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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1997: assisted places scheme repealed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

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