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1944
2010
Education Policy in England since 1944
- major changes
School type/
selection
1944 Education Act
2015: more fixed content in NC in primary - traditional focus; fast track academy conversion for 'coasting schools'
3 types of state school created: Grammar, Technical and Secondary Modern. Granted equal status. Selected through 11+ exam. No national curriculum, left to local authorities; No formal qualifications for the majority of students
2006: Short notice Ofsted inspections introduced with 4 grades
2010: Academies Act. Free Schools founded; Sec. of State can order a school to close; compulsory phonics; Nat Curriculum revoked for academies and free schools; 'floor targets' introduced, linked to forced conversion to academy status; schools publish all performance data online
2000: City Academies established
1998: Specialist schools created with partial selection; National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies begin; national data and targets published
1964
1997
1997: assisted places scheme repealed
1965: order for comprehensivisation given by Labour
1992: Ofsted school inspection agency established; school 'league tables' introduced
1970: comprehensivisation
revoked under Tories
1988: Education Reform Act National Curriculum imposed; testing at each Key Stage
1974: order for comprehensivisation given again by Labour
1979: remaining grammar schools protected by Tories
1986: Introduction of GCSE exams, combining O-Levels and GCEs with 2 tiers
1976: PM Callaghan speech
launches 'great debate'
1980: assisted places scheme
Curriculum/
qualification
Inspection/
Assessment
1979