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A
Academies
first five years art25
Gove plans massive expansion art29
Adami, George eugenicist
served on Hadow Committees art24 art27
Adonis, Andrew Blair's chief education adviser
inventor of the academies programme art25
Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education
aims - changing art10 art11
history of art10 the01
Oxfordshire - rewriting of, post 1988 the00
Statutory Conference the01
Wintersgill, Barbara - advice to Oxfordshire working group the04
Alexander, Robin Professor of Education
Three Wise Men Report art27
Primary Review art27 art28
Appraisal
school policy for art03
Assembly see Collective worship
Assessment
effects on curriculum in 1988 Act art07
NC's emphasis on what is easily measurable the06 art15
Westhill College's Attainment in RE (1989) art10 the02
Assessment of Performance Unit (APU)
art02
B
Baker, Kenneth Tory Secretary of State for Education 1986-89
National Curriculum - announces (1987) art05; softens line on subject time allocations art07
parents - proposes greater power for art02 art23
Banding see Pupil grouping policies
Bell, David Woodhead's successor as head of OFSTED
warns of 'two-tier curriculum' art23
Bible see also Agreed Syllabus; Religious Education
story finder aid02
textual deconstruction art12
Black Papers
eugenics - support for art27
Plowden - criticism of art04
'progressive' methods and teachers - criticism of art23 art28
Blair, Tony Prime Minister 1997-2007
New Labour's micromanagement of schools art28
Blatch, Baroness
moral values in education art16
Blunkett, David Labour Education Secretary 1997-2001
early pronouncements disappointing art16 art23
guarantees church schools continuing freedom art19
pursues Tory policies art23
puts private contractors in to run Hackney LEA art17
announces academies programme art25
Brighouse, Tim
Chief Education Officer art01
faith schools - warns of dangers of art19
National Curriculum - criticises imposition of art02
RE - preface to Oxfordshire syllabus 1981 the01
Brockington WA
Chief Education Officer art01
Bruner, Jerome
curriculum theory - influence on art06
discovery - learning by art15
Goldman - influence on art10
Plowden - influence on art10
Bullock Report (1975) A language for life
pupil grouping policies art27
Bullying
measures taken at Marston Middle School Oxford art13
coalition government promises to tackle homophobic bullying art29
Burnham Committee
established 1919 to determine teacher salaries art23
Burt, Cyril psychologist
Black Paper 2 - contributor to art27
Hadow Committees - advice to art24
influence on selection and streaming art27 art28
Butler RAB Tory Minister of Education 1940s
1944 Act art23
McNair Committee art23
C
Callaghan, Jim Labour Prime Minister 1976-79
Ruskin speech 1976 art02 art04 art05 art07 art23 art28
Charter schools
US model for Blair's academies art25
Chief Education Officers (CEOs)
Brighouse, Tim art01 art02 the01 art19
Brockington, WA art01
Clegg, Alec art01
role of art01
Sharp, Percival art01
Christianity
assumed in 1944 Act art10
City academies see Academies
City Technology Colleges (CTCs)
cost of art09
academies - forerunner of art25
Clarendon Report (1864)
social class divisions art27
Clarke, Charles Labour Education Secretary 2002-04
primary tests and targets streamlined art28
workforce remodelling art23
Cockcroft Report (1982) Mathematics counts
pupil grouping policies art27
Collective worship ('Assemblies')
head teachers - increased responsibility under 1988 Act art09
Thought for the day - quotes for classroom assemblies aid01
Comprehensive schools
denigrated by Estelle Morris art23
pupil grouping policies art27
Corporal punishment
independent Christian schools seek right to beat children art19
Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (CATE)
established 1983 art23 art28
primary schools - urges greater specialisation in art06
Cowper-Temple clause (1870 Education Act)
non-denominational RE art10
Creationism
bad science, bad religion, bad education art20
Crosland, Anthony Secretary of State for Education 1965-7
views on selection and streaming art27
Curriculum see also National Curriculum
child-centred education art14 art15
children's needs and interests the06 art15
core curriculum art05
curriculum design - models of (content, objectives, process) the06 art14
definitions of the06
Goldsmiths' Scheme for Interdisciplinary Enquiry art06
humanity more important than reading and writing art14
integrated curriculum art06
Keele Integrated Studies Project art06
Kilpatrick The Project Method (1918) the06 art15
rationalist view of knowledge art15
'secret garden' art07
teacher role in development of art07 the06
utilitarianism art15
D
Darwin, Charles see Creationism
Dearing, Lord
church schools - 2001 report The Way Ahead on future of art19
