to the formation of the Confederation for the Advancement of State Education (later renamed the Campaign). One of the aims of the movement was the full implementation of the 1944 Education Act.
Access status
  • Open
Related material
  • Records of the Eccles, Swinton, Pendlebury and Salford district associations, 1963-1976, are held at Salford City Archive Service, and records of the Westmorland Association, 1969-1977, are held at Cumbria Record Office, Kendal.