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Feb 21, 600
more grammar schools established
at Dorchester, Winchester, Hexham, Malmesbury, Lichfield, Hereford and Worcester. -
Jan 1, 1562
Statute of Artificers and Apprentices passed
Passed to regulate and protect the apprenticeship system, forbidding anyone from practising a trade or craft without first serving a 7-year period as an apprentice to a master. -
Act of Uniformity
Academies set up to cater for students who did not wish to subscribe to the articles of the church of England. Some of these still survive, the oldest being Bristol Baptist College. -
Charity schools for the poor
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Thomas Braidwood's Academy for the deaf and dumb opened in Edinburgh
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Industrial Revolution creates demand for mass education
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Parochial Schools Bill: made provision for the education of the labouring classes
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National Society: CE organisation aimed to provide a school in every parish
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Robert Owen opened first infant school in Scotland
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Government began making annual grants to church schools
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Central Society of Education: aimed to keep religion out of schools altogether
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Thomas Wyse: Education reform or the necessity of a national system of education
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Education Department established
Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth appointed as first permanent secretary -
Grammar Schools Act 1840
Allowed endowment funds to be spent on modern and commercial subjects -
Five school Sites Acts passed
Between 1841 and 1852 five School Sites Acts passed to facilitate the purchase of land for school buildings and allowed for ' Parliamentary Grants for the Education of the Poor' -
Governesses' Benevolent Institution
Campaigned for better education for girls and women -
Asylum for Idiots established at Highgate
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Literary and Scientific Institutions Act 1854
Facilitated the establishment of institutions for the promotion of literature, science and the arts. -
Oxford Local Examinations
1858 Cambridge local examinations -
Newcastle Report
Recommended provision of 'sound and cheap' elementary education, led to 1870 Elementary Education Act -
Girls admitted to Cambridge Local Examinations
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Taunton Report
Recommended a national system of secondary education based on the existing endowned schools, led to the 1869 Endowned Schools Act -
Elementary Education Act
The 'Forster Act' introduced compulsory universal education for children aged 5-13 but left enforcement of attendance to school boards. -
Code of Regulations: created an infant stage below Standard 1 for the 5-7 age range
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Elementary Education Act
Made further provisions regarding elementary education, including new rules on child employment. -
Local Government Act
Created county councils and county borough councils which later became the framework for educational administration. -
School leaving age raised to 11
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Bryce Report
Royal Commission on Secondary Education reviewed the progress made since the 1868 Taunton Report. -
Consultative Committee Report on the registration of teachers.
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School leaving age raised to 12
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Education Act
Abolished school boards and established local education authorities ( LEAs). -
Secondary Regulations
A subject-based curriculum introduced. -
Acland Report
The Acland Report argued that LEAs should be empowered to require under 17s to participate in some form of post elementary education. -
Secondary Schools Education Council
Established to administer the New School Certificate and Higher School Certificate. -
Lewis Report
Proposed school leaving age of 14 with no exemptions, followed by attendance for at least 8 hours a week or 320 hours a year at day continuation classes up to age 18. -
Education Act
Consolidated all previous laws relating to education and raised school leaving age to 14. -
Hadow Report
The differentiation of the curriculum for boys and girls respectively in secondary schools. -
Hadow Report
The Education of the Adolescent: proposed junior and senior schools with transfer age 11, secondary education for all, and increase in school leaving age to 15. -
Hadow Report
The Primary School: set out the committee's vision of primary education. -
Hadow Report
Infant and Nursery Schools: the last of the six Hadow reports. -
Education Act
Raised leaving age to 15. -
Norwood Report
Curriculum and Examinations in Secondary Schools -
McNair Report
The supply, recruitment and training of teachers and youth leaders: recommended rationalisation of teacher training provision, a three year course and salary increases. -
School leaving age raised to 15
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Children Act/ Nurseries and Childminders Regulation Act
Children Act made provision for the care and welfare of children without parents or whose parents were unfit or unable to take care of them. -
General Certificate of Education (GCE) introduced
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School Crossing Patrols Act
allowed school crossing patrols to control traffic -
National Advisory Council on the Training and Supply of Teachers (NACTST) fourth report
Training of special needs teachers -
Gurney-Dixon Report: Early Leaving
A report by the Central Advisory Council which examined the problem of premature school-leaving in England -
Crowther Report 15-18
Recommended raising the school leaving age to 16 and the provision of further education for 15-18 year olds. -
Beloe Report: Secondary School Examinations other than the GCE
This report led to the introduction of the Certificate of Secondary Education ( CSE) in 1965 -
Length of teacher training course extended from 2 to 3 years.
