ABSTRACT
The Teaching of English in England (1921) was the report of a committee appointed by the President of the Board of Education in 1919, just a matter of a few months after the end of the First World War, to inquire into the position of English in the educational system of England. It is often referred to as the Newbolt Report, after its chairman, the patriotic poet and President of the English Association, Sir Henry Newbolt. English was not the only subject to be inquired into at this time; three other committees were appointed, investigating the teaching of science, classics and modern languages.
