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Butler Act 1944 The Education Act 1944, relating to England and Wales, known as “the Butler Act”, defined the modern split between primary education and secondary education at age 11. It created the Tripartite System, consisting of grammar schools, secondary modern schools and secondary technical schools.
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With references to my personal educational timeline(Ravinder Basra)
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Special School for Children with Disabilities The 1918 Education Act, made schooling for all disabled children compulsory. It was a very significant piece of legislation. By 1921, there were more than 300 institutions for blind, deaf, 'crippled', tubercular and epileptic children.
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Grammer Schools
Grammar schools were intended to teach an academic curriculum to the most intellectually able 25 percent of the school population as selected by the eleven plus examination. Two types : state-funded and direct grant(fees from parents). -
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Certificate of Secondary Education CSEs provided qualifications available to all schoolchildren, which was different from the GCE (O-Levels); the latter were aimed at more able pupils, mostly from grammar and independent schools. CSEs were popular in secondary modern schools and their top grade was seen as an equivalent of a grade C at O level.
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LEAs responsible for school attendance.
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History of Education This increased the legal leaving age from 15 to 16, leaving a gap year of school leavers who, by law, had to complete an additional year of education from 1973 onwards.
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Comprehensive Schools The idea for the comprehensive school, where children of all backgrounds and abilities would be educated in a single school
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LEAs to determine secondary schooling.
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Emerged in the world
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11+ exam Examined via the 11+ test.
The Eleven Plus was created by the 1944 Butler Education Act. This established a Tripartite System of education, with an academic, a technical and a functional strand. Testing was an effective way to discover to which strand a child was most suited. The results of the exam would be used to match a child’s secondary school to their abilities and future career needs. -
Coltonhills Comprehensive School Entered into a top band class(1C). I remained in the top band throughout my time at Colton Hills Comprehensive School(1C to 5C). Corporal Punishment I did receive the cane and the slipper for bad behaviour. In1986 the abolition of corporal punishment in schools
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GCSE National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) to promote vocational training in schools and colleges.
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I only passed the following:Maths O level grade C, Biology O level grade C Corporal punishment in British state schools, and also in private schools receiving any element of public funding, was banned by parliament in 1987. (Corpun.com, 2014).
In 1982, the European Court of Human Rights, which upheld their view that beating children against a parent's wishes was a violation of their human rights”. (Corpun.com, 2014).
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Stourbride College I started Stourbridge College to study further O levels.
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I achieved 3 O levels grade C in : Physics, Chemistry, Computers
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Wulfrun College I began to study 3 A levels in Physics, Computers, Economics; and 1 GCSE in English. Education Legislation In 1986 GCSE replaced GCE O levels for 15/16 year olds. National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) were introduced to promote vocational training in schools and colleges.
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Education_Reform_Act_1988 The 1988 Education Reform Act made considerable changes to the education system. e.g. national curriculum, key stages, league tables, formula funding
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A level computers grade E
A level Economics grade N
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Birmingham City University Formerly known as Birmingham Polytechnic.
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This took me another year to complete my HND, instead of the standard 2 years.
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University of Central England. Formerly known as Birmingham Polytechnic.
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Excellence in Cities Launched in some secondary schools, introducing learning mentors, learning support units and gifted and talented programmes, city learning centres (to provide ICT facilities) and support for education action zones.
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Building Schools For The Future Conservatives start overhaul of Education. More academies and introduction of parent-managed/ initiated free schools.
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BBC Article
Increased search powers for heads - to include pornography and mobile telephones.
The granting of anonymity to teachers who have been accused of misconduct by pupils.
The extension of heads' powers to discipline pupils if they misbehave on the way to or from school.
The granting of the power to schools to impose a detention without giving 24-hours' notice. Inspectors now measured schools in 4 categories -
National Curriculum - Computing Significant changes from teaching ICT to more 'Computing' focussed topics such as programming.
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