Education (T3)

Question 1

What were the education acts in topic 3?

Answer 1

1944 Butler Education Act
The Crosland Circular 1965
The 1967 Plowden Report
The Robbins Report 1963

Question 2

By 1979 what % of students were at comprehensive schools?

Answer 2

90%

Question 3

By 1964 what % of pupils were educated in comprehensive schools?

Answer 3

10% - they accepted all abilities

Question 4

What act was set up in 1944?

Answer 4

The Butler Act

Question 5

What were some aims of the 1944 Butler Act?

Answer 5

• AImed to tackle the giant of ‘ignorance’
• School leaving age raised to 15
• Secondary education made free and universal
• Education would follow a tripartite model: pupils would take the 11+ exam and their results would determine whether they went to a grammar, secondary modern or secondary technical school.
  
  • Technical schools specialised in mechanical