- Title: Class Action
- Date: 28th January 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. IN THE FIRST PROGRAMME, THE PROBLEM OF OPTING OUT IN CONSERVATIVE BOROUGHS, AND WHY RICHMOND CAME TOP OF THE LEAGUE IN TESTS FOR SEVEN-YEAR-OLDS. IN ADDITION, BARONESS WARNOCK TALKS ABOUT THE ONE IN FIVE CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. TWELVE YEARS AGO HER REPORT RECOMMENDED THE INTEGRATION OF THESE CHILDREN INTO ORDINARY SCHOOLS. IT IS STILL BEING FIRMLY FLOUTED.
- 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 1
- Transmission Date:28/01/1992
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s
