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This section gives you an archive of the stories which made it into the national press during 1948.
Middlesex County Council announce plans for a new type of school called a "comprehensive" to be introduced in Hillingdon and Potters Bar in September. The new schools modelled on American high schools, would do away with entry based on the 11-plus exam results and had plans to admit up to 2,000 pupils.
