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Academies
the first five years educ28

Adami, George eugenicist
served on Hadow Committees educ27 educ30

Adonis, Andrew Blair's chief education adviser
inventor of the academies programme educ28

Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education
aims - changing educ09 educ10
history of educ09 educ13a
Oxfordshire - rewriting of, post 1988 educ13
Statutory Conference educ13a
Wintersgill, Barbara - advice to Oxfordshire working group educ13d

Alexander, Robin Professor of Education
Three Wise Men Report educ30
Primary Review educ30 educ31

Appraisal
school policy for educ03

Assembly see Collective worship

Assessment
effects on curriculum in 1988 Act educ07
NC's emphasis on what is easily measurable educ13f educ15
Westhill College's Attainment in RE (1989) educ09 educ13b

Assessment of Performance Unit (APU)
educ02

Baker, Kenneth Tory Secretary of State for Education 1986-89
National Curriculum - announces (1987) educ05; softens line on subject time allocations educ07
parents - proposes greater power for educ02 educ26

Banding see Pupil grouping policies

Bell, David Woodhead's successor as head of OFSTED
warns of 'two-tier curriculum' educ26

Bible see also Agreed Syllabus; Religious Education
story finder educ16
textual deconstruction educ11

Black Papers
eugenics - support for educ30
Plowden - criticism of educ04
'progressive' methods and teachers - criticism of educ26 educ31

Blair, Tony Prime Minister 1997-2007
New Labour's micromanagement of schools educ31

Blatch, Baroness
moral values in education educ18

Blunkett, David Labour Education Secretary 1997-2001
early pronouncements disappointing educ18 educ26
guarantees church schools continuing freedom educ22
pursues Tory policies educ26
puts private contractors in to run Hackney LEA educ20
announces academies programme educ28

Brighouse, Tim
Chief Education Officer educ01
faith schools - warns of dangers of educ22
National Curriculum - criticises imposition of educ02
RE - preface to Oxfordshire syllabus 1981 educ13a

Brockington WA
Chief Education Officer educ01

Bruner, Jerome
curriculum theory - influence on educ06
discovery - learning by educ15
Goldman - influence on educ09
Plowden - influence on educ09

Bullock Report (1975) A language for life
pupil grouping policies educ30

Bullying
measures taken at Marston Middle School Oxford educ12

Burnham Committee
established 1919 to determine teacher salaries educ26

Burt, Cyril psychologist
Black Paper 2 - contributor to educ30
Hadow Committees - advice to educ27
influence on selection and streaming educ30 educ31

Butler RAB Tory Minister of Education 1940s
1944 Act educ26
McNair Committee educ26

Callaghan, Jim Labour Prime Minister 1976-79
Ruskin speech 1976 educ02 educ04 educ05 educ07 educ26 educ31

Charter schools
US model for Blair's academies educ28

Chief Education Officers (CEOs)
Brighouse, Tim educ01 educ02 educ13a educ22
Brockington, WA educ01
Clegg, Alec educ01
role of educ01
Sharp, Percival educ01

Christianity
assumed in 1944 Act educ09

City academies see Academies

City Technology Colleges (CTCs)
cost of educ08
academies - forerunner of educ28

Clarendon Report (1864)
social class divisions educ30

Clarke, Charles Labour Education Secretary 2002-04
primary tests and targets streamlined educ31
workforce remodelling educ26

Cockcroft Report (1982) Mathematics counts
pupil grouping policies educ30

Collective worship ('Assemblies')
head teachers - increased responsibility under 1988 Act educ08
Thought for the day - quotes for classroom assemblies educ17

Comprehensive schools
denigrated by Estelle Morris educ26
pupil grouping policies educ30

Corporal punishment
independent Christian schools seek right to beat children educ22

Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (CATE)
established 1983 educ26 educ31
primary schools - urges greater specialisation in educ06

Cowper-Temple clause (1870 Education Act)
non-denominational RE educ09

Creationism
bad science, bad religion, bad education educ23

Crosland, Anthony Secretary of State for Education 1965-7
views on selection and streaming educ30

Curriculum see also National Curriculum
child-centred education educ14 educ15
children's needs and interests educ13f educ15
core curriculum educ05
curriculum design - models of (content, objectives, process) educ13f educ14
definitions of educ13f
Goldsmiths' Scheme for Interdisciplinary Enquiry educ06
humanity more important than reading and writing educ14
integrated curriculum educ06
Keele Integrated Studies Project educ06
Kilpatrick The Project Method (1918) educ13f educ15
rationalist view of knowledge educ15
'secret garden' educ07
teacher role in development of educ07 educ13f
utilitarianism educ15

