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School leaving age was raised to 14 (Fisher Act) separate primary and secondary schools are formed and overseen by Local Education Authortiies. It contained exemptions allowing schoolchildren to leave their education at the age of 13 or 12 if suitable work for them could be found
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The Full Haddow ReportThe report lists 70 recommendations including: •primary education should end at the age of eleven and should comprise two stages - infants (up to seven) and juniors (from seven to eleven);
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Free compulsory education secondary education to 15
Free education to 18
Selection using the 11+ test
Three type of secondary school Grammar - classical academic education
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O-level was the normal examination for sixteen-year-olds in grammar schools. Some higher-performing students in secondary modern schools also took O-level.
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GCE A-level courses were introduced in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 1951. The normal pattern up to the year 2000 was for students to take three A-levels two years after sitting for O-level. A-level courses prepared people for higher education and employment.
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The Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE) was a school-leaving qualification from 1965 to 1987. CSE courses and examinations were designed for students who were not thought likely to pass the O-levels. There were five pass grades in its grading system ranging from grades 1 to 5. CSE grade 1 was equivalent to an O-level pass. Comprehensive schools typically entered young people for etiher O-level or CSE in a range of subjects.
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Prince Albert School, Aston, Birmingham,
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Sept79-July 1984
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I was made the captain of the netball and rounders team :-)
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DTI establishes Micros in Schools scheme £15.1m 1981/2. To provide all secondary schools (6,514 schools) with half priced microcomputer
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Report on mathematics education showed that computer assisted learning provided opportunities for discussion, practical work, problem solving and investigatory work
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£2.1M for Micros in Seondary Schools (Extension project). Schools could purchase printers, colour monitors, memory upgrades, disk drives etc
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Expresses alarm at the graduate supply shortfall in IT and highlights the need not only for technicians but also for future workforce to have IT skills
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O'Level Art
CSE English Language
English Literature
Mathematics
Biology
Chemistry
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O'Levels and CSE abolished
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Left school and within two weeks of leaving school I started at Youth Government Training Scheme (YTS) at Sight & Sound Secretarial Training and received a training allowance of £25 per week
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Report identified the need for a broad national curriculum that involves maths, science and technology
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DES announces IT in Schools Strategy (1987-1993) £90M. Circular 228/87 New Technology for Better Schools, included ESG funding of £10.5m to appoint 650 Advisory Teachers in IT drawn from across a range of curriculum subjects. These new posts started in September 1988. MESU (Microelectronics Support Unit) provided with additional funding 1988/89 to provide induction training for advisory teachers (and librarians)
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DTI provides further funding for IT equipment - £3.5m. LEAs were asked to use the money for further microcomputers, only Acorn (BBC) Apricot, IBM and RM PCs were eligible, disk drives, printers, mice, monitors, teletext adaptors, turtles (from Valiant, or Jessup), technology platforms from Economatics or EFM. Inner London Education Authority received just under £92K
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Corporal punishment in British state schools and also private schools receiving any element of public funding, was banned by parliament in 1987
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July 87-Sept 93
Department of the Environment (Civil Service) working in a Typing Pool providing Secretarial Support -
The National Curriculum is introduced in all state schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. GCSE exams for 16 year olds are taught for the first time.
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DTI provides a grant of £140 for each secondary school to install a telephone line for data communication
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LEA asked to provide 5 year policy statement outling their development of IT in schools
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O-levels and CSE were replaced by the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) which was examined for the first time in 1988
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My first car red Mini Metro
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The Education Reform Act of 1988 established, amongst other things, the idea of a National Curriculum (NC) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Ten subjects (plus Religion Education) were set out; and the Act defined a set of ‘core’ curriculum subjects (including mathematics and science) and as well as other ‘foundation’ subjects (including technology as a section within Design Technology).
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HMI Curriculum Matters 15 - IT from 5-16. Recommended that schools develop coherent strategy for making effective use of IT as an enrichment of the curriculum
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SATs are brought in at state schools for all seven year olds
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Design and Technology National Curriculum, renamed Technology 5-16 published March 1990. Separate profile component for IT
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Removed further education and sixth form colleges from LEA control
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This introduced the Office for Standards in Education who were employed to inspect schools and publicy report findings.
