ABSTRACT
One of the major post-war changes to be wrought amongst preparatory schools was the large scale alteration in the status of schools from ‘proprietary’ to ‘charitable trust’. Donald Lindsay (Malvern College) attempted to placate the preparatory schools by suggesting that pass-marks in the CEE were bound to fluctuate according to supply and demand. He suggested, however, that pass or failure in the examination should be determined by a candidate’s showing only in the four main subjects. Foundations contained in its forty-seven pages a mixture of ‘progressive’ and traditional ideas. It advocated, for example, the inclusion in the timetable of periods run on a very modified Dalton plan whilst at the same time advocating training in formal English grammar. A closer rapport with primary schools was advocated in view of the application of new techniques in mathematics and French and of the new importance of science to both primary and preparatory schools.
