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Education Act 1944

Oct 5, 1944

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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School leaving age raised

Jan 1, 1947

Leaving age raised to 15

introduction of O-levels and A-levels

Jan 1, 1951

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).

Higher Education Report of the Committee

Jan 10, 1963

Led to new Universities and the convertion of Colleges of Advances Technology into Universities.

CSE introduced

Jan 1, 1965

Certificate of education introduced, equvilent to 1 )-level.

1973 Education Act

Jan 1, 1973

School leaving age raised to 16.

LEA Arrangements for the School Curriculum

Oct 12, 1979

Conservatives came into power and began to control the curriculum.
LEAs had to publish their curriculum policies.

Cockcroft Report

Oct 11, 1982

Mathmatics Counts

My Birthday Day

Aug 20, 1985

I was born, in Walsall Manor Hospital

Swann Report

Oct 12, 1985

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.

Education Act

Jan 1, 1986

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 introduced

Dec 11, 1986

GCSE (general certificate of education) replaces the O-level and CSE. A GCSE grade C is equivilant to a O-level pass.

AS level introduced

Jan 11, 1987

AS (advanced supplementary) level introduced

Education Reform Act 1988

Jul 29, 1988

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

Oct 11, 1988

Corporal punishment banned in maintained schools

Started Primary School

Sep 5, 1989

Started at New Invention Infant School.
It was the closest primary school to my house.
We were given free milk at break times.

National record of achievement established

Jan 1, 1991

Moved up to Junor School

Sep 4, 1992

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.

Education act 1992

Oct 11, 1992

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

Education Act 1993

Oct 11, 1993

SEAC replaced by SCAA.
Sex education compulsory for secondary maintained school pupils, although parents are able to remove their children from the lesson.

Starting Senior School

Sep 2, 1996

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).

Education Act 1996

Oct 12, 1996

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.

I recieved a period talk

Oct 12, 1997

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.

School standards and framework act

Oct 11, 1998

Aimed to:
Reduce class size.
Abolish grant maintained schools.
Extend the powers of the LEA.

Started GCSE's

Sep 4, 1999

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)

Video on abortion

Oct 12, 1999

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.

Learning and Skills Act 2000

Oct 12, 2000

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.

Recieved GCSE Results

Aug 23, 2001

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.
(You were only aloud to do A-level if a C or above had been achieved in the subject at GCSE)

Started my A-levels

Oct 12, 2001

I studied:
Maths
Physics
ICT
and i start Chemisty but decided to drop it.

Education Act 2002

Jan 1, 2002

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.

New School Building

Apr 28, 2003

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

Recieved A-level Results

Aug 12, 2003

Physics E
General Studies (AS) D
ICT D
Maths F (the school put me in for the wrong exam)

First Wave of BSF

Oct 8, 2004