de Gruchy, Nigel former head of NASUWT
criticism of policies of 1960s and 70s art16
DES Circulars
14/77 curriculum review art05 art07
DES publications
A framework for the school curriculum (1980) art04
A view of the curriculum (1980) art04 art27
Better schools (1985) art02 art07
Dewey, John
child should organise own knowledge art06
'liberation from the traditional thought-patterns' art28
Discovery
as promoted by Plowden the06
art14
Donaldson, Margaret
Children's Minds (1978) the06
Durham Report (1970)
religious education art11
E
Eccles, David Conservative Minister of Education 1954-57, 1959-62
describes curriculum as 'secret garden' art07
Education Acts
1870 art02 art10 art27 art28
1902 art01 art02 art23
1921 art01
1944 art01 art02 art10; church schools art19; religious clauses the01; tripartite system of schools art27; primary schools art28
1980 art02 art23
1986 art01 art02 art23
1988 art07 art09 art28; religious clauses art10 art11 the01 art23
1994 art23
1998 art19 art23
Elton Report (1989) A language for life
pupil grouping policies art27
Emmanuel College Gateshead City Academy
creationism taught as science art20
Eugenics
influence on pupil grouping policies art27
Evolution see Creationism
Eysenck, Hans eugenicist
contributor to Black Paper 2 art27
F
Faith schools see also Creationism, Religious Education
Blair's obsession with art26
history and controversy art19
coalition government wants more art29
Forster Act (Education Act 1870)
mass education art27 art28
Free schools
proposed by Coalition Government art29
G
Galton, Francis 19th century scientist and explorer
coined term eugenics art27
General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE)
subject integration - encouragement of art06
General Teaching Council (GTC)
established 1998 art23
Giddy, Davies Tory MP
speech attacking Parochial Schools Bill (1807) art27
Goldman, Ronald
Readiness for Religion (1965) art10
Gove Michael Secretary of State for Education 2010
art29
Governors
Model Articles 1945 art02
role art02; under New Labour art16
Great Debate see also Callaghan, Jim
art02 art07 art23 art28
Green Papers
1984 Parental influence at school art02
2001 Schools building on success art27
H
Hadow Reports
summaries of all six Reports (1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1933) art24
1924 intelligence tests art27
1926 selection art27; break at age 11 between primary and secondary education art28
1931 pre-echoes of Plowden art04 art28; selection and streaming art27; primary education art28
1933 pupil grouping art27
Head Teachers
effect of government initiatives on art09
leadership and management art03
role in relation to governors art02; under New Labour art16
seven principles for art08
Her Majesty's Inspectorate (HMI)
8-12 middle schools survey 1985 art27
curriculum uniformity - warns against art05
Primary survey 1978 art06 art27 art28
Hermeneutics
biblical textual deconstruction art12
Hocking, William Ernest American Methodist
three approaches to other faiths art11
Hogg, Quintin former Conservative politician
comprehensive education - opposition to art27
Holmes, Edmund ex-Chief Inspector of Elementary Schools
What Is and What Might Be (1911) (full text in the Documents section) art28
Homophobia see Bullying
Horsbrugh, Florence Minister of Education 1951-4
comprehensive education art27
I
Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum (IRPC) led by Jim Rose, 2008-9
set up by government to distract attention from Primary Review art28
Inner London Education Authority (ILEA)
RE syllabus 1984 art10
Integrated day
curriculum integration art06
Intelligence see also Eugenics
Burt's theories - influence on pupil grouping and selection art27
Intelligent Design see Creationism
Isaacs, Susan
books on intellectual and social development of children (1930 and 1933) art28
J
James Report (1972) Teacher education and training
proposals art23
Jenkins, Roy former Labour politician
streaming - views on art27
Joseph, Keith Secretary of State for Education 1981-6
selection and differentiation - support for art27
teacher appraisal and performance-related pay art28
L
Learning without limits Cambridge School of Education, 2004
'fixed-ability mindset' art27
Local Education Authorities (LEAs)
Agreed Syllabuses for RE - history of art10
Chief Education Officer (CEO) - role of art01
curriculum policy - role in formulating (1981) art05
governors - relationship with art02
Hackney - Blunkett puts private contractors in art17
Local Government Act 1972
effect on LEAs art01
Local Management of Schools (LMS)
head's increased responsibility art09
Lowe's Revised Code (1862)
payment by results art28
Luxton-Wheatley Plan
secondary reorganisation in Gateshead art01
Lynn, Richard eugenicist
Black Paper 2 - contributor to art27
M
Major, John Conservative Prime Minister 1990-97
