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Elementary Education Act 1870

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45: 427:. The number of members was determined by the size of the population of the district. Each voter could choose three or more members from a list of candidates, and those with the highest number of votes were chosen for the existing number of seats available. A voter could cast all their votes for one person. Known as 'plumping', that ensured that religious and later political minorities could ensure some representation on the board. The franchise was different from national elections since female householders could vote and stand for office. 277:, set the framework for schooling of all children between the ages of 5 and 12 in England and Wales. It established local education authorities with defined powers, authorized public money to improve existing schools, and tried to frame conditions attached to this aid so as to earn the goodwill of managers. It has long been seen as a milestone in educational development, but recent commentators have stressed that it brought neither free nor compulsory education, and its importance has thus tended to be diminished rather than increased. 469: 169: 491:(pronounced "Cooper-Temple"), a Liberal MP, proposed for religious teaching in the new state schools to be non-denominational and so restricted in practice to learning the Bible and a few hymns. The Cabinet accepted that amendment on 14 June 1870, and Gladstone proposed it to the House of Commons two days later. It became the famous Cowper-Temple clause (Section 14 of the Act). 346:. Some poor people feared that mass education would equip people to defraud or mislead those without an education. Another reason was the vested interests of the Church and other social groups. The churches were funded by the state with public money to provide education for the poor and did not want to lose that influence on youth. 902:
with the curriculum emphasising the teaching of reading, writing, and arithmetic (the three โ€˜Rsโ€™). The churches made a crucial contribution to the new system by handing over their schools without charge to the School Boards. At this time, the Free Church supported 548 schools across Scotland together
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There were ongoing political clashes between the vested interests of Church, private schools and the National Education League followers. In some districts, the creation of boards was delayed by local vote. In others, church leaders managed to be voted onto boards and restrict the building of board
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Rural boards, run by parishes, had only one or two schools to manage, but industrial town and city boards had many. Rural boards favoured economy and the release of children for agricultural labour. Town boards tended to be more rigorous in their provisions, and by 1890, some had special facilities
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In areas served by school boards that had implemented by-laws requiring attendance, compulsory attendance until 13 was exempted if a child over 10 had been certified by the inspector as satisfying the required standard for that board. The standards required varied between 4th Standard (such as in
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Between 1870 and 1880, 3,000 to 4,000 schools were started or taken over by school boards. The act required that every child should be taught in a reasonable building led by a qualified head teacher. 62 temporary prefabricated buildings were constructed in London. Newly certified teachers like
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Secondly, parents still had to pay fees for their children to attend school. Section 25 gave school boards the power to pay the fees of poor children, including those attending voluntary (church) schools. Although few school boards actually did so, the provision caused great anger among
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to make attendance compulsory unless there was an excuse, such as sickness, living more than three miles from a school or having been certified as reaching a certain standard of education. In 1873, 40% of the population lived in compulsory attendance districts.
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Local authorities were required to make returns of the number of children in their area and existing educational provision. That was done by comparing the results of a census of existing school places with the number of children of school age recorded in the
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nonconformists, who saw it as a new source of local ratepayers' money being spent on Church of England schools. A large conference was held at Manchester in 1872 to lead resistance to the section, and one of the campaigners was the Birmingham politician
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to vote "wisely". It also came about due to demands for reform from industrialists, who feared that Britain's competitive status in world trade, manufacture and improvement was being threatened by the lack of an effective education system.
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Many factory owners feared the removal of children as a source of cheap labour. However, with the simple mathematics and English that they were acquiring, factory owners now had workers who could read and make measurements.
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Section 7 also gave parents the right to withdraw their children from any religious instruction provided in board schools and to withdraw their children at any time to attend any other religious instruction of their choice.
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The 1872 Education Act brought in compulsory education for all children between 5 and 13, although fees still had to be paid until 1890. Teacher shortages continued and problems arose in areas where teachers who spoke no
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that out of 4.3 million children of primary school age in England & Wales, 1 million were in purely voluntary (church) schools and 1.3 million were in state aided voluntary schools but 2 million had no schooling.
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In Wales, the Act is widely believed to be one of the most damaging pieces of legislation in the social history of the Welsh language, as children in Wales who very often knew no English were taught in English only.
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All schools would be inspected by making use of the existing regime. The individual schools continued to be eligible for an annual government grant calculated on the basis of the inspection ('payment by results').
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c. 23) ("the Mundella Act") required attendance to the age of 10 everywhere in England and Wales, with various exemptions. In 1891, elementary schooling became free in both board and voluntary (church) schools.
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Local school boards made sure sufficient schools were built and that children attended them. After 1918, this became a county responsibility. State control increased the number of school inspectors after 1872.
