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Kings Manor School,Guildford:first state school to be privatised
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Chris Woodhead
Chris Woodhead resigned as HMCI/head of Ofsted -
Mike Tominson
Mike Tominson became HMCI/head of Ofsted -
The Education Department was renamed the Department for Education and Skills
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David Bell
David Bell became HMCI/head of Ofsted -
City Academies:the first 3 opened
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Languages for all:languages for life:the governments strategy for the teaching of foreign languages
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Controversially proposed allowing universities to charge variable top-up fees
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Welsh education minister Jane Davidson annouced that tests for 11 and 14 year olds would be scrapped in wales
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Mostly concerned with changes to the inspection regime
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Established the commission for Equality and Human rights with implications for schools
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New rules relating to the Provision,Regulation and Inspection of Childcare
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Christine Gilbert
Christine Gilbert became HMCI/head of Ofsted -
Argued that all young people should stay in education or training up to the age of 18
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QCA published plans for more flexible stage 3 curriculum
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GTC called for all national school tests for 7,11and 14 years olds to be scraped
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Tim Brighouse
Tim Brighouse retired from london schools commissioner -
School Leaving School Leaving Age
government announced its intension to raise the SLA (School Leaving Age) to 18, possibly in 2013 -
ofsted
Ofsted became the office for Standards in Education, children's Services and Skills -
raised the education leaving age to 18, Key Satge 3 SATS abolished
The Education leaving age was raised to 18 and key satge 3 SATS effectively abolished -
Eleven Plus
Eleven Plus abolished in northern ireland, but grammar schools (mostly roman catholics) vow to set their own tests -
A new framework for higher education
(Department of business,innovation and skills) : set out ten to fifteen year strategy -
Wide Ranging Act
Which replaced nine major acts of parliament and almost a hundread sets of regulations which had been introduced over several decades -
SATS
A quarter of all primary schools boycotted the SATS tests
