The Creighton Report: A Year In The Life Of A Comprehensive School
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A candid and compelling work of narrative non-fiction, The Creighton Report chronicles a full academic year inside a British comprehensive school, offering an unflinching portrait of state education in 1970s London. Hunter Davies, celebrated journalist and author, embeds himself within Creighton School in Muswell Hill, documenting the daily realities faced by teachers, pupils, and administrators with sharp journalistic precision. The result is a vivid social document that illuminates the tensions, triumphs, and turbulence of comprehensive education at a pivotal moment in British educational policy. With an introduction by Professor Maurice Peston, the book presents a ground-level view of an institution grappling with equality, discipline, and the ambitions of a diverse student body. Written with warmth and wit, it remains an invaluable record of how ordinary schools shaped — and were shaped by — the society around them.
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Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some rubbing and minor edge wear to dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Firm hardcover binding, pages intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A candid and compelling work of narrative non-fiction, The Creighton Report chronicles a full academic year inside a British comprehensive school, offering an unflinching portrait of state education in 1970s London. Hunter Davies, celebrated journalist and author, embeds himself within Creighton School in Muswell Hill, documenting the daily realities faced by teachers, pupils, and administrators with sharp journalistic precision. The result is a vivid social document that illuminates the tensions, triumphs, and turbulence of comprehensive education at a pivotal moment in British educational policy. With an introduction by Professor Maurice Peston, the book presents a ground-level view of an institution grappling with equality, discipline, and the ambitions of a diverse student body. Written with warmth and wit, it remains an invaluable record of how ordinary schools shaped — and were shaped by — the society around them.
