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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Sixteen-Year Head Teacher Questionnaire, 1986

Variable Details

Variablehtq2e_o
LabelQ2 Other Structure description
Question text Which statement(s) is/are most applicable to the school? Purpose built (please give year); Buildings that have been adapted to existing school premises; Several buildings on one site; Split into more than one site; Other structure (please specify).
Responses
10 "TEMPORARY" CLASSROOMS 3
11 MOBILES 1
1850 ONWARDS 3
1889 1
1954 1966 1971 EXTENSIONS 5
1973 - PART OF UPPER SCHOOL 4
1987-1985 3 PHASES 5
1994 5
3 ADDITIONAL PORTABLE CLASSROO 1
4 DEMOUNTABLE CLASSROOMS 2
4 PREFABRICATED CLASSROOMS 1
5 PRE FABRICATED CLASSROOMS 1
6TH FORM BLK/ENG SHOP/TEMP LAB 1
ADDITIONAL BLDGS AND DEMOUNTBL 1
ADDITIONAL CLASSRMS YR5 BLOCK 2
ADDITIONAL SPOONER UNITS 2
ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTABLE UNITS 3
ADDITIONS BUILT ON EXISTING SC 7
AMALGAMATION GRAMMAR AND SEC. 2
BUILDINGS OF FORMER INDEPENDEN 3
BUILT AS SEC. MOD.SCHOOL FOR 4 5
BUILT AS SENIOR SEC JUNIOR SE 3
BUILT PIECEMEAL 4
BUT ON TWO SITES TILL 1987 2
COMMUNITY ANNEXE 3
COMMUNITY SCHOOL 4
COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL BUILDING 1
EXTENSIONS 4
EXTENSIONS OVER THE YEARS 1
FORMER HOSPITAL 3
FURTHER BLOCKS ADDED-SPECIALIS 1
GYMNASIUM SWIMMING POOL 1
HORSA HUT 2 MOBILES & 1 MOBILE 2
HORSA HUTS. 1
HUTS/MOBILES 1
INCORPORATES VICTORIAN MANSION 2
LEAVERS CENTRE MOBILE CLASSROO 1
LOWER & MIDDLE SCHOOLS ON SAME 2
MAIN BUILDING + 17 HUTS 3
MOBILE CLASSROOM 3
MOBILE CLASSROOMS 2
MOBILE CLASSROOMS ADDED 8
MOBILE HUTS 7
MOBILE UNIT 6 TEAK HUTS 2 3
MOBILES 5
MOST TEACHING ON HOSPITAL WARD 1
MUCH TEMP BUT LONG TERM ACCOM 6
NEW BLOCK 1960 3
NEW BLOCK PRACTICAL ROOMS & OF 2
NEW BUILDING BLOCK ADDED IN 19 1
NEW BUILDING ON EXISTING GIRLS 3
OLD PRE WAR CANTEEN BUILDINGS 1
ON A SITE WITH PRIMARY SCHOOL 7
ORIGINAL BUILDING ENLARGED AND 3
ORIGINAL CONVERT STILL ATTACHE 1
ORIGINALLY A 1950 SECONDARY 3
ORIGINALLY BUILT AS MANOR HSE 2
PART PURPOSE BUILT MOVING ON T 4
PART PURPOSE BUILT PART ADAPTA 4
PIECEMEAL DEVELOPMENT 1
PORTACABINS 3
PREFABRICATED CLASSROOMS 3
PRIVATE MANSION - 1961 FORMS A 1
PURPOSE BUILT 6TH FORM BLOCK 6
PURPOSE BUILT PLUS RELOCATABLE 4
ROSLA UNIT 2
SCIENCE BLOCK 3
SECONDARY MODERN 1
SEPARATE VICTORIAN HOUSE SEPAR 2
SEVEN SITES 2
SEVERAL PORTABLE CLASSROOMS 1
SOME "TEMPORARY" CLASSROOMS 1
SOME MOBILE CLASSROOMS 3
SOME PREFABS 5
SOME RECOUNT EXTENSIONS 1
SPORTS HALL INCLUDED 3
STATELY HOME 2
TEACHING SPACE IN MOBILES 1
TEMP. CLASSROOMS 4
TEMPORARY ACCOMODATION 3
TEMPORARY CLASSROOMS 6
TERRAPINS/WORKSHOPS/SQUASH COU 1
TWO "MOBILE" CLASSROOMS 1
TWO MOBILE CLASSROOM 5
TWO MOBILE CLASSROOMS 3
TWO SCHOOLS ON ONE SITE 3
TWO VICTORIAN HOUSES 1
VARIOUS NEW PURPOSE BUILT STRU 1
WARTIME NISSEN HUT HOSPITAL 3
WITH AIDED TEMP CLASSROOMS 3
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Sixteen-Year Head Teacher Questionnaire, 1986
Interviewer InstructionsTick all that apply.
UniverseThe instrument was sent out to every school in Great Britain which anyone born in the target 1970 was likely to be attending.;National
SamplingSee documentation for details.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort; this dataset comprised part of the sixteen-year follow-up sweep of the longitudinal BCS70 study
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