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The Education Act - or 'Butler Act' - of 1944 promised 'secondary education for all'. The act attempted to achieve this goal by raising the school leaving age and dividing the all-age elementary education into primary and secondary schools. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/themes/butler-act.htm#Key%20issues%20for%20reform
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Governemnet publication reiterating its commitment to tripartite system of secondary schools
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National Advisory Council on the Training and Supply of Teachers (NACTST) fouth report: training of special needs teachers
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The act introduced middle schools. Often referred to as 'The Boyle Act' due Sir Edward Boyle who was the Minister of Education at the time.
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Certificate of Secondary Education was introduced in England and Wales.
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Teachers were no longer obliged to supervise children at lunchtimes.
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School leaving age raised to 16.
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The Warnock report was concerned with Special Education Needs in schools, the purpose of the report was to prepare children with special needs for entry into employment; to consider the most effective use of resources for this purpose.
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Education Act 1980 gave parents greater powers on governing bodies and over admissions, and removed the obligation on LEAs to provide school milk and meals.
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Youth Training Scheme was introduced.
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GCSE replaced GCE O Level and CSE.
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National Council for Vocational Qualifications (NCVQ) established.
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Yay! I was born.
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I started at my first nursery aged 6 weeks. It was a day nursery for children aged between 0-5.
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OFSTED was created to monitor and report on the quality of schools
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I started Nursary at St Mary's the Mount RC primary school. My teacher was Mrs Gualt.
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The Act established the Teacher Training Authority (TTA).
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I started primary school at St Mary's the Mount RC primary school in Walsall. I stayed there until I was 11 yrs old.
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SENCO (Special Education Needs Co-ordinator) in every school.
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The Labour Party won the 1997 General Election by a landslide, after 18 years in Opposition, with the mantra "Education, Education, Education"
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I started secondary school at St Francis of Assissi, where i also attended sixth form.
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I started University at Birmingham City University, where i studied an Information Communication Technology BSc (Hons) degree.
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Started my PGCE secondary ICT at Wolverhampton University.
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"Free schools were a centrepiece of the Conservatives' election manifesto - the idea of local people setting up schools fitting in with its Big Society agenda". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14747635
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In 2007 the government anounced their intention to raise the School Leaving Age (SLA) to 18. It has been anounced since the school age will be raised to 17 by 2013 and finally to 18 by 2015.
