I have the gist of what happened to the Ushaw Moor Modern pupils of form 4A 1959/60 vintage, thanks to a reunion in 2002; quite a few achieved associate professional or skilled status and many of them led fulfilling lives that are continuing! In contrast the so called ‘lower’ forms are a virtual mystery to me. I believe there were three other ‘lower’ forms at the time i.e. B, C and D. Forms S were just setting out on a longer road to GCE so they are not part of my consideration.
In terms of career did any of the B, C and D pupils achieve distinction and or satisfaction in their lives? Of course it’s a minefield to define distinction and satisfaction is a personal matter, but I am positive that some of them could, and hopefully did, do well. Although they were largely written off at the time it seems clear to me that under the present educational system several current pupils, on a par with our form 4B, would progress to a university!
WB
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