Education Timeline

By rcritchley

  • Fisher Act

    This act made schooling compulsory for children aged between 5 - 15

  • Butler Act (Education act of 1944)

    Butler Act (Education act of 1944)
    This established a tripartite system for school centred around 11 years old.

  • Leaving age raised to 16

    Leaving age raised to 16
    The education act of 1973 raised the leaving age to 16 meaning all students were required to sit GCSEs.

  • GCSE's introduced to replace CSE's

    GCSE's introduced to replace CSE's
    This impacted on the type of exams I was required to take.

  • The National Curriculum was written and began to be implemented in state-managed schools

    The National Curriculum was written and began to be implemented in state-managed schools
    This was important as even I was educated on a national curriculum evolving from the original one.

  • OFSTED was created

    OFSTED was created

  • Tuition Fees introduced

    Tuition Fees introduced
    This was to help fund the higher education system.

  • Started Primary School education at Roberts Primary School

    Started Primary School education at Roberts Primary School

  • SATs intorduced

    SATs intorduced

  • KS1 Sats tests were downplayed

    KS1 Sats tests were downplayed
    This meant many schools including my own decided to not assess students at KS1.

  • Tuition Fees rise to £3,000

    Tuition Fees rise to £3,000
    This was to help combat inflation

  • KS3 Sats are removed

    KS3 Sats are removed
    This removal of Sats meant teachers had no formal way of predicting grades for GCSE.

  • Academies act

    Academies act
    This saw an rise in schools turning to academies.

  • Started Secondary education at High Arcal

    Started Secondary education at High Arcal
    My Secondary School

  • Tuition fees rise to £9,000

    Tuition fees rise to £9,000
    and were then capped at £9,250 in 2017.

  • High Arcal became an academy

    High Arcal became an academy

  • Education and skills act implemented

    Education and skills act implemented
    This raised the school leaving age to 18.

  • GCSEs changed by Michael Gove

    GCSEs changed by Michael Gove
    In this change all January exams were removed and coursework was removed from the assessed materials list. This change in education meant teachers were playing catch up for most of my Key Stage 4 education as i was the first year.

  • Tertiary level exams changed

    Tertiary level exams changed
    This removed As-level exams and once more removed course work from the assessed materials list. Once more my education was stunted by the fact I was the first year to experience the changes so my teachers were once again playing catch up.

  • Started tertiary education at King Edward VI college

    Started tertiary education at King Edward VI college
    My College

  • Started Undergraduate course at Wolverhampton University

    Started Undergraduate course at Wolverhampton University
    My Current Place of education