- Title: Class Action
- Date: 25th February 1992
- Summary: A NEW, HARD-HITTING SERIES ABOUT BRITAIN'S EDUCATION SYSTEM. CLASS ACTION IN- VESTIGATES THE CURRENT CRISIS IN THE CLASSROOM - FROM PRE-SCHOOL THROUGH TO CONTINUING EDUCATION, AND EXAMINES CONTROVERSIAL CLAIMS THAT STANDARDS ARE PLUMMETING. THE SERIES SPOTLIGHTS THE COUNTRY'S BELEAGUERED TEACHING PRO- FESSION, STRUGGLING AGAINST MOUNTING BUREAUCRACY AND POOR MORALE, YET FIRLY SET AGAINST CHANGE. AS CLASS SIZES INCREASE AND LOCAL SPENDING FALLS, WHAT REAL CHOICE DO PARENTS HAVE ABOUT WHERE THEIR CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL? FORMER TEACHER JOHN FLORANCE AND SARAH SPILLER REPORT ON THE POLITCALLY CHARGED WORLD OF EDUCATION IN A SERIES WHICH FOR THE FIRST TIME EXPOSES THE REAL SCANDALS AT THE CHALKFACE.
- Description:A HARD-HITTING SERIES OF PROGRAMMES INVESTIGATING EDUCATIONAL ISSUES STRETCHING FROM PRE-SCHOOL CARE THROUGH TO CONTINUING EDUCATION.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:BERNARD CLARK PRODS
- Programme Episode:Episode 5
- Transmission Date:25/02/1992
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s