ABSTRACT
William Tyndale Junior School, in Islington North London, first made dramatic national newspaper headlines in July 1975 when the school managers were ‘banned’ from entering the school. The Times led with the headline, Teachers refuse to let managers into school for inspection. ‘The whole concept of the managerial system is under attack’, complained Brian Tennant, ‘chairman’ of the school managers (Times, 1975a). In September 1975 when the teachers refused to cooperate with an inspection of the school by the local authority (the ILEA), the school became the topic of almost daily national coverage. ‘Teachers’ pawn’, led the Daily Express, ‘I’m no blackleg says boy who fled strike school’ (Daily Express, 1975b). ‘Parents boycott “school of shame” as teachers go back’, the Daily Telegraph wrote. ‘It’s an outrage says parents’ (Daily Telegraph, 1975).