education policies art23
Managers see Governors
McAvoy, Doug former General Secretary, NUT
tests - warns of malign effects of art23
McMillan, Margaret and Rachel
appropriate 'environment' for young children art28
McNair Report (1944) The supply, recruitment and training of teachers and youth leaders
proposals art23
Middle schools
pupil grouping policies art27
Miliband, David former Labour Schools Minister
curriculum and tests - dismisses concerns about art23
Mixed ability see Pupil grouping policies
Montessori, Dr Maria
structured learning, sense training and individualisation art28
Morris, Estelle Labour Education Secretary 2001-02
comprehensive schools - denigrates them art23
faith schools - unhappy about Blair's policy art19
Moser Report (1999) Improving literacy and numeracy: a fresh start
proposals art23
N
National Commission on Education (1993 report)
comprehensive education - benefits of art27
National Curriculum
assessment procedures flawed art15
children's needs and interests art15
Commons Children, Schools and Families Committee report on art28
content based art15
Gove proposes further revision art29
imposed on schools art02 art28
staff time involved initially art09
subject based art06 art14 art28
teacher role in curriculum development undermined art07 art28
third version art23
values - lack of emphasis on art16
National Curriculum Council (NCC)
established under 1988 Act art07 art23
Religious Education - a local curriculum framework (1991) the04
National Literacy Strategy see also Moser Report
art28
National Numeracy Strategy
art28
National Society
church organisation running 19c elementary schools art02
National Union of Teachers (NUT)
rejects workforce remodelling art23
Neti-Neti Theatre Company
anti-bullying play Only Playing Miss art13
Newcastle Report (1861)
elementary education art28
social class divisions art27
Newsom Report (1963) Half our future
pupil grouping policies art27
Norwood Report (1943) Curriculum and examinations in secondary schools
three types of pupil art27
Nunn, Percy
selection based on 'innate' intelligence art28
O
Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)
proposed in 1988 Act, established in 1992 art23
Oxford Certificate of Educational Achievement (OCEA)
staff time required for art09
P
Patten, John Conservative Education Secretary 1992-94
moral education art16
selection and streaming - support for art27
Payment by results
Lowe's Revised Code (1862) art28
Peer Counselling
as strategy to combat bullying art13
Phenomenology
effects on RE art10 the01
now largely discredited the06
Philosophy
Conservative educational philosophy in the 1990s art14 art16
Piaget, Jean
Goldman - influence on art10
Plowden - influence on art10
Plowden - underpinning theories art04
Plowden Report (1967) Children and their Primary Schools
(full text and articles here)
criticisms of art04
curriculum development - support for teacher role in art07
discovery the06
primary schools, influence on art28
RE, influence on art10
streaming and selection art27
summary of art04
teacher's role and freedom - importance of art23
Policy see also Privatisation
Conservative education policies in the 1990s art14
policies in 2010 general election art29
Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)
devalues teacher professionalism art06
Primary education (1959) (Ministry of Education handbook)
curriculum art28
pupil grouping policies art27
Primary education, HMI survey of (1978)
positive findings art28
pupil grouping policies art27
Primary Review 2006-8 based at Cambridge, led by Robin Alexander, supported by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Research Survey 9/2 pupil grouping policies art27
curriculum reports art28
Privatisation
Blunkett puts private contractors in to run Hackney LEA art17
Gove has no objection to art29
King's Manor school, Guildford art17
Pupil grouping policies
history of art27
R
Radical empiricism
called into question in RE the06
Record of Achievement (RoA)
staff time required for art09
Religious Education (RE) see also Agreed Syllabus, Creationism, Faith schools
aims, attainment targets (Oxfordshire working group 1991) the04
Assessment in Religious Education (Hampshire 1990) the03
Attainment in RE (Westhill 1991) the04
Bible story finder aid02
biblical textual deconstruction art12
FARE project (Exeter 1990) the02
feminist hermeneutics art12
in multicultural Britain art11
new views of the01 the06
purpose of art18
religion and education - conflicting aims of art18; incompatibility art19
RE in the Basic Curriculum (Suffolk 1990) the03
Religious Education - a local curriculum framework (NCC 1991) the04
sixth form RE (Oxfordshire suggestions) the03 the05
Reports see separate entries for:
Bullock 1975
Clarendon 1964
Cockcroft 1982
Durham 1970
Elton 1989
Hadow 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1933
