Education Acts Flashcards
When was the butler act?
1944
When was comprehensive education brought in?
1965
When was the education act?
1988
When was the new labour brought in?
1997-2010
When was coalition policies brought in?
2010-2015
What was the education for all act?
Free education till the age of ten but in 1880 was made compulsory from 5-13
What was the butler act?
- each state funded school would have to sit pupils in the 11+ exam
- after they would be sent to either gramma, secondary technical or secondary modern school
- this was called the tripartite
What was comprehensive education?
•government moved to back comprehensive schools by introducing GCSE’s
What was the Education act?
The education reform act allows parents choice over schooling encouraging schools to compete for students
League tables and OFSTED are produced
Introduction of SATs and the national curriculum too
What was the new labour?
- extended provision of faith and specialist schools
- introduction of trust schools
- failing schools replaced with city academies
- school is compulsory till 18
- A levels split to AS and A2
- national literacy and numeracy introduced
What are the coalition policies?
- aim to encourage excellence, competition and innovation
- Academies act in 2010 encourages schools own funding
- funding controlled in state free school meals year 1&2
- introduction of pupil premium
When was the education for all act ?
1870
