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Education Act 1918, often known as the '''Fisher Act''', is an Act of the Parliament Of The United Kingdom (8 & 9 Geo. V c. 39). It was drawn up by Herbert Fisher . This Raised The School Leaving Age to fourteen and planned to expand Tertiary Education . Other features of the 1918 Education Act included the provision of ancillary services (medical inspection, nursery schools, centres for pupils with special needs, etc). {Link without Title} By the 1920s, the education of young children was of growing interest and concern to Politician s, as well as to Educationalist s. As a result of this rising level of public debate, the Government of the day created a series of commissions of enquiry, headed by Sir William Henry Hadow . Altogether the Hadow Committee published three very important reports - 1926, 1931 and 1933. These reports led to major changes in the structure of primary education. In particular, they resulted in separate and distinctive educational practise for children aged 5-7 (infants) and those aged 7-11 (juniors). The Reports recommended child centred approaches and class sizes of no more than thirty. These recommendations marked a triumph of 'progressive' educational thought and practise over the more 'traditional' ideas and proved to be popular with many policy makers and teachers alike. |
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