James 1972
McNair 1944
Moser 1999
Newcastle (1861)
Newsom 1963
Norwood 1943
Plowden 1967
Robbins 1963
Spens 1938
Swann 1985
Taunton 1968
Taylor 1977
Three Wise Men 1992
Robbins Report (1963) Higher Education
proposals art23
Robinson, John
Honest to God (1963) art10
Rose, Jim
Three Wise Men Report art27
Independent review of the primary curriculum art28
Ruskin Speech see Callaghan, Jim; Great Debate
S
School Examinations and Assessment Council (SEAC)
set up by 1988 Act art07
School Examinations Council (SEC)
replaced Schools Council art23 art28
Schools Council
abolished 1984 art23 art28
core curriculum - views on art05
established 1964 art23
Schools Curriculum Development Council (SCDC)
replaced Schools Council art23
Scopes, John
1925 trial for teaching evolution art20
Scruton, Roger
children's needs - views on art15
mass education - views on art27
Plowden - criticism of art04
Secret garden
David Eccles's description of curriculum art07
Selection see also Comprehensive schools
pupil grouping policies - in relation to art27
Setting see Pupil grouping policies
Sharp, Percival
Chief Education Officer art01
Spens Report (1938) Secondary education
importance of RE art20
tripartite system of schools art27
Standards
in 19c elementary schools art27
Standing Advisory Councils for Religious Education (SACREs)
1944 Act empowered LEAs to set up art10
composition and duties the01
Statutory Conference
conference convened to agree RE syllabus the01
Streaming see Pupil grouping policies
Swann Report (1985) Education for all
children as individuals art04
pupil grouping policies art27
Synthetic phonics
imposition on primary schools art28 art29
T
Task Group on Assessment and Testing (TGAT)
assessment procedures in 1988 Act art07 art28
Taunton Report (1868)
in relation to social class divisions art27
Taylor Report (1977) A new partnership for our schools
governing bodies - changes in composition ofart02
governing bodies - relationship with CEO art01
Teachers see also Teacher Training Authority
curriculum - control of the06
Pay and Conditions Act (1991) art23; abolished 1987 art23
professionalism - history of and attacks on art23
Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) undermined art23
RE - personal commitment of teachers art11
selection, appraisal and development - school policy for art03
supply teaching - account of actual experience art21
values education - lack of in training art16
workforce remodelling art23
Teacher Training Authority (TTA)
established by 1994 Act art23
subsumed into Training and Development Agency for Schools 2005 art23
Technical and Vocational Education Initiative (TVEI)
effect of on role of CEO art01
Conservative policy to create differentiation art27; weaken role of teachers and LEAs art23
Thatcher, Margaret Conservative Prime Minister 1979-90
assessment - argues for simple tests in 1988 Act art07
curriculum - takes control of art23
LEAs - attitude to art01
selection - attempts to reintroduce art27
'Three Wise Men' Report (1992) Curriculum organisation and classroom practice in primary schools
Conservative educational philosophy in 1990s art14 art28
pupil grouping policies art27
V
Values
debate on art16
Tory values in practice art16
Vardy, Sir Peter
millionaire sponsor of creationist city academies art20
Vertical grouping see Pupil grouping policies
W
Westhill College
Attainment in RE (1989) art10
Attainment in RE - some considerations for LEAs/SACREs (1991)
the04
White Papers government documents preceding Acts of Parliament
Better Schools (1985 based on 1984 Green Paper Parental Influence at School) art23
Choice and Diversity (1993 Education Act) art16
Educational Reconstruction (1944 Education Act) the01
Excellence in schools (1997, led to 1998 School Standards and Framework Act) art16 art27 art28
Schools - achieving success (2001) art28
Higher standards, better schools for all (2006 Education and Inspections Act) art27
Willetts David Minister of State for Universities and Science 2010
art29
Williams, Derrick former CEO, Avon
resigns as result of local government reorganisation art01
William Tyndale affair
effects on relations between schools and LEAs art01
Plowden - ammunition for critics of art04
public concern about art02 art28
teacher accountability - raised concerns about art23
Willis, Phil Liberal Democrat education spokesman
faith schools - criticism of art19
Wintersgill, Barbara former member, NCC
advice to Oxfordshire Agreed Syllabus working group the04
Woodhead, Chris former head of Ofsted
apparent delight in criticising teachers art23
Three Wise Men Report art27
Workforce remodelling
unions divided over art23
Wragg, Ted Professor of Education, Exeter University, died 2005
warns of increasing politicisation of education art23
 
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