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Education Act 1918 - School leaving age raised to 14
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 -
The Haddow Report 1931
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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Education Act 1944
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
Technical - general education with an emphasis on practical skills
Secondary modern - general education/preparation for work -
GCE Ordinary Level Introduced 1951
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. -
A'Levels
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. -
Certficate of Secondary Education CSE 1965-1987
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. -
The day I was born 21 November 1967 at Marston Green Hospital
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School Leaving Age raised from 15 to 16
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Started Primary School
Prince Albert School, Aston, Birmingham, -
Aston Manor Secondary School
Sept79-July 1984 -
Captain of Netball and Rounders Team
I was made the captain of the netball and rounders team :-) -
Micro in Schools
DTI establishes Micros in Schools scheme £15.1m 1981/2. To provide all secondary schools (6,514 schools) with half priced microcomputer -
Awarded sports girl of the year
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Cockroft Report - Mathematics Counts
Report on mathematics education showed that computer assisted learning provided opportunities for discussion, practical work, problem solving and investigatory work -
DTI Micros in Secondary Schools Extension
£2.1M for Micros in Seondary Schools (Extension project). Schools could purchase printers, colour monitors, memory upgrades, disk drives etc -
Butcher Report - Information Technology Skills Shortage
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 -
Left School
O'Level Art
CSE English Language
English Literature
Mathematics
Biology
Chemistry
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O'Levels and CSE abolished
O'Levels and CSE abolished -
Youth Government Training Scheme
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 -
Buther Report - 3rd Report - IT Skills Shortage
Report identified the need for a broad national curriculum that involves maths, science and technology -
IT in Schools Strategy
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) -
IT Equipment
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 -
Corporal Punishment banned in schools
Corporal punishment in British state schools and also private schools receiving any element of public funding, was banned by parliament in 1987 -
First Permanent Job - Civil Service Dept of Environment
July 87-Sept 93
Department of the Environment (Civil Service) working in a Typing Pool providing Secretarial Support -
The National Curriculum 1988
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. -
Secondary Schools Telecommunications
DTI provides a grant of £140 for each secondary school to install a telephone line for data communication -
LEA Policies on IT in Schools
LEA asked to provide 5 year policy statement outling their development of IT in schools -
General Certificate of Secondary Education
O-levels and CSE were replaced by the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) which was examined for the first time in 1988 -
Passed Driving Test
My first car red Mini Metro -
Education Reform Act 1988
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).
(ICT) has been compulsory for all pupils from 5 to 16 in maintained schools -
HMI Curriculum Matters - IT from 5-16
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 -
Standard Assessment Tasks (SAT)s
SATs are brought in at state schools for all seven year olds -
National Circulum - IT as component of Technology
Design and Technology National Curriculum, renamed Technology 5-16 published March 1990. Separate profile component for IT -
Higher and Further Education Act
Removed further education and sixth form colleges from LEA control
Polytechnics were given University status. -
The Educations Schools Act (Ofsted)
This introduced the Office for Standards in Education who were employed to inspect schools and publicy report findings. -
First Small Computers in Schools
Psion Series 3 - Acorn Pocketbook -
A+ grade invented to GCSE
A* grade invented at GSCE to help distinguis between the top candidates. SATs also introduced for 11 year olds -
Word Processor Operator/Clerk - Birmingham City Council
Started employment with Birmingham City Council as a Word Processor Operator/Clerk -
Education Act 1996
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 -
PGCE and BeD in IT available September 1996
Teacher Training Agency approved postgraduate certificate of Education (PGCE) and Batchelor of Education (B.Ed) in IT for the first time beginning September 1996 -
Third SAT exam created
Exam for all 14 year olds in the country. More education laws also ensure all older pupils are given courses in careers education. -
Benefit Services Birmingham City Council
Started working for Revenues and Benefits as a Benefits Officer -
Multimedia Computers for teachers - David Blunkett
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 -
Meeting the Challenge of Change - Test for trainee teachers
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 -
Curriculum 2000 split A-level to AS & A2
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 -
Education Act 2002
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 -
Laptops for Teachers - Estelle Morris, Secretary of State
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 -
E-Learning Credits - Charles Clark Secretary of State
£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 -
Section 28 of 1988 Local Government Act AXED
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’. -
Sandwell College - HNC (Business Information Technology)
Part-time study - Completed 2 years of 3 year HNC course -
HB Caseworker - BCC Homeless Service
Started work for the Homeless Services originally as a Housing Benefit Caseworker and then promoted August 2008 to Team Leader (Finance) -
NCFE Level Certificate in Drug Awareness Studies and their applications
part-time evening course at Matthew Boulton College -
Labour criticised about changes to the curriculum
Labour removed Churchill and Hitler from the syllabus in favour of courses in debt management, the environment and health eating -
A Level to include A*
Exam marking criteria adapted to include A* grade similar to that at GCSE -
ECDL Advanced
1 year part time ECDL Advanced
Spreadsheets
Word Processing
Presentations -
KS3 end of test - Ed Balls School Secretary
Ed Balls, Schools Secretary announced the end of KS3 tests with immediate effect -
SATs scrapped for 14 year olds
This included science exams for 11 year olds -
New powers for teachers to improve discipline in schools
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. -
BMETC Sutton Coldfield Campus
1 year part time course. Chartered Managmeent Institute - Level 3 Diploma in First Line Management -
Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply
1 day course introduction to Contract Management -
Coalition announce overhaul of the curriculum
More focus to be placed on British history and great works of literature -
Aston Manor Secondary School became an Academy
My old school became an Academy 2011 with Technology College status and is now known as Aston Manor Academy -
A Technology and Applied Learning College -
The Royal Society Report - Shudown or restart?
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
School infrastructure inhibit effective teaching of Computing -
Professional Skills Test Changes
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. -
CHAMPS2
2 days course - Business Change Management
Foundation/Practitioner -
Professional Skills Test Changes
Changes to Professional Skills Test 1 July 2013 requires initial teacher trainees to pass the skills tests before starting the course. -
Left Birmingham City Council - Voluntary Redundancy
After 19 years working for Birmingham City Council, I applied for voluntary redundancy and thankfully this was accepted. -
Maths GCSE
Saturday Maths GCSE course at Aston Learning Centre -
National Curriclum 2014
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 -
ICT - National Curriculum Changes
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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Birmingham Metropolitan College - Access to HE Computing
Access to computing 1 year course -
Education Technology Action Group formed 2014
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. -
BSc Computer Science with Secondary Education QTS
First day at University and I'm the only person this specific course.
