Education provision policies, 1918-79

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Education Act, 1918
Based on the Lewis Report which recommended school leaving age of 14, new county colleges to provide vocational education and a curriculum divided between practical and advanced courses depending on abilities.
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Hadow Committee, 1926
Report into education provision recommended the abolition of elementary schools and a new division between primary and secondary education, as well as raising the school leaving age to 15.
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The Butler Act, 1944
Tripartite system of grammar, secondary modern and technical schools, 11+ exam would determine which school you went to, raised school leaving age and girls were now in compulsory education.
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Percy Report, 1945
Recommended that classic education e.g. Latin in uni curricula should be challenged in favour of the sciences, unis should expanded in preparation for more higher education students due to 1944 Butler Act.
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Crowther Report, 1959
Recommended school leaving age of 16, more technical colleges and county colleges for post-16 education, widening number of sixth form courses and attracting better teachers, less able students shouldn't be treated as second best in the classroom.
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Robbins Committee, 1961
Recommended five times more student places in Uni by 1980, preparation for competent work force, broad university education, higher teaching standards in universities.
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Newsom Report, 1963
New teaching methods to help those failing at school, sex education and personal development classes were compulsory, non-academic pupils shouldn't have to do exams.
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Plowden Report, 1967
Recommended banning corporal punishment, giving children more freedom in the classroom and encouraged teachers to help and advise students rather than lecture them.
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Education Act, 1976
Introduced comprehensive schools on a larger scale, abolition of grammars was considered but not followed through due to opposition.
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Yellow Book, 1976
Published by Callaghan, said that school discipline had declined, school curricula was inadequate for preparing kids for workplace.
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Ruskin Speech, 1976
Based on Yellow Book recommendations, Callaghan wanted new teaching methods based on progressive education, not rote learning, he said there should be a national curriculum and teachers should be more closely inspected.
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Report into education provision recommended the abolition of elementary schools and a new division between primary and secondary education, as well as raising the school leaving age to 15.

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Hadow Committee, 1926

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Tripartite system of grammar, secondary modern and technical schools, 11+ exam would determine which school you went to, raised school leaving age and girls were now in compulsory education.

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Recommended that classic education e.g. Latin in uni curricula should be challenged in favour of the sciences, unis should expanded in preparation for more higher education students due to 1944 Butler Act.

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Card 5

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Recommended school leaving age of 16, more technical colleges and county colleges for post-16 education, widening number of sixth form courses and attracting better teachers, less able students shouldn't be treated as second best in the classroom.

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