How do I go about obtaining a record of graduation from a school in
England that no longer exists?
This may be the first part of the search because the person has yet to
provide me with the name of the school or the town where the school
existed.

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Request for Question Clarification by answerfinder-ga on 22 Jun 2006 08:35 PDT

magi0-ga,
As noted below, graduation from school is not a phrase used in the UK.
Are you after a record of someone's school attendance, or examination
results? It also depends if it is a public or private school, and
when. Unless you are the subject of the record, information may not be
supplied for confidential reasons.

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Clarification of Question by magi0-ga on 24 Jun 2006 07:54 PDT

I now have more info.  School probably not defunct.  Name: 
MOUNTFTTCHET HIGH SCHOOL, FOREST HALL ROAD, STANSTED, ESSEX CM24 8TZ,
ENGLAND.
Ann Hart (nee Whitecross) attended this school from Dec 17, 1968 to
July 21, 1973.  There are no copies of examination certificates
because the ESAMINATION BOARDS only issued these to candidates and did
not send a copy to the school.  Further, the EXAMINATION BOARDS no
longer exist.  What can I provide a college in USA so that I may
attain a BA equivalent degree rather than just an AA equivalent degree
from a MOntessori Institute?

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Request for Question Clarification by answerfinder-ga on 24 Jun 2006 09:09 PDT

The school is still open.
http://www.mhs.myschools.net/
But I think the only way you will prove your qualification is to try
and track down the Examination Board records and see whether they were
passed onto another Board.

<The former examining bodies in the UK have been replaced by six new
awarding bodies. The examination records held by the old examination
boards have been passed on to the new awarding bodies. To get copies
of the GCE ('O' level & 'A' level) or CSE certificate you would need
to contact the new awarding body.

This site has a table showing the names of the old examining boards
and contact details for the new awarding body.

 http://www.qca.org.uk/12259.html>


<Search strategy:

<uk "past exam results">
<://www.google.com/search?hl=nl&q=uk+%22past+exam+results%22&lr=>


<Hope this helps.>

In the UK we do not 'graduate' from schools

- we used to have something called the 'school certificate' rather
like matriculation, but it was replaced by 'A' levels IIRC before the
1950s

We only 'graduate' from universities

It is possible that your 'suspect' is using USA terminology

I now have more info.  School probably not defunct.  Name: 
MOUNTFTTCHET HIGH SCHOOL, FOREST HALL ROAD, STANSTED, ESSEX CM24 8TZ,
ENGLAND.
Ann  Whitecross) attended this school from Dec 17, 1968 to July 21,
1973.  There are no copies of examination certificates because the
ESAMINATION BOARDS only issued these to candidates and did not send a
copy to the school.  Further, the EXAMINATION BOARDS no longer exist. 
What legal docs can she provide a college in USA so that she may
attain a BA equivalent degree rather than just an AA equivalent degree
from a MOntessori Institute?

I'm begining to get a handle on this problem.

At first I thought it was a fraudulent CV

Dec 17th is a peculiar date to join a 'High School'
In 1968 'High School' generally meant a more academic school

This would suggest that AH was born around 1956 ( 1968 - 12 )
She left in 1973 - about the age of 17

This suggests that she was in the 6th Form and took A Levels

At that time (I am of the same generation) UK A Levels were at about
the same level as a USA first degree - one year in - eg: USA High
School + 1 year

The school would certainly have been sent a list of results, but the
certificates only went to the examinees.

After this time, it is highly likely that School records will be lost
or destroyed, it is unusual for people to require such old records.

From my understanding of Montessori teaching, it is not particularly
academic, I doubt that they really care whether a currently competent
teacher flunked her A Levels in 1973.

If you are interested, AnswerFinder or I could give you questions to
bolster or undermine AH's early background
- personally I would let it rest
- she was a high flyer who did not go to University
- that makes rather a good qualification for a Montessori teacher
- provided she bears no grudges