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Education in 18th century
In 1702 Thomas Hollis of London, son of a Rotherham whitesmith, founded a school for poor children in Rotherham. -
education in 18th century
The Feoffees also founded a charity school in 1708 but it is uncertain where the actual school was situated. Its purpose was to teach children how to read, write, and presumably for the girls, to knit and sew. It was known as the Bluecoat School as the children wore a predominantly blue uniform. -
Education in 18th century
Robert Raikes initiated the Sunday School Movement, having inherited a publishing business from his father and become proprietor of the Gloucester Journal in 1757 -
education in 18th century
In 1775 the Feoffees built a new school in the Crofts. The building has gone through several incarnations and is presently a Wetherspoon's pub called the Bluecoat. -
education in 18th century
"Sabbatarian disputes" in the 1790s led many Sunday schools to cease their teaching of writing.
Most schools at this time focused on grammar instruction, which at that time was centered on the instruction of Latin and Greek. Many schools taught Latin and Greek to the exclusion of all other subjects. -
Education in 19th century
By 1831, Sunday School in Great Britain was ministering weekly to 1,250,000 children, approximately 25% of the population. As these schools preceded the first state funding of schools for the common public, they are sometimes seen as a forerunner to the current English school system. -
Education in 19th century
In August 1833, Parliament voted sums of money each year for the construction of schools for poor children, the first time the state had become involved with education in England and Wales, whereas the programme of universal education in Scotland began in 1561. -
Education in19th century
In 1839 government grants for the construction and maintenance of schools were switched to voluntary bodies, and became conditional on a satisfactory inspection. -
education in 19th century
In 1840 the Grammar Schools Act expanded the Grammar School curriculum from classical studies to include science and literature. -
Education in 19th century
Before 1870, education was largely a private affair, with wealthy parents sending their children to fee-paying schools, and others using whatever local teaching was made available. -
Education in 20th century
The Education Act 1902 also known as Balfour's Act was passed by the Conservative Party; it covered England and Wales. The Act provided funds for denominational religious instruction in voluntary elementary schools, owned primarily by the Church of England and Roman Catholics. It brought into a single system that included all the local schools funded by ratepayers and run until now by elected school boards. They were brought together with the 14,000 voluntary schools, funded nationally . -
Education in 20th century
The Fisher Education Act 1918 made secondary education compulsory up to age 14 and gave responsibility for secondary schools to the state. Under the Act, many higher elementary schools and endowed grammar school sought to become state funded central schools or secondary schools. However, most children attended primary (elementary) school until age 14, rather than going to a separate school for secondary education. -
Education in 20th century
The Education Act 1944, relating to England and Wales, was authored by Rab Butler and is sometimes known as "the Butler Act". It defined the modern split between primary education and secondary education at age 11, and provided for the raising of the school leaving age to 15. The Act established the "Tripartite System". It defined the grammar school as the place of education for the academically gifted (with entrance determined by a selection exam. Initially this was the "Scholarship" exam, whic -
Education in 20th century
Education was made compulsory to age 15 in 1947. The 1944 Act had also recommended compulsory part-time education for all young people until the age of 18, but this provision was dropped so as not to overburden the post-war spending budget (as had happened similarly with the Act of 1918). -
Education in 20 th century
In 1964, preparations began to raise the school leaving age to 16 to be enforced from 1 September 1973 onwards. As well as raising the school leaving age in 1973, the year also saw the introduction of the Education (Work Experience) Act, allowing LEAs to organise work experience for the additional final year school students.[25] In some counties around the country, these changes also led to the introduction of Middle schools in 1968,[25] where students were kept at primary or junior school for a
