History of Britain\'s Educational System

The British take dust is diverse, complicated and has been the caseful of much debate in recent decades. In this hear I will purify to explain the British form of grammar instills and public schools and also wrangle whether or not the placement uph of age(predicate)s the social differences in todays Britain. Are the old Etonians losing power? Schools in Britain argon divided into twain groups; relegate schools and independent schools. Grammar schools are read petty(a) schools. They are historically schools that came to prominence in the sixteenth century. The schools were attached to cathedrals and monasteries, inculcateing Latin to future priests and monks. \nThe new-fashi aned grammar school concept, however, dates back to the Education motivate 1944. Prior to 1944, secondary reproduction after the age of 14 had been fee-paying, only when now the run made it free. It also reorganize secondary education into twain basic types; grammar schools and secondary mode rn schools. This remains was called the tripartite system because it also provided for a third base type of school, the technical school, but few were established and the system was therefore widely regarded as being bipartite. Grammar schools were intended to teach an academic curriculum to the around intellectually able 25 per cent of the school population. Pupils were selected by an examination taken at age 11, called the eleven plus. petty(a) modern schools were intended for children who would be going into trades, and which therefore concentrated on basic and vocational skills. The system was controversial, many feared that the secondary modern schools were giving a second-rate education and that pupils would be branded as failures at the age of 11. \n at that place were two types of grammar schools under the system: There were more than 1200 maintained grammar schools, which were in full state-funded. There were also 179 direct-grant grammar schools, which took among on e quarter and one half of their pupils from the ...