ABSTRACT
The 1971 decision opened membership to headmistresses whose schools were recognized as efficient by the Department of Education and Science and had at least thirty-five boys under fourteen years of age. Moreover, local representatives were elected annually whereas general representatives were elected for three years. Another anomaly was that members were free to attach themselves to any district they preferred irrespective of the location of their schools. The PSR was launched once more in June 1945 with a new cover design. This issue earned the appreciation of J.F. Wolfenden, then headmaster of Shrewsbury, since it restored the links, attenuated by the war, between the public and preparatory schools. Wolfenden looked to the PSR as representative of a body which knew where it was going for ‘statements of policy; reports of conferences; discussion of principles and letters about matters of controversy’.