Darwin, Charles see Creationism

Dearing, Lord
church schools - 2001 report The Way Ahead on future of educ22

de Gruchy, Nigel former head of NASUWT
criticism of policies of 1960s and 70s educ18

DES Circulars
14/77 curriculum review educ05 educ07

DES publications
A framework for the school curriculum (1980) educ04
A view of the curriculum (1980) educ04 educ30
Better schools (1985) educ02 educ07

Dewey, John
child should organise own knowledge educ06
'liberation from the traditional thought-patterns' educ31

Discovery
as promoted by Plowden educ13f educ14

Donaldson, Margaret
Children's Minds (1978) educ13f

Durham Report (1970)
religious education educ10

Eccles, David Conservative Minister of Education 1954-57, 1959-62
describes curriculum as 'secret garden' educ07

Education Acts
1870 educ02 educ09 educ30 educ31
1902 educ01 educ02 educ26
1921 educ01
1944 educ01 educ02 educ09; church schools educ22; religious clauses educ13a; tripartite system of schools educ30; primary schools educ31
1980 educ02 educ26
1986 educ01 educ02 educ26
1988 educ07 educ08 educ31; religious clauses educ09 educ10 educ13a educ26
1998 educ22 educ26
1994 educ26

Elton Report (1989) A language for life
pupil grouping policies educ30

Emmanuel College Gateshead City Academy
creationism taught as science educ23

Eugenics
influence on pupil grouping policies educ30

Evolution see Creationism

Eysenck, Hans eugenicist
contributor to Black Paper 2 educ30

Faith schools see also Creationism, Religious Education
Blair's obsession with educ29
history and controversy educ22

Forster Act (Education Act 1870)
mass education educ30 educ31

Galton, Francis 19th century scientist and explorer
coined term eugenics educ30

General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE)
subject integration - encouragement of educ06

General Teaching Council (GTC)
established 1998 educ26

Giddy, Davies Tory MP
speech attacking Parochial Schools Bill (1807) educ30

Goldman, Ronald
Readiness for Religion (1965) educ09

Governors
Model Articles 1945 educ02
role educ02; under New Labour educ18

Great Debate see also Callaghan, Jim
educ02 educ07 educ26 educ31

Green Papers
1984 Parental influence at school educ02
2001 Schools building on success educ30

Hadow Reports
summaries of all six Reports (1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1933) educ27
1924 intelligence tests educ30
1926 selection educ30; break at age 11 between primary and secondary education educ31
1931 pre-echoes of Plowden educ04 educ31; selection and streaming educ30; primary education educ31
1933 pupil grouping educ30

Head Teachers
effect of government initiatives on educ08
leadership and management educ03
role in relation to governors educ02; under New Labour educ18
seven principles for educ07a

Her Majesty's Inspectorate (HMI)
8-12 middle schools survey 1985 educ30
curriculum uniformity - warns against educ05
Primary survey 1978 educ06 educ30 educ31

Hermeneutics
biblical textual deconstruction educ11

Hocking, William Ernest American Methodist
three approaches to other faiths educ10

Hogg, Quintin former Conservative politician
comprehensive education - opposition to educ30

Holmes, Edmund ex-Chief Inspector of Elementary Schools
What is and what might be (1911) educ31

Horsbrugh, Florence Minister of Education 1951-4
comprehensive education educ30

Independent review of the primary curriculum (IRPC) led by Jim Rose, 2008-9
set up by government to distract attention from Primary Review educ31

Inner London Education Authority (ILEA)
RE syllabus 1984 educ09

Integrated day
curriculum integration educ06

Intelligence see also Eugenics
Burt's theories - influence on pupil grouping and selection educ30

Intelligent Design see Creationism

Isaacs, Susan
books on intellectual and social development of children (1930 and 1933) educ31

James Report (1972) Teacher education and training
proposals educ26

Jenkins, Roy former Labour politician
streaming - views on educ30

Joseph, Keith Secretary of State for Education 1981-6
selection and differentiation - support for educ30
teacher appraisal and performance-related pay educ31

Learning without limits Cambridge School of Education, 2004
'fixed-ability mindset' educ30

Local Education Authorities (LEAs)
Agreed Syllabuses for RE - history of educ09
Chief Education Officer (CEO) - role of educ01
curriculum policy - role in formulating (1981) educ05
governors - relationship with educ02
Hackney - Blunkett puts private contractors in educ20

