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School Boards were abolished. Local Education Authorities were set up in place that allowed the establishment of Secondary Schools. However they were not required to do so. The beginning of free schooling,
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Major Educational policies which helped shaped my educated, values and beliefs.
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Introduced subject based curriculum that included Eng Literature & Language, Geography, History, a Foreign Language, Mathematics, Science and Pysical Training (PE).
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Empowered (but did not require) LEA's to provide meals for under nourished elementary children. Consisted of Breakfast and Dinner on a daily basis.
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Argues that LEA's should be empowered to require under 17's to participate in some form of post-elementary education.
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School based Careers Service was introduced into Grammar schools.
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Established to administer new Schools Certificate and Higher Schools Certificate.
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Proposed first compulsory leaving age of 14 and that pupils must attend for 8 hours a week or 320 hours a year up to age 18.
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Introduced the seperation of Primary and Secondary (age 11 upwards) teaching. Raised the compulsory age of education up to 14.
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Consolidated all other Education reforms and finally raised school leaving age from 12 to 14.
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Recommended that all children at age 11 should be educated in either a Secondary Modern or Secondary Grammar. Intended to open up secondary education to the working class. Women discouraged to go to school as "a woman's place was in the home".
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Recommended that a third type of school should be created known as Technical Schools. First type of school to specialise in vocational training and offered very little academically.
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Recommended the selection procedures for Grammar, Secondary Modern and Technical Schools to be based on age, ability and capability.
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Free secondary education for all run by Local Educational Authorities (LEA's). Pupils were allocated a place at Grammar, Secondary Modern or Technical school based on results of "11plus" tests. Introduced compulsory prayer on a daily basis and concept of Further education for post 15.
Free school milk introduced to all pupils up to age 18.
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General Certificate of Education (GCE) began, divided into Ordinary Level for 16 year olds and Advanced Level for 18 year olds. They replaced the School Certificate and the Higher School Certificate respectively.
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Echoed the 1944 Education Act in recommending raising the school leaving age to 16. Also introduced Comprenhensive schooling and wider choice of subjects for FE students.
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Teacher Training courses exteneded into a three year course with rise in salary.
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Certificate of Secondary Education intorduced to cater for the "next 40%". Aimed at less abler pupils to enable them to leave school with a chance of gaining a certificate.
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LEAs required to provide students with grants for living costs and tuition fees. Legal obligation on parents to ensure that children received a suitable education at school otherwise could possibly be prosecuted. LEAs also legally responsible for making sure that pupils attended school.
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Uncovered serious neglect in many schools. Provided statisitical data showing 13-16 reading levels were far below expected in Secondary Modern schools and that they were failing children. Inadequate resources and teachers regularly coming and going. This was due to more funding being allocated to Grammar schools.
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Ministry of Education renamed Department of Education and Science with Minister of Education turning into Secretary of State.
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Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE) introduced in England and Wales. Aimed at students who would most likely not do well at O Level.
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Labour state intention to "end selection at 11-plus and to eliminate separation in secondary school education".
Ministry of Education reformed and renamed Department of Education. -
Report centred around children in Primary Education. Loooked at whether children were affected by enviromental factors as well as genetic ability to learn and develop.
Recommended move away from dictator style pedagogy into more experiential. -
Aimed to get more private boarding schools integrated into the "state system."
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Recommended that more schools be turned into comprehensives.
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Considered the part independent day schools and direct grant grammar schools might play in a state education system which was in the middle of comprehensive reorganisation. Focus on giving more students a greater chance of choosing where to go.
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Following recommendations outlined within previous reports (Crowther etc.) school leaving age was finally raised to 16.
LEAs also allowed to organise work experience for students in final year. -
Provided new arrangments regarding what should be the content and organisation of courses to be provided whether a larger proportion of intending teachers should be educated with students who have not chosen their careers or chosen other careers;
and what should be the role of the maintained and voluntary colleges of education, the polytechnics and other further education institutions maintained by local education authorities, and the universities -
Established to help set up training centres for vocational courses as well as the first career service offering advice to students over which career would best be suited themselves.
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Schools enter open door policy. Have to admit students no matter what gender.
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Abolished discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin in the fields of employment, the provision of goods and services, education and public function.
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Focused on provision and learning for children with special educational needs.
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Instituted the assisted places scheme (public money for children to go to private schools), 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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Introduced first plans for Youth Training Scheme (YTS)
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Followed Warnock Report. Introduced: Categories of ‘handicap’ to be replaced with the concept of ‘special educational need’, (when a child has significantly greater difficulty in learning than most) LEAs to have the duty to identify and assess special needs and provide a statement of need that must be met. Parent to have rights to be consulted and to appeal. Children with 'specail needs' to be educated in mainstream schools
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CATE established to set up standards for Initial Teacher Training (ITT) schemes.
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General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE): common 16+ exam system replaced GCE O Level and CSE. Previous system was seen as inadequate and should be combined to create a single qualification instead of many others.
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Major act establishing the National Curriculum, testing regime, Local Management of Schools (LMS). Introduced Key Staging.
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Stated that all 16 and 17 year olds were to be in education, employment or training
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Indicated the potential for using information technology (IT) and developing capability in its use and learning within education.
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Escaped after 9 months inside.
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Chronology of my life and education.
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Introduced 'top-up' loans for HE students and so began the process of student funding and grants.
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Rebranded as Dept. of Education. DFE
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Office for standards in Education established. responsible for monitoring and maintaining schools progress and development.
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My very first school. My very first classroom.
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Changed the funding of schools, and laid down rules for pupil exclusions and for 'failing' schools, abolished National Curriculum Council and replaced with the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority (SCAA), defined special educational needs.
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Replaced the defunct (since 1989) Training Comission with the Teacher Training Authority.
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National Curriculum Assessment expanded into primary schools. Statutory Attainment Tests introduced for KS1 (age 7)
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Year 1 - 2 in the northenmost populated island in the UK. A viking land.
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SATs expanded further to include KS2 students (age 11). Served basis of target setting for KS3+
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Year 3 in Cornwall. Interesting commute through the school graveyard...
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The training and development of young people alongside or after secondary school in vocational roles. Post 16.
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Year 3-4. On 9th January 1997 a Harrier Jump Jet crashed into the school field after initially inverting on the runway. Due to the thick black smoke we were evacuated from the school.
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Established the General Teaching Council (GTC), abolished student maintenance grants and required students to contribute towards tuition fees
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Years 4-5. The school had a close partnership with the Church for which it was named. Parts of the church can be traced back to the Domesday book.
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Encouraged selection by specialisation and changed the names of types of schools e.g. Specialist.
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Connexions introduced. Governmental information, advice, guidance and support service for young people aged 13 to 19.
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Year 5-6. First school I attended that had computers!
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Year 7 - My interest in Rugby began here, a hobby i'd take into my next school.
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Years 7 - 11. An Independent boarding school where I lived for 5 years. Home.
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Made provisions about services provided to and for children and young people by local authorities and schools in relation to a childs
(a) physical and mental health and emotional well-being;
(b) protection from harm and neglect;
(c) education, training and recreation;
(d) the contribution made by them to society;
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Sixth Form. Beginning of my interest in Media/Multimedia. School famous for being linked to former FA School of Excellence which produced England stars Michael Owen and Sol Campbell. Apparently.
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Undergraduate Degree - BSc Multimedia Tech.
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Raised school leaving age to 18. KS3 SAT's abolished.
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ITT begins. Beginning of my career.
