Educational_Research_Trust Knowpia

The Educational Research Trust is a British charity based in Harrow.

It was founded in 1985 by John Marks and Caroline Cox (now Baroness Cox), who were its co-directors, to improve standards in schools. The Trust was consulted about the drafting of the 1988 Education Reform Act, which introduced the National Curriculum, grant-maintained schools and City Technology Colleges.^[1]

Charitable objects edit

The Trust's main charitable objects as listed on documents lodged with the Charities Commission are:

To promote the advancement of knowledge in the field of education in all its branches
To promote and undertake research into education or educational standards of any kind (but with particular reference to the philosophical and religious principles of involved in education)
To publish and disseminate the useful results of any research undertaken as aforesaid^[2]

The charity's trustees are Mrs Jessica Douglas-Home, Professor Roger Scruton, and Mr L. Norcross. The organisation's directors are Dr John Marks, a former Professor of the private University of Buckingham^[3] and Baroness Cox. They are both also directors of the Centre for Social Cohesion.^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ John Marks obituary Daily Telegraph 2 Mar 2012
^ Information at the Charities Commission Accessed 23 February 2009
^ University of Buckingham in the news June 2008 update. Archived 2009-02-04 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 25 February 2009
^ Educational Research Trust Annual Report and Financial Statement for the year ended March 2008 Accessed 23 February 2009
^ New Model School: Board of Governors Archived 2009-02-19 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 25 February 2009
^ Who is paid how much to do what, THES 28 February 1997. Accessed 25 February 2009