From Hadow to Gittins: A music education framed by the people or for the people - cultural aspirations and official validation of primary school music in Wales

The official baptism of primary education offered in the ‘Hadow Report’ of 1926 signalled a new beginning for ‘elementary’ education. The indication that primary education would form the basis of a progressive and continuing education until the age of 14 was an important statement of intent. However, if Hadow signified the baptism of primary education, its coming-of-age in Wales, and the beginning of another developmental stage, was marked by the report Primary Education in Wales, chaired by Professor Charles Gittins, just over 40 years later in 1967.