Remember 1957 ?
Martin John Olivier came to Guthlaxton in 1957, after leaving his previous post at Gresham, where he had been headmaster between 1944 and 1955.​
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Petrol rationing ended after the Suez crisis
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Aston Villa win the FA Cup for a record seventh time with a 2–1 win over Manchester United
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ERNIE selected the first Premium Bond winners
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The "Asian Flu" pandemic
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Tommy Steele reached #1 with "Singing the Blues"
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Emergency Ward 10 launched on ITV (in black & white)
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What do you recall ?
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The Leicestershire Experiment
In April 1957 Leicestershire LEA adopted the ‘Leicestershire Experiment’, later more tactfully renamed the ‘Leicestershire Plan’. In two areas of the county, Oadby/Wigston and Hinckley, the 11+ examination would be abandoned, with all children transferring to local high schools at the age of 11. After three years, those children whose parents undertook to keep their children at school until the age of 16 transferred to a single grammar school for the area, while the others remained in the high school until they reached the school leaving age of 15. Changes of school were not linked to any examination, and a comprehensive system could be created without the immediate need for larger buildings. It was considered an ideal ‘solution’ to the perceived disadvantages of the 11+ in a period when there was little money for new building projects. By 1969 the plan had been rolled out across the whole county, making Leicestershire the first county to become fully comprehensive.
(Source : https://leicestershirehistory.co.uk/?page_id=1132)