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Famously known as Butler act after Conservative politician R A Butler.
• Introduced the Tripartite System of secondary education('Tripartite System': Grammar, Secondary Modern, Technical) and made all schooling--especially secondary education, free for all pupils.
• It raised the school leaving age to 15-free schooling age to 18.
• Kept age 11+ entrance tests for sending children to higher levels.
• Every school was required to begin the day with a nondenominational religious activity, and Ang -
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Gave the Minister greater powers relating to grants and loans to aided schools and special agreement schools.
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Recommended raising the school leaving age to 16 and the provision of further education for 15-18 year olds, questioned the value of day release provision for apprenticeships.
• school assessment should be given greater weight and a new system of leaving certificates should be developed;
• teachers who work with below-average pupils should receive a fair share of responsibility allowances;
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Recommended Certificate of Secondary Education(CSE)- in addition to GCE O’ Level- to cater for less academic 15 year olds.
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Required LEAs to provide students with grants for living costs and tuition fees; placed legal obligation on parents to ensure that children received a suitable education at school or otherwise - failure to comply could result in prosecution; made LEAs legally responsible for ensuring that pupils attended school.
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This reported resulted as 11+ failures were getting a poor deal. Focussed on education of 13-16 year olds with average or less than average ability. It argued that future of the country depended on better education of below average pupils.
• excessive use of ability grouping should be avoided, and efforts should be made to emphasise the status of older pupils;
• sex education is essential for adolescent boys and girls;
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The Ministry of Education was renamed the Department of Education and Science and the Minister became the Secretary of State.
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• Training college should expand opportunities for teachers to train in teaching English to immigrants (Ch. 6)
• Surveys of primary education should be undertaken every 10 years (Ch. 8)
• Nursery education should be available to children at any time after they reach the age of three (Ch. 9)
• A three-tier system of first, middle and Secondary schools, with transfer at ages 8 and 12. (Ch. 10)
• Authorities maintaining selection should not rely on intelligence and attainment tests. (Ch. 11)
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: This was commissioned by the then Minister Of Education. Apparently, since 1931 Sir Henry Hadow’s report, there had not been a thorough review of Primary Education in England (again none since Powden ). This is supposed to be the best known of all education reports, it promoted child-centred education.
• Primary schools should be used as fully as possible out of ordinary hours (Ch. 5)
• A national policy of 'positive discrimination' should favour schools in deprived neighbourhoods (Ch. 5)
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Gave LEAs responsibilities for children not receiving education or in need of care and control.
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I started my formal education at Holy Mary High School (this is a fee paying school)-Hyderabad.
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Recommended a single exam at age 16 to replace the GCE O Level and CSE. (The first GCSE exams were taken in 1988)
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Family moved about 325km away and I was educated privately because it was the middle of academic year.
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Got admitted into an Aided School- Primary school-Not much fee to be paid.
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Instituted the assisted places schemes (public money for children to go to private schools), gave parents greater powers on governing bodies and over admissions, and removed LEAs' obligation to provide school milk and meals.
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: Education Support Grants (ESGs) were introduced.
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1984-1988
We had common curriculum and common secondary school leaving exam for all the schools in the state.
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common 16+ exam system replaced GCE O Level and CSE.
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: the consultation document in which the government set out its plans for the introduction of the national curriculum and associated assessment procedures.
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-National Curriculum was introduced
-Key stages were introduced.
-Grant maintained schools were introduced. Schools get their grants direct from the central Government.
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1988-1990 Junior college
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1990-1993
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Department of Education and Science was renamed Department for Education.
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1998-2000
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Abolished student maintenance grants and students will now have to contribute towards tuition fees.
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Result of the death of Victoria Climbie. The main aim is to offer support to every child to: Stay Safe; Healthy; Enjoy and achieve; Economic well-being; positive contribution- irrespective of their background.
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Greater freedom to schools such as: owning their own assets; employing their own staff; setting their own admissions arrangements etc.
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Government announced its intention to raise the SLA to 18, possibly in 2013.
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National school tests for 7, 11 and 14 year olds to be scrapped as well.
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relating to pupil behaviour and exclusions, further diminished the role of local authorities, further expansion of academies etc.
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Identified the following problems:
• The teaching of writing needs to be more effective and to include a stronger emphasis on spelling and handwriting
• There are too few English coordinators in primary schools who are subject specialists
• too few pupils read widely enough for pleasure
• Curriculum transition in English from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3 is underdeveloped in too many schools
• National tests and examinations have too much impact on the range and content of the English curriculum
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The reforms aim to:
• reduce paperwork and bureaucracy;
• strengthen partnerships between parents and professionals;
• focus on the three prime areas of learning most essential for children’s readiness for future learning and healthy development;
• detail the four specific areas of learning which build on the prime areas;
• introduce a progress check at aged two to provide for early intervention as necessary; and
• simplify assessment at age five – usually at the end of the reception year;
