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Elementary Education Act 1870 (Known as the Forster's Act)
Estlished by William Edward Forster , the framework for education for children between 5 and 13 in England. It also established the rights of education and the student voice.
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NSPCC founded 1884
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to children (NSPCC)
The aim was to protect children from cruelty and support vulnerable families.
nspcc.org (2011) -
Education (School Meals) Act 1906
Under the Liberal Government came the introduction of the provision of Free School Meals.
whitchurchhs.com (no date) -
Children's and Young Persons Act 1908
Also known as the Children's Act, the Liberal Government established the need to deal with child neglect and abuse, through ensuring that children recieve food and education.
whitchurchhs.com (no date) -
School Milk Act 1946
Established free school milk, a third of a pint to all school children under the age of 18. However Margaret Thatcher and Harold Wilson discontinued this for children aged 8 to18.
Petcher (2011) -
Counselling services in school 1960
Counselling in UK schools began.
Baginsky (2004) -
Newsom Report 1963
Welfare Issues: Outlined the importance of counsellors in school, in providing support and guidence through counselling and mentoring programmes, in order to associate education with pastoral care.
Wall cited in David and Charlton (1996) -
Plowden Report 1967
States that home and school links were important in helping those that had poor educational performance and difficult social behaviour. It also helps schools to acknowledge that pastoral care was needed to help and support children from poor backgrounds, to perform better within school. However it was not necessarily based just on social economics.
Tomlinson cited in Best et al. (1995) -
NAPCE founded 1982
The National Association for Pastoral Care in Education, established links between education and pastoral care, in order to use a whole school approach across the curriculum, in personal and social education.
napce.org (2011) -
Education Reform Act 1988
Established a framework of the National Curriculum.
House of Commons Children, Schools and Families Committee (2009) -
The National Curriculum 1988
Established by Butler to widen participation of the core subjects English, Mathematics and Science and introduced other subjects to go alongside the core subjects. This was to make the curriculum broad and balenced, which was then introduced into primary and secondary schools in 1989.
House of Commons Children, Schools and Families Committee (2009) -
Children's Act 1989
Safeguarding and promoting child welfare established to help keep children safe and well, through the establishment of social care services that were required to cater for every child's particular needs. Also changes were made under the laws (rights) in concept of parental rights to rights of the child.
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Dearing Report 1994
Outlined that schools need to slim down the National Curriculum in key stage 1,2 and 3. This was to raise educational standards through the learning needs of the pupils through pastoral care. Arguably key stage 4 curriculum was addressed through what subjects were to continue as part of the statutory requirement within schools.
Educationengland (1994) -
Sure Start 1997
Establishment of Early Interventions under New Labour Government to improve children's welfare.
Baldock (2011) -
Human Rights Act 1998
Established by Government and public authorities. This legislation in the UK provides every citizen with rights to be treated equally and fairly such as the right to life, freedom from torture etc. It establishes that every citizen has the responsibility to respect other people's rights as well as their own being respected.
Direct.gov (no date) -
Care Standards Act 2000
Regulation of the services being provided in children's homes, residentical homes and foster homes.
Campbell (2005) -
Every Child Matters 2003
Through the Laming Report on Victoria Climbie's death, it informed the New Labour Government's green paper into improving childcare services, which identified the five outcomes of Every Child Matters such as
Be Healthy
Stay Safe
Enjoy and Achieve
Make a positive contribution
Achieve economic well-being
Baldock (2011) -
Children's Act 2004
Set up of the National framework of how children's services were to be delivered accordingly.
Baldock (2011) -
Childcare Act 2006
Provisions of Early Interventions and support programmes for children with disabilities.
Frost and Parton (2009) -
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) 2008
Statutory framework of standards that are set out to establish learning, development and care for all children from birth to five. Safeguard for children to learn and develop, through positive experiences of early interventions of care and support.
Department for Education (2012)
