School

Changes to schooling over the last 10 years

By Adam chatwin
  • Kings Manor School,Guildford:first state school to be privatised

    Kings Manor School,Guildford:first state school to be privatised

  • Chris Woodhead

    Chris Woodhead

    Chris Woodhead resigned as HMCI/head of Ofsted
  • Mike Tominson

    Mike Tominson

    Mike Tominson became HMCI/head of Ofsted
  • The Education Department was renamed the Department for Education and Skills

    The Education Department was renamed the Department for Education and Skills

  • David Bell

    David Bell

    David Bell became HMCI/head of Ofsted
  • City Academies:the first 3 opened

    City Academies:the first 3 opened

  • Languages for all:languages for life:the governments strategy for the teaching of foreign languages

  • Controversially proposed allowing universities to charge variable top-up fees

    Controversially proposed allowing universities to charge variable top-up fees

  • Welsh education minister Jane Davidson annouced that tests for 11 and 14 year olds would be scrapped in wales

  • Mostly concerned with changes to the inspection regime

  • Established the commission for Equality and Human rights with implications for schools

  • New rules relating to the Provision,Regulation and Inspection of Childcare

  • Christine Gilbert

    Christine Gilbert

    Christine Gilbert became HMCI/head of Ofsted

  • Argued that all young people should stay in education or training up to the age of 18

  • QCA published plans for more flexible stage 3 curriculum

  • GTC called for all national school tests for 7,11and 14 years olds to be scraped

  • Tim Brighouse

    Tim Brighouse retired from london schools commissioner

  • School Leaving School Leaving Age

    government announced its intension to raise the SLA (School Leaving Age) to 18, possibly in 2013
  • ofsted

    ofsted

    Ofsted became the office for Standards in Education, children's Services and Skills

  • raised the education leaving age to 18, Key Satge 3 SATS abolished

    The Education leaving age was raised to 18 and key satge 3 SATS effectively abolished

  • Eleven Plus

    Eleven Plus abolished in northern ireland, but grammar schools (mostly roman catholics) vow to set their own tests

  • A new framework for higher education

    (Department of business,innovation and skills) : set out ten to fifteen year strategy

  • Wide Ranging Act

    Which replaced nine major acts of parliament and almost a hundread sets of regulations which had been introduced over several decades

  • SATS

    A quarter of all primary schools boycotted the SATS tests