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  2. In England and Wales, a public school is a type of fee-charging private school [1] originally for older boys. They are "public" in the sense of being open to pupils irrespective of locality, denomination or paternal trade or profession; nor are they run for the profit of a private owner.

  3. Aug 23, 2024 · The term public school emerged in the 18th century when the reputation of certain grammar schools spread beyond their immediate environs. They began taking students whose parents could afford residential fees and thus became known as public, in contrast to local, schools.

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  4. The history of education in England is documented from Saxon settlement of England, and the setting up of the first cathedral schools in 597 and 604.

  5. Nov 9, 2017 · The 1,500 year history of education informs today's debate on what and who school is for, what the curriculum should be, and who should run schools.

  6. 1869 Headmasters' Conference (public school heads) founded by Edward Thring, head of Uppingham School. 1869 Trades Union Congress (TUC) founded (August): first meeting calls for national, unsectarian and compulsory education.

  7. Most public schools were founded in Victorian times, partly to provide recruits for the empire and the army: the Victorians used the public schools to remove the sons of tradesmen from the taint of trade, and it is still often true, as G. K. Chesterton put it, that “the public schools are not for the sons of gentlemen, they’re for the fathers of...

  8. In chronological order these were: The Royal Commission on the State of Popular Education in England, appointed in 1858. The 1861 Newcastle Report led to the 1870 Elementary Education Act which made provision for schools for the masses; The Royal Commission on the Public Schools, appointed in 1861.

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