This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1918 .
8-671: The Education Act 1918 ( 8 & 9 Geo. 5 . c. 39), often known as the Fisher Act , is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It was drawn up by H. A. L. Fisher . Herbert Lewis , Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education, also played a key role in drawing up the Act. The Act applied only to England and Wales; a separate "Education (Scotland) Act 1918" applied for Scotland. This raised
16-411: A triumph of 'progressive' educational thought and practice over the more 'traditional' ideas and proved to be popular with many policy makers and teachers alike. 8 %26 9 Geo. 5 Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland ). For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of
24-518: The list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru ; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland . The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67", meaning
32-517: The 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3". Acts passed from 1963 onwards are simply cited by calendar year and chapter number. Continuing
40-686: The Consultative Committee of the Board of Education, then chaired 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 (known as "elementary" at the time) education. In particular, they resulted in separate and distinctive educational practice 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
48-549: The Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland . For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain . See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland . For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament , the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly , and
56-611: 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.). Industrialists, landowners, and the Church of England resisted the Act, which raised the school leaving age from 12 to 14, made it much harder to employ children under 12, and put in place scholarships to fee-paying grammar schools. The Act promised compulsory part-time education from 14 to 18, but this
64-576: Was never implemented because of the Geddes Axe (spending cuts) of 1921. Teachers’ pay was also cut at that time and again in the May Committee cuts of 1931. By the 1920s, the education of young children was of growing interest and concern to politicians , as well as to educationalists . As a result of this rising level of public debate, the Government of the day referred a number of topics for enquiry to
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