Local Government Act 1972
effect on LEAs educ01

Local Management of Schools (LMS)
head's increased responsibility educ08

Lowe's Revised Code (1862)
payment by results educ31

Luxton-Wheatley Plan
secondary reorganisation in Gateshead educ01

Lynn, Richard eugenicist
Black Paper 2 - contributor to educ30

Major, John Conservative Prime Minister 1990-97
education policies educ26

Managers see Governors

McAvoy, Doug former General Secretary, NUT
tests - warns of malign effects of educ26

McMillan, Margaret and Rachel
appropriate 'environment' for young children educ31

McNair Report (1944) The supply, recruitment and training of teachers and youth leaders
proposals educ26

Middle schools
pupil grouping policies educ30

Miliband, David former Labour Schools Minister
curriculum and tests - dismisses concerns about educ26

Mixed ability see Pupil grouping policies

Montessori, Dr Maria
structured learning, sense training and individualisation educ31

Morris, Estelle Labour Education Secretary 2001-02
comprehensive schools - denigrates them educ26
faith schools - unhappy about Blair's policy educ22

Moser Report (1999) Improving literacy and numeracy: a fresh start
proposals educ26

National Commission on Education (1993 report)
comprehensive education - benefits of educ30

National Curriculum
assessment procedures flawed educ15
children's needs and interests educ15
Commons Children, Schools and Families Committee report on educ31
content based educ15
imposed on schools educ02 educ31
staff time involved initially educ08
subject based educ06 educ14 educ31
teacher role in curriculum development undermined educ07 educ31
third version educ26
values - lack of emphasis on educ18

National Curriculum Council (NCC)
established under 1988 Act educ07 educ26
Religious Education - a local curriculum framework (1991) educ13d

National Literacy Strategy see also Moser Report
educ31

National Numeracy Strategy
educ31

National Society
church organisation running 19c elementary schools educ02

National Union of Teachers (NUT)
rejects workforce remodelling educ26

Neti-Neti Theatre Company
anti-bullying play Only Playing Miss educ12

Newcastle Report (1861)
elementary education educ31
social class divisions educ30

Newsom Report (1963) Half our future
pupil grouping policies educ30

Norwood Report (1943) Curriculum and examinations in secondary schools
three types of pupil educ30

Nunn, Percy
selection based on 'innate' intelligence educ31

Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)
proposed in 1988 Act, established in 1992 educ26

Oxford Certificate of Educational Achievement (OCEA)
staff time required for educ08

Patten, John Conservative Education Secretary 1992-94
moral education educ18
selection and streaming - support for educ30

Payment by results
Lowe's Revised Code (1862) educ31

Peer Counselling
as strategy to combat bullying educ12

Phenomenology
effects on RE educ09 educ13a
now largely discredited educ13f

Philosophy
Conservative educational philosophy in the 1990s educ14 educ18

Piaget, Jean
Goldman - influence on educ09
Plowden - influence on educ09
Plowden - underpinning theories educ04

Plowden Report (1967) Children and their Primary Schools
full text and articles here.
criticisms of educ04
curriculum development - support for teacher role in educ07
discovery educ13f
primary schools, influence on educ31
RE, influence on educ09
streaming and selection educ30
summary of educ04
teacher's role and freedom - importance of educ26

Policy see also Privatisation
Conservative education policies in the 1990s educ14

Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)
devalues teacher professionalism educ06

Primary education (1959) (Ministry of Education handbook)
curriculum educ31
pupil grouping policies educ30

Primary education, HMI survey of (1978)
positive findings educ31
pupil grouping policies educ30

Primary Review 2006-8 based at Cambridge, led by Robin Alexander, supported by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Research Survey 9/2 pupil grouping policies educ30
curriculum reports educ31

Privatisation
Blunkett puts private contractors in to run Hackney LEA educ20
King's Manor school, Guildford educ20

Pupil grouping policies
history of educ30

Radical empiricism
called into question in RE educ13f

Record of Achievement (RoA)
staff time required for educ08

Religious Education (RE) see also Agreed Syllabus, Creationism, Faith schools
aims, attainment targets (Oxfordshire working group 1991) educ13d
Assessment in Religious Education (Hampshire 1990) educ13c
Attainment in RE (Westhill 1991) educ13d
Bible story finder educ16
biblical textual deconstruction educ11
FARE project (Exeter 1990) educ13b
feminist hermeneutics educ11
in multicultural Britain educ10
new views of educ13a educ13f
purpose of educ21
religion and education - conflicting aims of educ21; incompatibility educ22
RE in the Basic Curriculum (Suffolk 1990) educ13c
Religious Education - a local curriculum framework (NCC 1991) educ13d
sixth form RE (Oxfordshire suggestions) educ13c educ13e

