ABSTRACT
The work of building a permanent administrative structure for the new educational system had begun before the Education Act, 1944, was passed, and within a few days after the measure had been placed on the Statute Book the first-fruits of this preliminary labour became apparent. On 10th August Mr. R. A. Butler was appointed England's first Minister of Education. Five days later he issued his first circular, 25 which dealt almost exclusively with immediate administrative matters, the solitary exception being that, as recorded in Chapter One, it announced the postponement of the raising of the school age.
