16 to 18: School or College?

New Labour's Policy on Inclusion: will practice match principles?

“…'Such provision', argued Pedley, 'exceeds in diversity anything a normal grammar or 'modern' school can offer. [4] The 1966 ILEA survey of London comprehensive schools (published in 1967) came to the conclusion that 'a great deal of care is taken in most schools to ensure that the courses and variety of subjects on offer in the fourth and fifth years will, within the resources of the school, meet the needs of all the pupils and give each one the choice his (sic) interests and abilities require'. It was further claimed that many London schools could offer such a wide variety of courses and such a large number of possible combinations of subjects that 'no two pupils need necessarily be following the same timetable'.…”