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Education Act 1944
Act establishes tripartite system of education in England, Wales & Northern Ireland (Grammar Schools, Secondary Modern Schools & Secondary Technical Schools). Also known as the Butler Act, after Richard Austen Butler, who was made President of the Board of Education by Winston Churchill in 1941. -
Free School Milk
Free school milk introduced by the first post-war Minister of Education Ellen Wilkinson. Failed attempt to raise school leaving age to 16. -
School leaving age raised to 15
Delayed from 1939 due to WWII, and included in Butler Act 1944 -
GCE O Levels & A Levels introduced
Intended to cater for a range of subjects since the raising of the school leaving age from 14 to 15 in 1947. -
Department for Education & Science created
Supercedes the Ministry of Education, created in 1944 -
CSEs introduced
Certificate of Secondary Education introduced, giving an alternative to the more challenging GCE. Adopted at most Secondary Modern schools -
Plowden Report
Factor in the creation of the three-tier school system (First, Middle, High) with children transferring to each after four years.
Also abolished corporal punishment in primary schools. -
School leaving age raised to 16
Decision made in 1971 after being delayed for three years -
Education Act 1973
Work experience made compulsory for children in their final compulsory year of schooling -
Race Relations Act
Everyone must be treated equally, regardless of skin colour or race -
Education Act 1981
Special Educational Needs now identified within the education system, children with special needs to be educated in mainstream schools -
NVQs introduced
Introduced in the workplace, as well as schools and colleges, as a vocational qualification for a more practical approach to a range of subjects -
I was born
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Education Act 1988
Introduces the National Curriculum, and Key Stages. -
GCSEs introduced
First awarded in 1988, replaced O levels and CSEs after being criticised as failing the lowest O level entrants and highest CSE entrants. Some critics see it as the education system 'dumbing down'. -
SATs introduced
Standard Assessment Tests (SATs) introduced in all state schoools for all seven year olds -
Department for Education established
Supercedes the Department for Education & Science -
OFSTED introduced
Introduced to monitor schools on their performance and results, and reviewing teaching, learner progress, behaviour and equality. OFSTED reports viewed as high priority by all schools, and seen as the ultimate indicator of how good a school is. -
Started at Stone First School
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Teacher Training Agency established
TTA established in the 1994 Education Act -
Finished at Stone First School
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Started at Astley Primary School
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Finished at Astley Primary School
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University Tuition Fees introduced
Labour Education Secretary David Blunkett announced the introduction of means tested tuition fees. Student maintenance grant abolished and replaced by student loans -
Started at Bewdley Middle School
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Left Bewdley Middle School
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Started at Lacon Childe School
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City Academies announced
Government announces intention to create a network of City Academies, through David Blunkett -
Started GCSEs
Core subjects, plus chose D&T, Electronics, Geography and German -
Finished at Lacon Childe School
Completed Secondary School, leaving with 9 GCSEs -
Started A-Levels at Oldbury Wells School VI Form
Chose Design, Geology, Maths & Physics at AS. Failed Maths & Physics at AS, did AVCE ICT in A2 year. -
Completed A-Levels
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Started Degree at UoW
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Ofqual launched
Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) launched to regulate qualifications, exams and tests in England -
Graduated from UoW
Completed ICT Degree, gaining 2:2 in ICT -
Tuition Fees increase
Government votes to allow universities in England to charge up to £9,000 in fees from 2012 -
Started working towards PGCE at WLV
