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11 plus used to determine pupil allocation: grammar, secondary modern or technical.
Board of education replaced by Ministry of education.
LEAs were responsible for local provision, teachers were responsible for teaching and curriculum.
State education organised into secondary, primary and further.
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Leaving age raised to 15
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School level examination for 16-years olds was replaced by GCE O-levels (ordinary level).
The Higher school certificate was replaced by A-levels (advanced level). -
Led to new Universities and the convertion of Colleges of Advances Technology into Universities.
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Certificate of education introduced, equvilent to 1 )-level.
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School leaving age raised to 16.
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Conservatives came into power and began to control the curriculum.
LEAs had to publish their curriculum policies. -
Mathmatics Counts
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I was born, in Walsall Manor Hospital
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Related to ethnic minorities in schools.
Their first priority should be to learn English.
Attitudes needed changing in the white majority.
Build on teachers awareness. -
New arrangements for membership on governing bodies.
Governors given new powers over the appointment of head teachers.
Sex education is the responsibility of school governors.
Governors to ensure identification of pupils with SEN.
Corporal punishment prohibited in state schools.
New system for excluding pupils.
Annual parents evenings introduced.
Teachers performance appraisals introduced by education secretary. -
GCSE (general certificate of education) replaces the O-level and CSE. A GCSE grade C is equivilant to a O-level pass.
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AS (advanced supplementary) level introduced
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National Curriculum and assessment introduced along with a National curriculum council and Schools examination and assessment council (to monitor the curriculum and testing).
Local management of schools.
Schools allowed to opt-out (schools can transfer from LEA to grant-maintained status).
Governers given ner power over hiring and firing of teachers.
all children to engage in daily collective worship. -
Corporal punishment banned in maintained schools
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Started at New Invention Infant School.
It was the closest primary school to my house.
We were given free milk at break times. -
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Moved up to New Invention Junior School.
The school was quite open plan and we would have an assessembly every morning, during which we said prayers and sang hymns. -
Ofsted established, schools to be inspected ever 4 years.
School league tables introduced.
Schools to give annual reports on pupils.
Governers to give annual reports on schools -
SEAC replaced by SCAA.
Sex education compulsory for secondary maintained school pupils, although parents are able to remove their children from the lesson. -
I started my first day at senior school. I arrived at the school not knowing anyone and meet a girl called suzanne, in the yard, who was just as nervous as me.
On the first day we were all taken to the school hall, introduced to the schools policys and then divided into tutor groups.
The school was made up of two sites, located either site of the key way. There was a long bridge between the two sites (it was really slippy in the winter). -
Sex education in science mandatory for all pupils. Pupils to be taught SRE (sex and relationship education) including information about STD's. Parents can still be withdrawn from SRE and governors are still in control of how it is taught.
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A nurse came to to the school to talk to us about periods (girls only). We were given a small bag with some sanitary towels in, the tampons had been removed due to us being in a catholic school.
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Aimed to:
Reduce class size.
Abolish grant maintained schools.
Extend the powers of the LEA. -
English Literature
English Language
Maths
Science (Double Award)
German
Art
Religious Education
Business Studies
Graphics (short course)
ICT (short course) - The school would only run a short course in ICT ( it wasn't seen as an important subject) -
We were shown a video on abortion (in an Religious Education lesson) the video was very graphic designed to put us off the idea of having abortions (catholics don't believe in abortion or contraception) We were never taught about contraception in school.
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Pupils to learn about marriage, family life and bringing up children. Pupils are protected from teaching materials, which are inappropriate, with regards to age, religion and culture. Schools governors are responsible for guidance.
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I recieved my GCSE results all A-C
I got the highest grade in my school for Maths
I was happy that i was going to able to progress to A-level and do the subjects that i wanted to.
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I studied:
Maths
Physics
ICT
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Schools allowed to form companies offer ing educational or community sevices.
Grouping management of schools (e.g. failing schools to be joined with a more successful school).
Private companies and organisations can bid to set up new schools.
Powers to remove failing schools from LA and bring in private managers. -
St Thomas More was relocated to a new school building (part of BSF). The new school was build in partners ship with balfour beaty.
The school had strict rules; chairs could not be taken out of rooms, a small notice board was provided in each classroom (no work or posters could be put directly on the walls), there were 360 cameras in corridors, classes and toilets.
The old schools sites are now housing estates.
ALthough BSF was on the way this was an individual school project -
Physics E
General Studies (AS) D
ICT D
Maths F (the school put me in for the wrong exam) -
