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Elementary school (England and Wales)

Index Elementary school (England and Wales)

Elementary schools were the first schools in England which were funded by taxation. [1]

18 relations: Arithmetic, Cockerton Judgement, Comprehensive school (England and Wales), Education Act 1902, Education Act 1944, Elementary Education Act 1870, Further education, History of education in England, Independent school (United Kingdom), Primary education, Primary school, Ragged school, Raising of school leaving age in England and Wales, Reading (process), Secondary education, State-funded schools (England), The three Rs, Writing.

Arithmetic

Arithmetic (from the Greek ἀριθμός arithmos, "number") is a branch of mathematics that consists of the study of numbers, especially the properties of the traditional operations on them—addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

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Cockerton Judgement

The Cockerton Judgement of 1899, determined that it was unlawful for the London School Board to spend money raised in the rates to fund higher-grade classes in science and art, thus limiting them to providing education for the under 12s.

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Comprehensive school (England and Wales)

In England and Wales, a comprehensive school is a type of secondary school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude or the wealth of the parents of the children it accepts.

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Education Act 1902

The Education Act 1902 (2 Edw. VII), also known as the Balfour Act, was a highly controversial Act of Parliament that set the pattern of elementary education in England and Wales for four decades.

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Education Act 1944

The Education Act 1944 (7 and 8 Geo 6 c. 31) made numerous major changes in the provision and governance of secondary schools in England and Wales.

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Elementary Education Act 1870

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.

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Further education

Further education (often abbreviated FE) in the United Kingdom and Ireland is education in addition to that received at secondary school, that is distinct from the higher education (HE) offered in universities and other academic institutions.

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History of education in England

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.

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Independent school (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, independent schools (also private schools) are fee-paying private schools, governed by an elected board of governors and independent of many of the regulations and conditions that apply to state-funded schools.

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Primary education

Primary education and elementary education is typically the first stage of formal education, coming after preschool and before secondary education (The first two grades of primary school, Grades 1 and 2, are also part of early childhood education).

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Primary school

A primary school (or elementary school in American English and often in Canadian English) is a school in which children receive primary or elementary education from the age of about seven to twelve, coming after preschool, infant school and before secondary school.

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Ragged school

Ragged schools were charitable organisations dedicated to the free education of destitute children in nineteenth-century Britain.

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Raising of school leaving age in England and Wales

The raising of school leaving age (shortened to ROSLA) is the name given by the government to refer to changes regarding the legal age a child is permitted to leave compulsory education as specified under an Education Act.

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Reading (process)

Reading is a complex "cognitive process" of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning (reading comprehension).

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Secondary education

Secondary education covers two phases on the International Standard Classification of Education scale.

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State-funded schools (England)

English State-funded schools provide education to pupils between the ages of 3 and 18 without charge.

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The three Rs

The three Rs (as in the letter R) refers to the foundations of a basic skills-oriented education program in schools: '''''r'''''eading, w'''''r'''''iting and a'''''r'''''ithmetic.

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Writing

Writing is a medium of human communication that represents language and emotion with signs and symbols.

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Higher elementary school, Higher elementary schools.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_school_(England_and_Wales)

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