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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...
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. The documents from the...
He helped Margaret Thatcher deliver her “education revolution” and this is his assessment of its impact in his memoirs published in 2012: “All the key elements of Margaret Thatcher’s education revolution were adopted by every successive government of both parties […] to become embedded in the new orthodoxy of the time.” 50 Such an ...
- Anne Beauvallet
- 2015
Apr 8, 2013 · Margaret Thatcher’s “revolutionary” reforms helped to transform an ailing university system into a world-leading higher education system, a vice-chancellor has said.
- Jack Grove
Apr 9, 2013 · She abolished tenure for university academics. For many years she was nicknamed ‘milk snatcher’ for the 1972 decision to remove free school milk for children over the age of 7. This was the education legacy of Margaret Thatcher.
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Apr 10, 2013 · It has been 16 years since Britain’s Conservative government under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher introduced the Education Reform Act. The law created a national curriculum for all state-supported schools as well as a national system of student testing and school inspections.
