Education in England

By markofeo

  • Girls' Schools

  • Differentiation of the Curriculum for Boys and Girls in Secondary Schools.

  • Books in Public Elementary Schools.

  • The Primary School: policies which were later enacted in the 1944 Education Act.

  • Infant and Nursery Schools.

  • Secondary Education with Special Reference to Grammar Schools and Technical High Schools: recommended the 'tripartite' system of grammar, technical and secondary modern schools.

  • The Public Schools and the General Educational System: considered how independent boarding schools might be integrated into the post-war education system.

  • School and Life: the first report of the newly-created Central Advisory Council for Education (England) was an inquiry into the transition from school to independent life.

  • Secondary School Examinations other than the GCE: the report of a Committee appointed by the Secondary School Examinations Council which led to the introduction of the Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE) in 1965.

  • Higher Education: recommended a massive expansion of higher education provision to cater for all who had the necessary ability.

  • The Public Schools Commission: First Report: like Fleming in 1944, made recommendations about integrating private boarding schools into the state education system.

  • Teacher Education and Training: recommended major changes in the way teachers were trained.

  • Special Educational Needs: an important report on the education of children and young people with special needs.

  • School Examinations: the report of the Steering Committee established to consider proposals for replacing GCE O Level and CSE with a common system of examining at 16+.

  • Education for All: the final report of the Committee of Enquiry into the education of children from ethnic minority groups.

  • Advancing A Levels: its recommendations for broadening the sixth form curriculum were rejected by the Thatcher government.

  • The National Curriculum and its Assessment: Final Report: the Tories' National Curriculum and assessment arrangements were hopelessly complicated. Ron Dearing was called on to sort out the mess.

  • Education for citizenship and the teaching of democracy in schools recommended that citizenship education should be a statutory entitlement in the school curriculum.

  • Improving literacy and numeracy: a fresh start set out National Literacy Strategy and National Learning Targets.

  • A curriculum for excellence: Scottish Executive report of the Curriculum Review Group.

  • Diversity and Citizenship : said pupils should have the skills to 'participate in an active and inclusive democracy, appreciating and understanding difference'.

  • CSFC Testing and Assessment: report by the House of Commons Children, Schools and Families Committee said 'the national testing system should be reformed ... in such a way as to remove from schools the imperative to pursue test results at all costs'.

  • CSFC Report National Curriculum report by the House of Commons Children, Schools and Families Committee advocated a slimmed-down National Curriculum.

  • DfE The Framework for the National Curriculum: a report by the Expert Panel for the National Curriculum review.

  • CESC The English Baccalaureate: report by the Commons Education Select Committee on the government's proposals.

  • Review of Vocational Education.

  • Reform of provision for children and young people with special educational needs

  • Education and Adoption Bill