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Psion Series 3 - Acorn Pocketbook
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A* grade invented at GSCE to help distinguis between the top candidates. SATs also introduced for 11 year olds
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Started employment with Birmingham City Council as a Word Processor Operator/Clerk
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The Act requires all maintained schools to offer courses in religious education, but parents can opt their children out of the subject. Secondary schools must also offer a sex education programme
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Teacher Training Agency approved postgraduate certificate of Education (PGCE) and Batchelor of Education (B.Ed) in IT for the first time beginning September 1996
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Exam for all 14 year olds in the country. More education laws also ensure all older pupils are given courses in careers education.
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Started working for Revenues and Benefits as a Benefits Officer
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David Blunkett, Secretary of State for Education and Employment announced £23m funding for multimedia computers for teachers. Becta was given responsibility for managing the initiative
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In December 1998 Green Paper Teachers - meeting the challenge of change was presented to parliament. This document announced plans to introduce new national tests for all trainee teachers in numeracy, literacy and ICT. Mention is made of increasing the number of classroom assistants and how ICT can reduce the administrative burden on classroom teachers
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In 2001, a revision called Curriculum 2000 split the A-level into two parts, the AS (Advanced Subsidiary) and A2 examinations. Typically students enter for 4 or 5 AS exams after one year, and then take between 2 and 4 A2 exams at the end of the second year. AS and A2 performance is aggregated to give an A-level grade
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New laws force all schools to offer pupils at least one course in each grouping of subjects at GCSE: the arts, design and technology, the humanities and modern foreign languages
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Estelle Morris Secretary of State announces at BETT 2002 an extra £50m for Laptops for Teachers scheme, bringing total for the year up to £100m
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£280m for e-learning credits, this brings the total to £100m each year for the next 3 years to give schools access to online curriculum materials. £8m for Online training for teachers in 2004. An extra £195m to provide more laptops for teachers over the next 3 years and finally an extra £287m to provide all schools with broadband capability by 2006
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The Act referred to local authorities not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality’ or ‘promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship’.
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Part-time study - Completed 2 years of 3 year HNC course
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Started work for the Homeless Services originally as a Housing Benefit Caseworker and then promoted August 2008 to Team Leader (Finance)
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part-time evening course at Matthew Boulton College
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Labour removed Churchill and Hitler from the syllabus in favour of courses in debt management, the environment and health eating
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Exam marking criteria adapted to include A* grade similar to that at GCSE
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1 year part time ECDL Advanced
Spreadsheets
Word Processing
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Ed Balls, Schools Secretary announced the end of KS3 tests with immediate effect
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This included science exams for 11 year olds
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Part of school behaviour and attendance Teachers get tougher powers to deal with unruly pupils in a "zero tolerance" crackdown on nuisance in the classroom.
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1 year part time course. Chartered Managmeent Institute - Level 3 Diploma in First Line Management
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1 day course introduction to Contract Management
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More focus to be placed on British history and great works of literature
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My old school became an Academy 2011 with Technology College status and is now known as Aston Manor Academy -
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Key points of the report include:
The current delivery of Computing education in many UK schools is highly unsatisfactory.
Shortage of teachers who are able to teach beyond basic digital literacy
Lack of continuing professional development for teachers of Computing
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From September 1 2012, pre-entry skills tests will be introduced. Anyone applying for an initial teacher training (ITT) course that starts after July 1 2013 will have to pass the skills tests before starting the course.
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2 days course - Business Change Management
Foundation/Practitioner -
Changes to Professional Skills Test 1 July 2013 requires initial teacher trainees to pass the skills tests before starting the course.
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After 19 years working for Birmingham City Council, I applied for voluntary redundancy and thankfully this was accepted.
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Saturday Maths GCSE course at Aston Learning Centre
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Sets out the programme of study for all 4 key stages.
With the exception of English, Mathematics and Science the majority of the curriculum was introduced September 20 -
Changes to the ICT curriculum to:
Computer Science which included ICT and Digital Literacy
Formerly known as:
Computer Studies 1979-1994
Information Systems 1993-1997
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Access to computing 1 year course
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Report published by the group concluded that the use of digital technology in education is not optional. Competence with digital technology to find information, to create, to critique and share knowledge, is an essential contemporary skill set. It belongs at the heart of education.
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First day at University and I'm the only person this specific course.