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The Act established the foundations of English elementary education although it was not taken up in all areas and would be more firmly enforced through later reforms. The state's
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became the head of a temporary school in 1874 until she and the staff moved to the newly constructed Orange Street Girls' School in Southwark that same year.
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Nigel Middleton, "The Education Act of 1870 as the Start of the Modern Concept of the Child." British Journal of Educational Studies 18.2 (1970): 166-179.
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c. 70) gave parents a legal obligation to ensure that their children were educated. Following continued campaigning by the National Education League, the
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The resulting splits (some education campaigners, including Chamberlain, stood for Parliament as independent candidates) helped to cost the Liberals the
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For a list of the enactments that otherwise repealed this Act, see Halsbury's Statutes of England and Wales, Fourth Edition, 2010 Reissue,
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The Act was passed partly in response to political factors, such as the need to educate the citizens who were recently enfranchised by the
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A sentence slowly dictated once, by a few words at a time, from a reading book, such as is used in the first class of the school.
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reached a circulation of 700,000 by the end of the 19th century and paved the way for popular journalism. Most significantly, the
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Simple addition and subtraction of numbers of not more than four figures, and the multiplication table to multiplication by six.
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The boards could make grants to existing church schools, as had occurred since the 1830s, and erect their own board schools or
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attempted to teach children who had no English. Pupil-teachers could later qualify after attending Teacher Training College.
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Another short ordinary paragraph in a newspaper, or other modern narrative, slowly dictated once by a few words at a time.
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The Elementary Education Act, 1870, with Introduction, Notes, and Index, and Appendix containing the Incorporated Statutes
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were introduced after 1908, though reaching remote schools proved difficult. The leaving age was raised to 14 in 1883.
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Two provisions of the Act became, for religious reasons, matters of contention within the governing Liberal Party.
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Parker, Stephen G., Sophie Allen, and Rob Freathy. "The Church of England and the 1870 elementary education act."
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One of the narratives next in order after monosyllables in an elementary reading book used in the school.
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McCulloch, Gary. "Compulsory school attendance and the elementary education ACT of 1870: 150 years on."
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Firstly, nonconformists objected to their children being taught Anglican doctrine. As a compromise,
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absorbed into any kind of National Education system. Education was not a legislative priority after
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McCann, W. P. "Elementary Education in England and Wales on the Eve of the 1870 Education Act."
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Middleton, Nigel. "The Education Act of 1870 as the Start of the Modern Concept of the Child."
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As a direct response to this Education Act, the founding father of British popular journalism,
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The Collected Essays of Asa Briggs. Volume 3: Serious Pursuits: Communications and Education
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comments on the new law. Children may learn to read--"subject to a variety of restrictions."
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Copy in manuscript character a line of print, and write from dictation a few common words.
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of this Act. Due to the repeal of this Act, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the
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The boards financed themselves by a precept (a requisition) added to either the local
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The Elementary Education Acts, 1870, 1873, 1874, and Agricultural Children Act, 1873
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The multiplication table, and any simple rule as far as short division (inclusive).
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A sentence from the same book, slowly read once, and then dictated in single words.
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The boards were to provide elementary education for children aged 5โ€“12 (inclusive).
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Mitch, David. "The Elementary Education Act of 1870: Landmark or Transition?." in
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Monks, Geoff. "The Duke of Portland and his agent: the Education Act of 1870."
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Smith, John T. "The Wesleyans, The 'Romanists' and the Education Act of 1870."
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A sentence slowly dictated once by a few words at a time, from the same book.
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Although universal primary education had been established in Scotland by the
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was named after the provision familiar to generations of history students.
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for five years after winning a competition to get a job on the magazine.
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Education Act Forster: a political biography of WE Forster (1818-1886).
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An Act to provide for public Elementary Education in England and Wales.
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McCann, W. P. "Trade unionists, artisans and the 1870 education act."
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Susan Shaw (2011). "1: History of Education". In Hilary Cooper (ed.).
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A short ordinary paragraph in a newspaper, or other modern narrative.
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government of 1868โ€“1874 and were keen to introduce a bill, as was
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Educational Documents, England and Wales, 1816 to the present day
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A few lines of poetry or prose, at the choice of the inspector.
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Board members were elected by the ratepayers under a system of
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schools or divert the school rate funds into church schools.
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Sylvester, D. W. "Robert Lowe and the 1870 Education Act."
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The Elementary Education Acts, 1870, 1873, 1874 & 1876
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High minds: the Victorians and the birth of modern Britain
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Armytage, Walter H. G. (1970). "The 1870 Education Act".
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A short paragraph from a more advanced reading book.
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for gymnastics, art and crafts and domestic science.
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