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

Robinson, John
Honest to God (1963) educ09

Rose, Jim
Three Wise Men Report educ30
Independent review of the primary curriculum educ31

Ruskin Speech see Callaghan, Jim; Great Debate

Schools Council
abolished 1984 educ26 educ31
core curriculum - views on educ05
established 1964 educ26

Schools Curriculum Development Council (SCDC)
replaced Schools Council educ26

School Examinations and Assessment Council (SEAC)
set up by 1988 Act educ07

School Examinations Council (SEC)
replaced Schools Council educ26 educ31

Secret garden
David Eccles's description of curriculum educ07

Selection see also Comprehensive schools
pupil grouping policies - in relation to educ30

Sharp, Percival
Chief Education Officer educ01

Scopes, John
1925 trial for teaching evolution educ23

Scruton, Roger
children's needs - views on educ15
mass education - views on educ30
Plowden - criticism of educ04

Setting see Pupil grouping policies

Spens Report (1938) Secondary education
importance of RE educ23
tripartite system of schools educ30

Standards
in 19c elementary schools educ30

Standing Advisory Councils for Religious Education (SACREs)
1944 Act empowered LEAs to set up educ09
composition and duties educ13a

Statutory Conference
conference convened to agree RE syllabus educ13a

Streaming see Pupil grouping policies

Swann Report (1985) Education for all
children as individuals educ04
pupil grouping policies educ30

Synthetic phonics
imposition on primary schools educ31

Task Group on Assessment and Testing (TGAT)
assessment procedures in 1988 Act educ07 educ31

Taunton Report (1868)
in relation to social class divisions educ30

Taylor Report (1977) A new partnership for our schools
governing bodies - changes in composition ofeduc02
governing bodies - relationship with CEO educ01

Teachers see also Teacher Training Authority
curriculum - control of educ13f
Pay and Conditions Act (1991) educ26; abolished 1987 educ26
professionalism - history of and attacks on educ26
Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) undermined educ26
RE - personal commitment of teachers educ10
selection, appraisal and development - school policy for educ03
supply teaching - account of actual experience educ24
values education - lack of in training educ18
workforce remodelling educ26

Teacher Training Authority (TTA)
established by 1994 Act educ26
subsumed into Training and Development Agency for Schools 2005 educ26

Technical and Vocational Education Initiative (TVEI)
effect of on role of CEO educ01
Conservative policy to create differentiation educ30; weaken role of teachers and LEAs educ26

Thatcher, Margaret Conservative Prime Minister 1979-90
assessment - argues for simple tests in 1988 Act educ07
curriculum - takes control of educ26
LEAs - attitude to educ01
selection - attempts to reintroduce educ30

'Three Wise Men' Report (1992) Curriculum organisation and classroom practice in primary schools
Conservative educational philosophy in 1990s educ14 educ31
pupil grouping policies educ30

Values
debate on educ18
Tory values in practice educ18

Vardy, Sir Peter
millionaire sponsor of creationist city academies educ23

Vertical grouping see Pupil grouping policies

Westhill College
Attainment in RE (1989) educ09
Attainment in RE - some considerations for LEAs/SACREs (1991) educ13d

White Papers government documents preceding Acts of Parliament
Better Schools (1985 based on 1984 Green Paper Parental Influence at School) educ26
Choice and Diversity (1993 Education Act) educ18
Educational Reconstruction (1944 Education Act) educ13a
Excellence in schools (1997, led to 1998 School Standards and Framework Act) educ18 educ30 educ31
Schools - achieving success (2001) educ31
Higher standards, better schools for all (2006 Education and Inspections Act) educ30

Williams, Derrick former CEO, Avon
resigns as result of local government reorganisation educ01

William Tyndale affair
effects on relations between schools and LEAs educ01
Plowden - ammunition for critics of educ04
public concern about educ02 educ31
teacher accountability - raised concerns about educ26

Willis, Phil Liberal Democrat education spokesman
faith schools - criticism of educ22

Wintersgill, Barbara former member, NCC
advice to Oxfordshire Agreed Syllabus working group educ13d

Woodhead, Chris former head of Ofsted
apparent delight in criticising teachers educ26
Three Wise Men Report educ30

Workforce remodelling
unions divided over educ26

Wragg, Ted Professor of Education, Exeter University, died 2005
warns of increasing politicisation of education educ26