ABSTRACT
In the education of young children, teaching and care are inseparable, both being the responsibility of the class teacher. In the secondary school, pupils are taught by many different subject specialists but are in the care of one 'form teacher'. Comprehensive schools are less inclined than selective schools to encourage inter-house rivalry and to formalise differences between categories of student through their management structures. The real test of an institution's commitment to the care and welfare of students is the extent to which tutors are made to feel that the work is of the utmost importance. There is a different tradition of care and guidance in further education colleges. The coherence and vocational focus of most Further Education (FE) students' training programmes have given a departmental team of staff a natural overview of students' progress and career prospects.
