Sir Frederick Clarke (2 August 1880[1] – 6 January 1952) was an English educationist who was Director of the Institute of Education in the University of London between 1936 and 1945.

[6] Sir Fred Clarke obtained a first-class in the Queen's Scholarship which entitled him to subsidised attendance at the Oxford University Day Training Teaching College at St. Catherine's Society for poor scholars who provisioned their own lodgings.

[8] The major highlights of Fred Clarke's career as an educationist were: - [9][10][11] Clarke contributed to the Spens Report (1938) with a memorandum on influences affecting secondary curricula in the dominions where he expounded his understanding based both on his time as professor of education in both Canada & South Africa, his world tour of 1935 and time advising overseas students.

During his tenure, two inquiries were carried out and with the resulting reports known as the Clarke Reports: - The Clarke Report 1948 (Out of School) recommended an expansion of municipal facilities for children which most people today have enjoyed during their childhood, including: - libraries encouraging children by stocking children's books and later innovations like reading corners, playgrounds with equipment such as slides, swings and roundabouts, public swimming pools and sports playing fields.

After Edith's death, Claudia gained access to the papers and published them in the Education Research and Perspectives, Vol.