Education policies

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Foster Act
1870 - free state schooling for 5-11 year olds
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Education Act or Butler Act
1944 - Tripartite system of grammar, secondary modern and technical schools, 11+ exam, school leaving age raised to 15
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Labour Government
1965-79 - Comprehensive schools introduced. All pupils attended the same local comprehensive school. Abolished the 11+. school leaving age raised to 16
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Conservative Government
1979-97 - New Vocationalism - prepared pupils for work, Special needs units in school, Free markets - schools competed with each other for pupils, parentocracy
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Education Reform Act
1988 - marketisation, SATs, League Tables - drive up standards, Schools controlled budgets, OFSTED - reports on school, open enrolment and formula funding, national cirriculum,
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New Labour Government
1997-2010 - New Cirriculum, new A levels introduced, EAZs, EMAs, academies tackled social exclusion, sure start programmes
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Coalition Government
2010-2015 - More academies, free schools, increase tuition fees, free school meals for KS1, changes to GCSE and A level cirriculum
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Conservative government
2015 - reemphasis of grammar schools, changing in educational funding
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1944 - Tripartite system of grammar, secondary modern and technical schools, 11+ exam, school leaving age raised to 15

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Education Act or Butler Act

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1965-79 - Comprehensive schools introduced. All pupils attended the same local comprehensive school. Abolished the 11+. school leaving age raised to 16

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1979-97 - New Vocationalism - prepared pupils for work, Special needs units in school, Free markets - schools competed with each other for pupils, parentocracy

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1988 - marketisation, SATs, League Tables - drive up standards, Schools controlled budgets, OFSTED - reports on school, open enrolment and formula funding, national cirriculum,

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