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Dec 30, 2014 · Margaret Thatcher explored plans to overhaul the structure of English education when she was PM, files released by the National Archives show. The documents from the 1980s reveal Mrs Thatcher...
Margaret Thatcher successfully overhauled the English school system but only time will tell if her vision comes to fruition in its entirety.
- Anne Beauvallet
- 2015
The Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher was strongly influenced by New Right ideas and these were put into practice in the far-reaching Education Reform Act of 1988. The act included a number of high-profile initiatives such as: the National Curriculum (all pupils learning the same subject content at the same time); SATs tests; GCSEs ...
Dec 30, 2014 · Margaret Thatcher wanted an overhaul of the structure of English education when she was prime minister, according to files from 30 years ago that have now been made public.
Apr 9, 2013 · The ‘City Technology Colleges’ introduced in 1988 prefigured City Academies; ‘grant maintained schools’ – for all practical purposes revised as converter academies in 2010 – were harbingers of autonomous schools. She abolished tenure for university academics.
This article will establish Thatcher’s place in the timeline of UK state funded education, before discussing the major changes to educational policy and teaching practice during the Thatcher...
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Apr 9, 2013 · The nickname was coined by Labour in opposition and the press after the government abolished free school milk for over-sevens in 1970 when Margaret Thatcher was education secretary.
