1960s Education Records

[brigidmac]

My old primary school built in late 1940s let me visit their archive room
They had photos of sports events . Shows put on by various classes
Prize giving .pictures from the 70s of parents helping build an animal centre
And some newspaper articles about the above events and teachers retiring

I went to the secondary school and they had not kept such things and the oldest photos on the walls were from the 1990s

By the way my visit was a decade ago
I don't remember seeing any records of attendance absences or discipline....

[Biggles50]

I still have my Primary and Secondary Schools report books.

Not exactly pleasant reading, a daydreamer, could do better, lacks concentration, inattentive.

Still two degrees and professional recognition later the schools did get me on the right track.

[zetlander]

an interesting question - we can access our medical records but don't think about our school records.
My guess is that records if they exist are only available to the person involved.
I sent for my college records some years ago and I just got a short note showing what grades I got - nothing I didn't know already.
A teacher friend tell me that everything about a child is recorded nowadays - test results - any disciplinary issues, however minor.  Don't know how long these records are kept or if they are ever made available to the child/parents.