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The Fisher Education Act
Education was made compulsory up until 14 years old, paving the way for increased tertiary education. -
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The Education Act
After the second world war, the aim of education in Britain was to remove the inequalities that remained within the system. 'Free places' within grammar schools in England and Wales were increased. However when poorer families were offered these places for their children many had to turn down the place as they could not afford to buy the equipment or pay the extra costs involved with the place.
The Education Act provided FREE secondary education for all pupils. -
Tripartite System
State-funded secondary education, it was an administrative implementation of the Education Act 1944. 3 types of schools were introduced, grammar, secondary technical schools and secondary modern schools. The tripartite system was not implemented in all education authorities, many authorities had two types of schools; the grammer and secondary modern. Pupils were allocated to their school following their results from the 11 plus examination. -
General Certificate of Education (GCE) Introduced
The General Certificate of Education (GCE) was introduced in 1951. It was an academic qualification used by the examination boards in the United Kingdom. It comprised of two parts; the Ordinary Level (O Level) and the Advanced Level (A Level). It was intended to cater for the increased range of subjects available to pupils since the raising of the school leaving age from 14 to 15 in 1947. -
Wolfenden Report
The Wolfenden Report, drove facility development, shared use of facilities, the financial support for governing bodies for sport, exchequer funding for sports initiatives and shaped the governance of sport development in the UK. The Wolfenden Report proposed a National Council for the development of sport. -
Education Act- Tuition fees and maintenance grants
The Education Act 1962 gave local education authorities in the United Kingdom a mandate to pay the tuition of students attending full-time first degree courses, and provide them with a maintenance grant. No repayment was required. -
Comprehensive Schools introduced
Labour's manifesto for the 1964 general election couldn't have been clearer: 'Labour will get rid of the segregation of children into separate schools caused by 11-plus selection: secondary education will be reorganised on comprehensive lines'. In 1965 it was their chance to introduce reform within the education system. -
Sports Council Founded
The Sports Council was introduced in 1972 and had the motto, 'Sport for All'. -
Education Act 1973
School leaving age was raised to 16 and pupils were provided with work experience during their last year of school. Careers advice was the new initiative within schools. -
Education Act 1976
The 1976 Education Act forbade selection of pupils by ability, officially ending the Tripartite System. -
GCSE's
General Certificate of Secondary Education- GCSE. It was introduced in 1986 and replaced the former GCE, O level qualifications. It allowed pupils to complete coursework that was marked by their teachers which contributed to their final exam grade. -
Education Reform Act
The 1988 Act provided for a 'basic curriculum' to be taught in all maintained schools, consisting of religious education and the National Curriculum. The National Curriculum would set out 'attainment targets' - the knowledge, skills and understanding which children would be expected to have by the end of each key stage; the 'programmes of study' to be taught at each key stage; and the arrangements for assessing pupils at the end of each key stage. -
OFSTED
They inspect and regulate services which care for children and young people, and those providing education and skills for learners of all ages. -
NCPE
The national curriculum was established, Physical Education was placed within the foundation subjects category this meant it was one of the last to be implemented within the curriculum and therefore one of the last to be developed. The final statutory National Curriculum for Physical Education (NCPE) was only implemented in 1992, which was four years after the National Curriculum was launched. -
Youth Sport Trust
The youth sport trust is a British charitable trust that was set up to support the education and development of young people through Physical Education. -
St Mary and St Chad's CE C Primary School
At primary school I loved my PE lessons, I can remember the little black pumps that we had to wear for our lessons! I loved taking part in extracurricular activities, such as short tennis, gymnastics, athletics and dance. These subjects were always taught by an external PE teacher.
Sports days were fantastic! I can remember the bean bag race and the excitement of the sack race.
PE lessons in my primary school were taught by our class teacher, which I think was detrimental to our learning. -
New Labour- The Blair Decade
I was still at primary school when Blair became prime minister, the new proposals for education from the labour party meant that at least an hour a day in primary schools would be spent on English and an hour on maths.
Labour were putting ideas together about specialist schools, aiming to have 500 specialist schools open by the year 2000. -
Brewood CE C Middle School
My middle school was where my passion for sport began. In my first, second and third year I took part in the lessons but didn't attend any extracurricular sport. By the time I was in year 7, I started to enjoy the challenge of cross country and the competitive element of athletics. Personal key moment: In year 8 my PE teacher changed my view of PE. By 2003 I participated in fixtures, inter-form/inter school competitions and attended after school clubs. The school benefitted from having an SSCo. -
School Sports Partnership
The School Sports Partnership was launched and was a programme in the national strategy for Physical Education, School Sport and Club links. The programme aimed to provide a wide range of opportunities and raise the profile of sport in and beyond the curriculum. The programme had beneficial effects on the quality of the curricular and extracurricular PE. I benefitted directly from the introduction of the School Sports Partnership and SSCo's. -
Wolgarston High School
At Wolgarston, we were fortunate enough to have an SSCo this meant that there was lots of sports on offer. At Wolgarston I was part of the school netball, hockey, rounders and athletics teams. Personal key moment: I was able to participate in sports that my school didn't normally offer and I was given valuable information about local clubs, and subsequently joined Cannock and Stafford athletics club. Left with 11 GCSE's and 3 A level's. -
Every Child Matters
Every Child Matters (ECM) was a UK government initiative for England and Wales, that was launched in 2003. It is one of the most important policy initiative and development programmes in relation to children and children's services of the last decade, and has been described as a "sea change" to the children and families agenda. It has been the title of three government papers, leading to the Children Act 2004. -
PESSCL Strategy
The PESSCL strategy was a government target to increase the number of sporting oppotunities available for 5 to 16 year olds. The aim was that by 2008, 85 per cent of children would receive or experience at least 2 hours of high quality PE and school sports within and beyond the curriculum each week. Personal key moment: the introduction of PESSCL meant that I was lucky enough to receive 2 hours each week of core PE and was attended after school clubs, taking part in netball and hockey fixtures. -
National Curriculum
The curriculum should enable all young people to become: Successful learners who enjoy learning, make progress and achieve P.E. Are physically competent and confident individuals who are able to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives and be responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society. Personal key moment: went to the University of Chester to study sports science with English. This is when I KNEW I wanted to teach PE.
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PESSYP
The Physical Education and Sports Strategy for Young People was launched in 2008. The aim was to build on the 2 hour core offer by having opportunities to participate in a further 3 hours each week of sporting activity. Create opportunities for all 16-19 year olds to particpate in 3 hours each week of sporting activities through thier colleges, post 16 education or in local clubs, by 2012. -
University of Chester
At university I studied Sports and Exercise Science with English. Personal key moment: I studied sports coaching and pedagogy, which helped me realise that teaching and working with children within an educational setting was something I had a lot of interest in. As part of the module we were able to coach primary school children in sports such as quicksticks, tag rubgy and multi skills. -
Coalition Government
In 2010 the Secretary of State announced that the previous administration’s Physical Education and Sports Strategy was being discontinued which in turn limited funding for School Sport Partnerships (SSPs) was to end in March 2011. The Government wanted to encourage more competitive sport in schools and to give schools the freedom to concentrate on the improvement of competitive sport. -
New National Curriculum for Physical Education- NCPE
The National Curriculum for Physical Education aims to ensure that all pupils: develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities, are physically active for sustained periods of time, engage in competitive sports & activities lead healthy, active lives. This is highly significant, as I am training to be a PE teacher. I want children to be active & engage in fun PE lessons, that enable them to learn how to lead healthy active lifestyles & have lifelong participation in sport.
