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This Act alongside the 1880 Education Act was established to make elementary education compulsory for all.
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The compulsory school leaving age was increased to 15, although the original intention was 16, this did not come into effect until 1972.
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This report was published emphasising the importance of child-centred learning over didactic teaching methods.
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The work of Wood, Bruner and Ross introduced the term scaffolding as a learning theory based on Vygotsky's approach.
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1986 saw the merging of O-levels and the CSE systems to create GCSE's.
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This act was responsible for the introduction of the National Curriculum and SAT's.
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New Universities were formed from polytechnics as polytechnics and colleges of higher education were granted university status by John Major's government, encouraging widening participation.
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This paper was passed, and formed the introduction of compulsory national literacy and numeracy hours within schools.
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The proposal for raising the compulsory school leaving age to 18, to ensure that all young people are either in education or training up until they are 18.