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The Education Act 1944
The Education Act - or 'Butler Act' - promised free secondary education for all. This was to be achieved by the division of the education system into primary and secondary schools. the school leaving age was also raised to 15 -
Universal free school milk
Free school milk introduced by the first post-war Minister of Education Ellen Wilkinson. An attempt was also made to raise the school leaving age to 16 and provide free school meals, but was dismissed on grounds of cost -
General Certificate of Education (GCE) Introduced
In 1951 two levels of public examinations were introduced. the first was Ordinary or O level which was designed to replace the School certificate presented to pupils on leaving , and Advanced or A level examination for 18 year old school leavers -
Colleges of Advanced Technology
Selected technical and Further Education colleges were upgraded to this status and most became the new universities in the mid-1960s. -
Crowther Report
The Crowther committee recommended the raising of the school leaving age to 16, the introduction of comprehensive education for all, a new exam below level and a range of sixth form courses other than A level -
Born in Bicester Cottage Hospital
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Newsom Report
Entitled 'Half our future', provided statistical data on pupils test scores in the 13 - 16 age range -
Started Primary School Detmold Germany
Herman Denkmal Statue. The monument commemorates the Cherusci war chief Hermann or Armin (Latin: Arminius) and the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest -
Certificate of Secondary Education introduced
Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE) introduced in England and Wales -
Primary School in Cyprus
Visit to the Army Air Corps at Akrotiri -
The Plowden Report
The report loooked into whether children of today at the same stage of development as children of the same age were in 1926 and how environmental factors or genetics may affect human ability. -
Primary School, Bielefeld
This was my last primary school run by the British Forces Families Service before I went to Salesian College and joined Lower Prep -
Started Grammar School - Salesian College
Salesian College was a boarding school with approximately 450 pupils and was run by the Salesian Order of Catholic Priests. I spent 2 years in Prep before taking the 11+ exam. -
School leaving age raised
The decision to raise the school leaving age to 16 was arrived at in 1971 but implemeented on the 01 September 1972 -
Sex Discrimination Act
The Act made it unlawful for educational establishments to discriminate against admitting girl pupils -
Sat for my GCE O Levels
Took 9 O Levels this year -
Entered Lower 6th Form at Salesian College
The subjects studied included Chemistry, Physics and Engineering Drawing. -
Enrolled in Farnborough College of Technology
Enrolled in Farnborough College of Technology to take my 3rd A level in engineering Drawing as it was not available at Salesian College -
Race Relations Act
The Race Relations Act1976 was added to the statute books to ensure that everybody received the same treatment without regard to race or skin colour -
Joined Wulfrun College Wolverhampton
Continued my A Level studies at Wulfrun College, Paget Road. The college was renamed Wolverhampton College, Wulfrun Campus. Completed my A Levels in Physics and Chemistry in 1977 -
Special Education Act
This Act followed the Warnock report regarding Special Education Needs (SEN) and the recategorisation of 'handicap' -
NVQ Introduced
Nation Vocational Qualifications were introduced in the workplace and led to the parallel introduction in school and college -
Education Reform Act
Widely regarded as the most important single piece of legislation to be introduced and included:
1. Introduction of Grant maintaned schools
2. Local Management of Schools
3. The National Curriculum
4. The General Certificate of Education (GCSE) introduced
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OFSTED introduced
The Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) was established to monitor and report on the individual quality of schools -
School Standards and Frameworks Act
Duty of Local Education Authorities (LEA) to promote high standards and intervene in weak orfeiling schools -
City Academies
Rt. Hon David Blunkett MP announced the intention of the government to create a network of academies -
Enrolled on the BSc (Hons) Computer Science Course
Enrolled at the University of Wolverhampton to start the journey to become a teacher, as I needed to obtain a degree before the PGCE (ICT) Course. Completed in 2010 -
Started PGCE (ICT)
Embarked on the final leg of the journey to become a Secondary ICT Teacher at the University of Wolverhampton