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Education Act
LEAs placed legal obligation on parents to ensure that children received a suitable education at school or otherwise. If parents did not comply they could face prosecution. -
Lockwood Report
Founded the Schools Council to bring ideas together about curricular reform in England and Wales -
Education(Handicapped Children) Act
Transferred responsibility for education of severely handicapped children from health authorities to LEAs -
Louise Amanda Wilkinson Born Bloxwich, West Midlands
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Started day nursery
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School leaving age raised to 16
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Sex Discrimination Act
Had effects on school admissions, appointments and the curriculum. -
Race Relations Act 1976
New laws relating to discrimination and race relations with implications for schools and education authorities -
Bently Drive Primary School, Walsall
I can remember being happy at this school, and the friends I made, even though I was only there a short time. -
Matters for Discussion
A series of 15 discussion documents from HMI.
They include Mathematics 5 to 11 (1979) and Mathematics in the Sixth Form (1982) -
Started Moat Hall First School, Great Wyrley
My family had moved from Walsall to Great Wyrley. Walsall schools started their children younger and I remember being way ahead of the other children, especially in reading and writing. -
Waddell Report: School Examinations
Recommended a single exam at age 16 to replace the GCE O level and CSE. The first GCSE exams were taken in 1988. -
Warnock Report Special Educational Needs
Major report on provision for children and young people with special needs -
White Paper - A new training initiative : a programme for action
The first plans for the Youth Training Scheme (YTS) -
Moat Hall Middle School
Transferred to middle school along with my peers -
Cockcroft Report : Mathematics counts
Major report on the teaching of maths -
Curriculum Matters
A series of 17 discussion documents from HMI. They include The Curriculum (1985) and Mathematics (1985). -
Started Great Wyrley High School
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Saturday job at Pelsall Library
My first job was as a Saturday library assistant in Pelsall library. The staff were lovely and it was a great job. I went also went on to do holiday cover across all the Walsall libraries. -
Sixth form, Great Wyrley High School
Studied A levels in mathematics, chemistry and physics. -
Education Reform Act
Major act establishing the National Curriculum, testing regime, Local Management of Schools etc -
GCSE examinations
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A level examinations
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Albright & Wilson, Oldbury
Got a job as an assistant chemist, the company paid for me to study for a chemistry degree one day a week at Wolverhampton University. -
Chemistry Degree at Hull University
Moved away and started a chemistry degree at Hull University. Enjoyed course and did well academically but was extremely homesick. -
Education (Schools) Act
New arrangements for the inspection of schools led to the creation of OFSED( Office for Standards in Education) -
Transferred to Birmingham University, Chemistry degree
I was desperate to return home so transferred my chemistry degree to Birmingham University. However I did not enjoy the new environment and after the second year left. -
Albright & Wilson
Returned as a research chemist working with flame retardants. -
Marry John Page
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Education Act
Huge act mainly to consolidate all education acts since 1944. -
First son, Edward, born
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Relocated to Chepstow, Wales and left work.
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National Literacy Strategy launched
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Second son, Tom, born
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National Numeracy Strategy
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Moved back to the midlands
Due to my husband's work we moved back to Cannock, Staffordshire -
City Academies
David Blunkett announced the government's intention to create a network of academies - In a way private schools paid for by the state -
First state school to be privatised
King's Manor School, Guildford. -
Third son, Oliver, born
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Workforce remodelling
A government initiative aimed at reducing teacher's workload by employing more unqualified classroom assistants -
Green Paper Every child Matters
Led to the 2004 Children Act -
Registered as a childminder
Undertook training and became Ofsted registered. Had many happy years looking after children called Emily, Cameron, Joe and Ethan. -
Smith Report : making Mathematics Count
Inquiry into post-14 mathematics education -
Tomlinson Report 14-19 Curriculum and Qualifications Reform
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Foundation Degree in Early Years, Staffordshire University
As a childminder I was encouraged to gain a professional qualification. Gained a merit. -
Fourth son, Henry, born
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GTC called for school tests at 7, 11 and 14 to be scrapped
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Became a Kumon Instructor
Bought a Kumon franchise and opened up the Cannock Kumon Study Centre. -
Education and Skills Act
Education leaving age raised to 18 -
White Paper : The Importance of Teaching
Wide-ranging document covering teaching, leadership, behaviour, new schools, accountability etc. -
DfE The framework for the National Curriculum
National Curriculum review -
Sense and Instability
City & Guilds Report examining how changing government policies have affected the skills landscape over the past three decades -
Started Secondary maths with QTS at Wolverhampton University
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King's School, Canterbury
Oldest school
