Primary Schools [238 photos] in SU8651 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

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Primary Schools

The Elementary Education Act 1870 commonly known as Forster's Education Act, set the framework for schooling of all children between the ages of 5 and 12 in England and Wales. When children reached Standard 6 they sat a test which, if they passed, allowed them to leave on their 12th birthday. In 1891 the school pence was abolished, since when the state has paid all fees. In 1918 the leaving age was raised to 14, which meant many children staying in what was essentially a primary environment well into their teens. In 1944 this was rectified by a tripartite system where the most academically able passed a test to go to grammar school (a few local authorities still have this system) the next stream went to a technical school and the rest to a secondary modern. From the 1960s to the 1980s most schools introduced a less rigid child centred curriculum. From the 1990s a National Curriculum has seen a return to more formal methods of teaching with high stakes testing at ages 7 and 11. Following the Covid closures of 2020 and 2021 there has been a sharp rise in primary age children presenting with mental health and behavioural issues.

by Basher Eyre

Created: Mon, 9 Dec 2024, Updated: Mon, 9 Dec 2024

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SU7423 : Petersfield Infants School by Basher Eyre

SU6705 : Solent Junior School by Basher Eyre

SU6502 : Cliffdale Primary School by Basher Eyre

TQ3838 : St Mary's C of E Primary School, East Grinstead by Basher Eyre

SP0782 : Moseley C of E Primary School, Oxford Road by Basher Eyre

TQ3369 : All Saints C of E Primary School, Beulah Hill by Basher Eyre

TQ4744 : Hever Primary School: mid March 2017 by Basher Eyre

SJ6603 : Entrance to Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge Primary School by Basher Eyre

SU7037 : The new extension at Chawton Primary School by Basher Eyre

TQ2781 : Entrance to Hampden Gurney Primary School by Basher Eyre

SZ4282 : Brighstone revisited (6) by Basher Eyre

SU4707 : Hamble Primary School by Basher Eyre

SK3486 : Springfield Primary School in early April 2012 by Basher Eyre

SU6705 : A snowy scene at Solent Infant School by Basher Eyre

NR8593 : Kilmichael Glassary Primary School: early April 2018 by Basher Eyre

SZ5095 : Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, East Cowes: October 2015 by Basher Eyre

SZ6599 : Goldsmiths Infant School as seen from Heyward Road by Basher Eyre

TQ1604 : Looking from Test Road towards the Sompting Village Primary School by Basher Eyre

TQ4206 : Rodmell Primary School by Basher Eyre

SP4905 : North Hinksey Primary School: late October 2020 by Basher Eyre

SZ6699 : Rear of Milton Federated Primary School by Basher Eyre

TQ0107 : St Philip (RC) Primary School in London Road by Basher Eyre

SU7827 : Liss Infant and Junior Schools: now federated by Basher Eyre

SU6501 : Manor Infant School, Buckland by Basher Eyre

SU8749 : St Michael's CofE Junior School: late February 2023 by Basher Eyre

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