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This was a part of the major reform of the Education system after WWll. The Act provided free secondary education for all pupils, which was available up to the age of 18. Local Education Authorities were in charge of providing appropriate development programs to the local population.
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The 1944 Education Act enforced the school leaving age of 15.
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This qualification replaced the older School Certificate (SC) and Higher School Certificate (HSC).
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introduced in England and Wales to recognise the range of pupils' abilities.
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Grants from the Local Education Authroity were made inaccesible to postgraduate students.
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The school leaving age raised to 16. This was to compensate for the rising number of unemployed caused by the economic downturn of 1970s.
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These two acts were put in place to erradicate discriminations due to gender and race. It promoted equality within schools and other working environments.
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Gaining a PGCE qualification, prior to teaching, was made compulsory.
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Special Educational Needs 'statements' were first intorduced in the report called the Warnock Report.
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The National Curriculum was first introduced. It set out the framework of the content to be taught to pupils at school.
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I was born at the Kandy General Hospital in Sri Lanka.
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Introduction of the SAT tests. Pupils were required to sit these tests in both year 6 and year 9. These were also known as the national curriculum tests.
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This private body for school inspections was established.
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The Department for Education and Science was renamed the Department for Education.
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I started at Shokanji Kindergarten in Kandy, Sri Lanka. I was there for three months before withdrawing due to personal circumstances.
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I attended this Buddhist Girls' school in my home town from the age of 6 to 9. Each year, I was there for 6 months and abroad for the remainder of the year.
The school is one of the highest ranking girls' schools in the country and it follows very strict guidelines. Compulsory subjects taught included Mathematics, Science, Sinhalese and Buddhism. Engish was available as a subject but the department lacked qualified English teachers untill 2010, when it was made into an English medium school. -
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During visits to Oxford for treatment, I attended weekly sessions at a specialist centre for the visually impaired.
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Student loans were made the responsibility of the private sector.
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Attended Tadworth Primary for three months during a short stay in Surrey.
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After moving to the West Midlands, I completed year 5 and began year 6 at Bromley HIlls Promary.
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My family and I moved again, this time to Wednesbury. Here, I entered year 6 in November of 2001. I began preparations for the KS2 SATs exams.
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I attended Wood Green Academy from year 7 through to year 13. During my time there, it was called Wood green High School College of Sports, Maths and Computing.
1998 - Specialist Sports college status
2006 - Maths and Computing College status -
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'Every child matters' - phrase used to promote safeguarding procedures in educational settings
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The National Curriculum is reforemd and is made statutory.
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Moved to South Yorkshire to study Chemistry At the University of Sheffield. I completed the 4 year degree to gain a MChem qualification.
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Wood Green High School gained Academy status and became a Teaching School.
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Tution fees for higher education courses rincreased from £3000 to £9000.
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I began the Subject Konwledge Enhancement course in prapration for the start of the Secondary Chemistry PGCE with Wolverhampton University and Wood Green Academy.
