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Regulations of Secondary Schools
This definied a four year subject-based course leading to a certificate in English language and literature, geography, history, a foreign language, mathematics, science, drawing, manual work, physical training, and, for girls, housewifery. The aim was to provide a broad curriculum in schools. The National Curriculum introduced in the 1988 Act is commonly compared to this as it is aiming to achieve the same principles -
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Butler Act
Coalition government creates the education act to create a fairer education system -
Comprehensive Schools
Approximate Date. Several countries around the world start introducing comprehensive schools but England doesn't start yet. The government focuses on the 'tripartite' system of grammar, technical and secondary modern schools which still maintains the sensation of class barriers. -
NHS Created
This is another example of the shift to a Welfare state in conjunction with the changes to education policy. The idea of post war England was to provide a fairer system for all. -
Student Grants Introduced
Mandatory student grants are introduced for students attending higher education -
Certificate of Secondary Education introduced
The CSE was brought in to provide an alternative to the GCE. This led to schools dividing classes into the Academic and Non Academic students as the CSE was harder -
Individual School Comprehensivism
Under the previous Labour government, the LEAs were responsible for submitting plans to convert to comprehensives. By the time they lost the Election in 1970 only 10% of LEAs had submitted plans to convert. The Conservatives however stopped LEAs doing a blanket conversion of schools to Comprehensives but did allow individual requests. There were more schools converted to comprehensives under this system than there were under the labour system. -
School age raised to 16
Although part of the 1944 act it was not increased until this time. -
Comprehensive Majority
During 1972 there were more students in comprehensives than there were in selected schools. This is the first time that the comprehensive system looks like taking over -
Children's Act
Prevented further changes in the school leaving age affecting the minimum age for work -
Work Experience Act
Allowed students under the minimum leaving age to gain work experience instead. -
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Education Act - No Selection
The Act was supposed to prevent selection of students in secondary education but due to the amount of loop holes this was quickly abolished by the Conservatives when they took power. -
Education Act
More 'power' given to parents as schools to have at least 2 parent governors and parents have the right to choose the school they send their children.
Free milk was removed and 30,000 children to go to private school through the Assisted Places Scheme. This is the start of the Conservatives push to create a market driven education system. The theory is the good schools would thrive and expand and the poor school would fail and close. -
St Michaels CofE Primary
Started Primary school in the term i turned 5. This was a big change to me compared to nursery. I did have an older brother there which helped. The school was built in 1858 and had a separate toilet block which was very cold in the winter. -
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St Michaels Primary School
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GCSEs start being taught
The new GCSEs raised in 1984 start to be being taught for exams to be sat in 1988.
This aim of this process was to provide a more streamlined choice of exam board and an even level nationally in all qualifications. When I was to take my GCSEs 11 years later there was still a large selection of Qualification boards. None of the boards I used still exist as they have been swallowed up by larger companies. -
Education Reform Act
The act introduced the National Curriculum and school league tables with the results published for the first time. The curriculum forcuses on the Core subjects (En/Ma/Sci) and Foundation subjects (geog, tech, hist, PE, art, etc). The SATS are introduced at 7,11,14 and these are graded using 10 criterion. This is the single most important Act to me as it shaped my entire education path. Until I started my PGCE I didn't know there had been another way. -
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Education Reform Act
Act introduced by the Conservative that introduced the National Curriculum and end of key stage testing. Also know as the 'Baker Act' -
Student Loans Act
The Conservative government freezes student grant amounts and starts to introduce Loans to make up the difference. This was the start of the end of student grants -
Started year 5 - AGAIN!
Having left year 5 in the summer I started school in September - in Year 5. I remember being really confused by this as I didn't understand why 'Reception' had been introduced and then all the years moving up by one. -
Ofsted
The 1992 Education Act created Ofsted to inspect schools and publish the results. Every inspection team was to have at least one member who had had no educational employment experience. -
Started Regis Secondary School
I moved onto my secondary school which is a standard comprehensive school. Most of my friends went to St Peters so I did not know many people when I started. This is the school where my siblings had gone so I always expected i'd be going there.
I studied my GCSE and A Levels here and the school renamed to Kings School later in my time there. -
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Regis Secondary School
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Sir Ron Dearing HE Report
Approx date. PM John Major commissions Sir Ron Dearing to produce a report looking at higher education. This concludes that students will need to pay to fund Higher Education. This proposal is accepted by the Labour government after they win the May Election -
Took GCSE exams
Took my GCSE exams. Only the second child in my family to take them as my other siblings took O Levels. -
Student grants taken away
The student grant of £1,710 is abolished to be replaced by income-contingent student loans. This is despite the Dearing Report recommending that they should stay! -
Education Act
First Education Act under the Labour administration. The Assisted Place scheme created by the Conservatives is abolished. Staff given the power to restrain pupils.
Schools able to give detentions without parental consent providing 24 hours notice has been given -
Tuition Fees Introduced at £1000
Teaching and Higher Education Act This introduced the tuition fees for higher education at £1000 per year and allowed for the abolishment of student grants. -
A Levels
Took my A levels. Didn't do as well as I wanted but got enough points to be able to start my Computer Science degree. -
Started University
Started my Computer Science degree at Wolverhampton. This was a list minute decision as I had previously selected Engineering courses so I went through clearing and chose Computer Science. The course introduced a lot of new ideas to me as I had previously done ICT at school. -
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Computer Science Degree at Wolverhampton University
This is when I did my 4 year Computer Science degree. -
University Fees increased to £3000
Labour increased the amount universities could charge per year to £3000. This was in stark contrast to their 2001 manifesto stating they would not increase the fees. The Parlimentary vote only passed by 5 votes with 72 Labour MPs against. Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats state that they would abolish Tuition Fees if they win the next election. However, with David Cameron leading Conservatives this stance changes by 2006 where he says, "The money's got to come from somewhere" -
University Tuition Fees Increase to £9000
Act passed so that fees can now be increased to £9000 per year. During the Election campaign the Liberal Democrats had all signed a pledge to abolish tuition fees. This pledge failed in the Coaltion government as some Lib Dems voted for the increase.
