History of Education

Fisher Act

Apr 7, 1918

School leaving age raised from 12 to 14, fees for elementary education were abolished

Butler Education Act

Mar 23, 1944

The introduction of this act provided compulsory free secondary education for all children until the age of 15.
11+ examinations divided children into the tripartite system where they would be selected for either grammar, secondary technical or secondary modern dependant on their academic ability.

Comprehensive Education

Mar 23, 1965

In this Governments reorganised the education system and the tripartite system was removed allowing all student, regardless of ability to attend the same schools.

School Leaving age risen

Mar 23, 1972

School leaving age is risen to 16 to ensure all children received education instead of leaving to start labour.

Education Act

Mar 23, 1976

This act stated that schools could no longer select children based on aptitude but must be non-selective in their student select

New Right Conservative Government

Mar 23, 1979

Margret Thatcher's New Right Conservative Government is elected. This changes the philosophy of education to one where equality is not important but 'free market' economy takes over.

Assissted Place Scheme and NVQ's

Mar 24, 1979

Assisted placement schemes whereby LEA's funded places in private schools to those who could not afford it aslong as they could pass the entrance exams.
National Vocational Qualifications were created to increase quality of vocational training.

Education Reform Act

Mar 23, 1988

New Right Government introduces;
The National Curriculum, which created core subjects for all students to study (maths, science, English),
Parental choice, where parents were not confined to catchment schools and were provided with the correct information to choose freely,
Standardised Assessment Test (SATS) were introduced and children were tested at 7,11,14 and GCSE
OFSTED to monitor and assess schools to raise educational standards.

GCSE introduction

Mar 23, 1988

GCSEs replaced al examinations in all subjects. coursework was introduced and the new form of applied knowledge increased attainment alongside other factors such as better teaching, higher resources, and better funded schools.

OFSTED introduction

Mar 23, 1992

OFSTED (Office for Standards in Education) is created to monitor school quality, school inspections were introduced to monitor and research issues that need fixing such as equality, learning in core subjects and teaching quality.

A* added to GCSE

Apr 7, 1994

New Labour Policies

Mar 23, 1997

focus on the importance of education in society, creating free nursery places, focusing on the literacy and numeracy within schools and provide additional support for deprived areas and parents through things such as sure start.

Labour Education Changes

Mar 24, 1998

Allowance Vocational qualification were newly structure and renamed to become vocational GCSE's.
NVQs ability expanded so that a degree-equivalent NVQ was created.
introduced Education Maintenance where 16-18's get paid as an encouragement to allow them to stay in fulltime education.

Alevels split

Apr 7, 2001

AS levels were introduced, the alevel was split into 6 modules, 3 to be assessed after the first year.

Academys Act

Mar 24, 2010

The Academy act allowed any public school to convert into a an academy allowing them more control over staffing and the ability to stray from the national curriculum.

EBACC

Apr 7, 2010

Added to assess the amount of GCSE's in core subjects, based C or above.

AS and Alevel reform

Apr 7, 2015