An important, engaging, and well-researched publication...This book is worthy of being read by mainstream educationalists, as well as specialist historians of education. - Rob Freathy, British Journal of Educational StudiesGary McCulloch's distinguished academic career has included professorial posts in three English universities and a trilogy of volumes on secondary schooling in England...Cyril Norwood and the Ideal of Secondary Education continues this quest for a fuller understanding of the changing nature and purpose of English secondary education. - Richard Aldrich, History of Education