ABSTRACT
This case study describes the development of remedial provision in a new comprehensive school between 1974 and 1981, as perceived by Bob Moon, head of Bridgewater Hall School, and Jane Collins, head of the ‘Progress department’. From the outset the ‘Progress department’ provided a supportive service by taking children from mixedability classes for relatively brief sessions rather than teaching them in separate classes. Clearly there were differences of opinion about this within the school which found expression in the formation of separate ‘City and Guilds’ classes for older pupils in the school. The study forms an interesting contrast to the study ofChalkway School.
