Chapter 1
The Victorian spark and the Forster Act
Chapter 2
The wartime blueprint and the Butler Act
Chapter 3
The modern classroom landscape
Chapter 4
Education, capitalism, and the social contract
YOUR GOAL
Master of Classrooms and capital in the British school experiment
Ch 3 · The modern classroom landscape
schott UK School Devolution
Four UK nations, four school paths, running their own shows!
Fun Fact
Welsh league tables: Wales abolished school league tables in 2001 to reduce classroom competition, creating a very different system from England's highly competitive model.
Glossary
inclusion (noun)
The action or state of including or of being included within a group or structure. The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 legally integrated disabled pupils into mainstream British classrooms.
The action or state of including or of being included within a group or structure. The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 legally integrated disabled pupils into mainstream British classrooms.
Quiz
Which major piece of legislation introduced the National Curriculum and SATs testing to schools?
Quiz
Which UK nation has a school system that is almost entirely non-selective and comprehensive today?
Quiz
What was a controversial consequence of introducing standardized testing and school league tables?
Quiz
Which UK nation took the distinctive step of abolishing school league tables in 2001?
Quiz
What was the name of the famous 1965 government document that urged the transition to comprehensive schools?
Quiz
What is the main structural difference between an academy and a traditional local authority school?