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Act establishes tripartite system of education in England, Wales & Northern Ireland (Grammar Schools, Secondary Modern Schools & Secondary Technical Schools). Also known as the Butler Act, after Richard Austen Butler, who was made President of the Board of Education by Winston Churchill in 1941.
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Free school milk introduced by the first post-war Minister of Education Ellen Wilkinson. Failed attempt to raise school leaving age to 16.
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Delayed from 1939 due to WWII, and included in Butler Act 1944
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Intended to cater for a range of subjects since the raising of the school leaving age from 14 to 15 in 1947.
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Supercedes the Ministry of Education, created in 1944
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Certificate of Secondary Education introduced, giving an alternative to the more challenging GCE. Adopted at most Secondary Modern schools
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Factor in the creation of the three-tier school system (First, Middle, High) with children transferring to each after four years.
Also abolished corporal punishment in primary schools. -
Decision made in 1971 after being delayed for three years
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Work experience made compulsory for children in their final compulsory year of schooling
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Everyone must be treated equally, regardless of skin colour or race
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Special Educational Needs now identified within the education system, children with special needs to be educated in mainstream schools
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Introduced in the workplace, as well as schools and colleges, as a vocational qualification for a more practical approach to a range of subjects
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Introduces the National Curriculum, and Key Stages.
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First awarded in 1988, replaced O levels and CSEs after being criticised as failing the lowest O level entrants and highest CSE entrants. Some critics see it as the education system 'dumbing down'.
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Standard Assessment Tests (SATs) introduced in all state schoools for all seven year olds
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Supercedes the Department for Education & Science
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Introduced to monitor schools on their performance and results, and reviewing teaching, learner progress, behaviour and equality. OFSTED reports viewed as high priority by all schools, and seen as the ultimate indicator of how good a school is.
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TTA established in the 1994 Education Act
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Labour Education Secretary David Blunkett announced the introduction of means tested tuition fees. Student maintenance grant abolished and replaced by student loans
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Government announces intention to create a network of City Academies, through David Blunkett
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Core subjects, plus chose D&T, Electronics, Geography and German
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Completed Secondary School, leaving with 9 GCSEs
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Chose Design, Geology, Maths & Physics at AS. Failed Maths & Physics at AS, did AVCE ICT in A2 year.
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Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) launched to regulate qualifications, exams and tests in England
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Completed ICT Degree, gaining 2:2 in ICT
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Government votes to allow universities in England to charge up to £9,000 in fees from 2012
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