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The Education Act - or 'Butler Act' - promised free secondary education for all. This was to be achieved by the division of the education system into primary and secondary schools. the school leaving age was also raised to 15
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Free school milk introduced by the first post-war Minister of Education Ellen Wilkinson. An attempt was also made to raise the school leaving age to 16 and provide free school meals, but was dismissed on grounds of cost
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In 1951 two levels of public examinations were introduced. the first was Ordinary or O level which was designed to replace the School certificate presented to pupils on leaving , and Advanced or A level examination for 18 year old school leavers
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Selected technical and Further Education colleges were upgraded to this status and most became the new universities in the mid-1960s.
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The Crowther committee recommended the raising of the school leaving age to 16, the introduction of comprehensive education for all, a new exam below level and a range of sixth form courses other than A level
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Entitled 'Half our future', provided statistical data on pupils test scores in the 13 - 16 age range
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Herman Denkmal Statue. The monument commemorates the Cherusci war chief Hermann or Armin (Latin: Arminius) and the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
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Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE) introduced in England and Wales
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Visit to the Army Air Corps at Akrotiri
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The report loooked into whether children of today at the same stage of development as children of the same age were in 1926 and how environmental factors or genetics may affect human ability.
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This was my last primary school run by the British Forces Families Service before I went to Salesian College and joined Lower Prep
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Salesian College was a boarding school with approximately 450 pupils and was run by the Salesian Order of Catholic Priests. I spent 2 years in Prep before taking the 11+ exam.
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The decision to raise the school leaving age to 16 was arrived at in 1971 but implemeented on the 01 September 1972
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The Act made it unlawful for educational establishments to discriminate against admitting girl pupils
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Took 9 O Levels this year
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The subjects studied included Chemistry, Physics and Engineering Drawing.
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Enrolled in Farnborough College of Technology to take my 3rd A level in engineering Drawing as it was not available at Salesian College
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The Race Relations Act1976 was added to the statute books to ensure that everybody received the same treatment without regard to race or skin colour
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Continued my A Level studies at Wulfrun College, Paget Road. The college was renamed Wolverhampton College, Wulfrun Campus. Completed my A Levels in Physics and Chemistry in 1977
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This Act followed the Warnock report regarding Special Education Needs (SEN) and the recategorisation of 'handicap'
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Nation Vocational Qualifications were introduced in the workplace and led to the parallel introduction in school and college
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Widely regarded as the most important single piece of legislation to be introduced and included:
1. Introduction of Grant maintaned schools
2. Local Management of Schools
3. The National Curriculum
4. The General Certificate of Education (GCSE) introduced
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The Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) was established to monitor and report on the individual quality of schools
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Duty of Local Education Authorities (LEA) to promote high standards and intervene in weak orfeiling schools
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Rt. Hon David Blunkett MP announced the intention of the government to create a network of academies
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Enrolled at the University of Wolverhampton to start the journey to become a teacher, as I needed to obtain a degree before the PGCE (ICT) Course. Completed in 2010
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Embarked on the final leg of the journey to become a Secondary ICT Teacher at the University of Wolverhampton
