A central school was a selective
secondary education
Secondary education or post-primary education covers two phases on the International Standard Classification of Education scale. Level 2 or lower secondary education (less commonly junior secondary education) is considered the second and final pha ...
school with a focus on technical and commercial skills in the
English education system. It was positioned between the more academic
grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school ...
s and the ordinary
elementary schools where most pupils prior to 1944 were educated to 14 years of age.
Central schools were established in England and Wales following the
Education Act 1918
The Education Act 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. V 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 ke ...
, although
London County Council
London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today kno ...
had established them in 1911 and ran fifty by 1918.
[''The Central School System of London'', by E. J. Sainsbury, ]National Union of Teachers
The National Union of Teachers (NUT; ) was a trade union for school teachers in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. It was a member of the Trades Union Congress. In March 2017, NUT members endorsed a proposed merger with ...
, 1918.
Following the introduction of the
tri-partite system of selective education and the changes introduced by the
Education Act 1944, many central schools became
Secondary Modern school
A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland from 1944 until the 1970s under the Tripartite System. Schools of this type continue in Northern Ireland, where they are usuall ...
s or the premises otherwise absorbed in the
post-WWII education system.
See also
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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.
Education in England remained closely linked to religious institutions until the nineteenth cen ...
References
Education in England
School types
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