Papers of the West Yorkshire and Lindsey Regional Examining Board for the Certificate of Secondary Education, 1963-1982

Scope and Content

Papers of the West Yorkshire and Lindsey Regional Examining Board for the Certificate of Secondary Education (Airedale, Claro, Ripon and Wharfedale area), 1963-1982

Administrative / Biographical History

The West Yorkshire and Lindsey Regional Examining Board was one of the twelve regionally operated boards set up in England to administer the Certificate of Secondary Education, introduced in 1965. This Board and the East Anglian Board favoured a school based syllabus, designed and examined locally, but with external moderation. From 1986 the Yorkshire and Humberside Examinations Board assumed responsibility for the newly-introduced General Certificate of Secondary Education

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Presented through the good offices of Prof. P. Gosden, January 1985

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

None

Related Material

Continued by MS 722