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Primary & Secondary Schools formed
The Fisher Act reformed schools to create a Primary and Secondary school. -
School leaving age
The school leaving age is raised to 14 years old. -
Hadow Report
The Hadow Report introduced selection at 11 for students to go to secondary modern schools or grammar schools. -
Butler Education Act
Free compulsory education to 15 years old.
Free education to 18 years old. -
Assessments for 16 year olds
School Certificate are replaced by O-levels. -
Comprehensive Schools
1965 Circular 10/65 declared that the Labour government intended to end selection at the eleven-plus and to eliminate separation in secondary school education. -
Comprehensive Schools
1970 Circular 10/70 withdrew the requirement for LEAs to become comprehensive. -
School leaving age
The school leaving age is raised to 16 years old. -
Cockcroft Report
There is widespread misunderstanding among the public as to the levels of attainment in maths which are to be expected among school leavers.
All secondary pupils should should be taught to use a calculator as part of their mathematics course. -
Cockcroft Report
Maths teachers should:
-enable pupils to develop the mathematical skills and understanding required for adult life, for employment and for further study and training.
-provide pupils with such maths as may be needed for study of other subjects.
-help pupils to develop an appreciation and enjoyment of mathematics itself.
-make pupils aware that maths provides a powerful means of communication. -
Education Reform Act
The national curriculum was introduced following the Education Reform Act, as a national curriculum for primary and secondary education.
GCSE exams for 16 year olds are taught for the first time. -
Standard Assessment Tasks brought in
Standard Assessment Tasks (SATs) are brought in at state schools for all 7 year olds. -
Education Act
The 1992 Education Act created the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted), which took over from Her Majesty's Inspection's (HMI). -
Review of National Curriculum
The National Curriculum has its first review in response to teachers' complaints that testing arrangements were too unwieldly. -
A* introduced
An A* grade is invented at GCSE to help distinguish between the top candidates. -
Education Act
The Education Act requires all maintained schools to offer courses in religious education, however parents can choose that their children not take the subject. Secondary schools also have to offer a sexual education programme. -
Qualified Mathematics Teachers
From the 1996 survey, it was estimated that there were 27,100 full-time and 3,700 part-time teachers in secondary schools. Out of the 25,200 full-time teachers actually teaching mathematics in years 7-13, 20% had no post A-Level qualification in mathematics. -
I was born
Born at Northampton General Hospital at around 9pm. -
Third SATs exam
A third SATs exam is introduced for all 14 year olds. -
National Curriculum changed
National Curriculum was able to engage teachers more in working with and developing the pedagogy in their classrooms. -
Started Pre-School
I started attending East Haddon pre-school. -
New National Qualifications
There is a declining number of young people continuing post-16 education in subjects with high mathematics content other than in Scotland, where numbers have increased substantially in recent years as a result of the introduction of new National Qualifications, which provided a wider range of qualifications. -
A-Level shake-up
All A-Levels are broken down into six modules, of these six, three of them are sat a year earlier in the new AS-Levels. -
Started Primary School
I started at East Haddon Primary School spending only half a day each day there until Christmas. -
Moved School
Being taken out of school each week became too dificult which resulted in me moving to Spring Lane Primary School which had a speach therapist. -
GCSE options
New laws force all schools to offer pupils at least one course in each grouping of subjects at GCSE: the arts, design and technology, the humanities, and modern foreign languages. -
Moved School
I finish speach therapy which meant that I could move back to my old school. -
Shortfall of Maths Teachers
The Smith Report estimates that there is a current shortfall of around 3,400 specialist mathematics teachers in maintained secondary schools in England. -
The Smith Report
The Smith Report states that it is widely believed by pupils and teachers that the amount of effort required to achieve a single GCSE award in Mathematics is similar to the amount of effort required to gain two awards in English Language and Literature or to gain a Double Award in Science. There is widespread concern that this is adding yet further to the perception of mathematics as a disproportionately hard subject and may be adversely affecting pupils’ subsequent choices post-16. -
Secondary Curriculum reviewed
Secondary Curriculum at Key Stage 3 reviewed to reduce content. -
Jaime Oliver
Jaime Oliver campaigns for better school dinners. -
Labour Government Critisised
The Labour government is critisised for stripping back traditional curriculum, removing Churchill and Hitler from the syllabus in favour of cources in debt management, the environment and healthy eating. -
Bacame Captain
I became captain of my primary schools football, kwik cricket, and tag rugby team. -
Year 6 SATs
I took year 6 SATs for maths, english, & science. -
Started Secondary School
I started Guilsborough Secondary School. -
A* Introduced
A-Level exam marking criteria are adapted to include a new A* grade similar to that at GCSE. -
Key Stage 3 tests discontinued
The Key Stage 3 tests for maths, english, & science were discontinued which meant I didn't have to take them. -
Picked one GCSE option
I had to pick one option out of art, drama, and music to do at GCSE. -
Joined local football team
I joined my local football team at the end of year 8. -
Educational Schemes scrapped
Michael Gove announces he is scrapping a range of educational schemes to save money. -
Became a young leader
I became a young leader for Spratton Beaver Group, which ultimately decided why I wanted to become a teacher. -
Vorderman Report DfES
24% of teachers deployed to teach mathematics are non-specialists.
Mathematics teachers who were not specialists in the subject were most often found in the lowest attaining schools. -
Overhaul of Curriculum
The Conservative - Lib-Dems coalition announces an overhaul of the curriculum, with more focus to be placed on British history and great works of literature. -
First GCSE exams
I took my first GCSE exams at the start of year 10. -
Summer GCSE exams
I took some of my GCSE exams at the end of year 10. -
Applied to Sixth-Form
I applied to my Secondary schools Sixth-Form. -
Summer GCSE exams
I took my GCSEs for what I'd learnt in the whole of year 11 as there were no January exams. -
Applied to College
I applied to to a BTEC Art course at Northampton College. -
New Mathematics courses
From September 2016 all maintained schools in England must teach the NEW programmes of study for mathematics. -
Took AS exams
I took all my AS exams in the Summer as there were no January exams. -
National Curriculum attainment targets
The National Curriculum sets out attainment targets for all subjects at all 4 key stages. -
Applied to University
I applied to 4 different Universities to do Mathematics and Secondary Education -
Took A2 exams
Took all my A2 exams for the year as there were no January Exams. -
Starting University
My course started this week and I met the other people on my course for the first time. -
Started creating my timeline
I started creating my own timeline using Timetoast.
