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The suggestion that the Act "made secondary education free for all pupils" might be confusing. Wasn't this already provided under the 1870 Act? While certain church schools were outside the state provision they were certainly funded by the Rates before 1944.
The statement is essentially correct. The 1870 Act was about elementary education: there were no statutory provisions about secondary ed. Prior to 1944, grammar schools routinely charged for attendance, and Butler's act changed that. Heathorn ( talk) 19:56, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Also, says school leaving age suggested to be raised to 16, doesn't the Act of 1944 raise it to 15? This is not stated. 161.73.132.197 ( talk) 23:59, 21 October 2009 (UTC) ccf
Strictly speaking, the 1870 Act did not make education free for all, although it did make it universally available. Completely free state education was not a reality until the Free Education Act of 1891. Indeed, it was not compulsory until the Mundella Act of 1880. So it was the combination of these three Acts: 1870, 1880 and 1891, that eventually gave us universal, compulsory and free state education. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Education Monkey ( talk • contribs) 09:33, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
The act contains no reference to the transfer age from primary to secondary, nor does it discuss selection at 11, nor does the phrase 'grammar school' appear. Transfer age and whether have selective secondaries were matters for local authorities and autonomous schools. Adamsez ( talk) 18:24, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Exactly what is the point of including the info on the American GI bill? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.28.167.153 ( talk) 15:34, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
List of excepted districts in 1944. [1] MRSC ( talk) 05:10, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
One of the ground-breaking results of the Act was to educate and mobilise women and the working class. It opened secondary school to girls, and the working class, and as a result, a far higher percentage attended higher education after secondary school. This newly found education increased working class awareness of their disadvantaged social position and created a bitter class division between the working and middle class. Such division was illustrated in the theatrical works of John Osborne in the late 1950s.
This description of the effects of the Act on British society should be rewritten by a knowledgeable person in a neutral style. John.D.Ward ( talk) 17:57, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
The quotation offers an element of truth in its general assertion, but is incorrect in its details. For instance, the manual working class attendance at universities rose to only 3% of all students in the 1950s compared to less than 1% prior to World War II. (Source, Floud, Halsey and Martin, Social Class and Educational Opportunity, London, 1956). This is hardly a 'far higher' percentage and is too small a number to justify the claim that it increased broader working class awareness of social divisions. But it is evident that many from the working class who did manage to go to university in the 1950s and 60s had _their own_ class awareness raised (and in the case of Osborne, much bitterness). Heathorn ( talk) 20:04, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
A separate act- the 1946 Milk Act- allowed for free school milk. It is irrelevant here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.90.93 ( talk) 18:10, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
This article does not make it very clear how the Act made just one subject compulsory to be taught in schools - Religious Education. Vorbee ( talk) 17:54, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
I have removed the material about the "tripartite system", as this was not in the Act in any way. For more information, including links to resources which may be helpful in improving this article, please see the thread Talk:History of education in England#Butler Act and "tripartite system" - common delusion. DuncanHill ( talk) 16:04, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
At what age did children start school?
I started just shy of turning four (I was born in October). The school I started at had a decades-old old board outside saying "Age 4-14", although by then the school in question had separate prep and secondary buildings on another site.
But the article says kids started at 5. Paulturtle ( talk) 05:34, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
Should this article not point out that Religious Education was the only compulsory subject to be taught in state schools under this Act? Vorbee ( talk) 18:39, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect
School Milk Act 1946. The discussion will occur at
Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 April 14#School Milk Act 1946 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
DuncanHill (
talk) 17:05, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
We are not told this vital information. 86.187.229.88 ( talk) 16:10, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
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The suggestion that the Act "made secondary education free for all pupils" might be confusing. Wasn't this already provided under the 1870 Act? While certain church schools were outside the state provision they were certainly funded by the Rates before 1944.
The statement is essentially correct. The 1870 Act was about elementary education: there were no statutory provisions about secondary ed. Prior to 1944, grammar schools routinely charged for attendance, and Butler's act changed that. Heathorn ( talk) 19:56, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Also, says school leaving age suggested to be raised to 16, doesn't the Act of 1944 raise it to 15? This is not stated. 161.73.132.197 ( talk) 23:59, 21 October 2009 (UTC) ccf
Strictly speaking, the 1870 Act did not make education free for all, although it did make it universally available. Completely free state education was not a reality until the Free Education Act of 1891. Indeed, it was not compulsory until the Mundella Act of 1880. So it was the combination of these three Acts: 1870, 1880 and 1891, that eventually gave us universal, compulsory and free state education. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Education Monkey ( talk • contribs) 09:33, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
The act contains no reference to the transfer age from primary to secondary, nor does it discuss selection at 11, nor does the phrase 'grammar school' appear. Transfer age and whether have selective secondaries were matters for local authorities and autonomous schools. Adamsez ( talk) 18:24, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Exactly what is the point of including the info on the American GI bill? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.28.167.153 ( talk) 15:34, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
List of excepted districts in 1944. [1] MRSC ( talk) 05:10, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
One of the ground-breaking results of the Act was to educate and mobilise women and the working class. It opened secondary school to girls, and the working class, and as a result, a far higher percentage attended higher education after secondary school. This newly found education increased working class awareness of their disadvantaged social position and created a bitter class division between the working and middle class. Such division was illustrated in the theatrical works of John Osborne in the late 1950s.
This description of the effects of the Act on British society should be rewritten by a knowledgeable person in a neutral style. John.D.Ward ( talk) 17:57, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
The quotation offers an element of truth in its general assertion, but is incorrect in its details. For instance, the manual working class attendance at universities rose to only 3% of all students in the 1950s compared to less than 1% prior to World War II. (Source, Floud, Halsey and Martin, Social Class and Educational Opportunity, London, 1956). This is hardly a 'far higher' percentage and is too small a number to justify the claim that it increased broader working class awareness of social divisions. But it is evident that many from the working class who did manage to go to university in the 1950s and 60s had _their own_ class awareness raised (and in the case of Osborne, much bitterness). Heathorn ( talk) 20:04, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
A separate act- the 1946 Milk Act- allowed for free school milk. It is irrelevant here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.90.93 ( talk) 18:10, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
This article does not make it very clear how the Act made just one subject compulsory to be taught in schools - Religious Education. Vorbee ( talk) 17:54, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
I have removed the material about the "tripartite system", as this was not in the Act in any way. For more information, including links to resources which may be helpful in improving this article, please see the thread Talk:History of education in England#Butler Act and "tripartite system" - common delusion. DuncanHill ( talk) 16:04, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
At what age did children start school?
I started just shy of turning four (I was born in October). The school I started at had a decades-old old board outside saying "Age 4-14", although by then the school in question had separate prep and secondary buildings on another site.
But the article says kids started at 5. Paulturtle ( talk) 05:34, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
Should this article not point out that Religious Education was the only compulsory subject to be taught in state schools under this Act? Vorbee ( talk) 18:39, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect
School Milk Act 1946. The discussion will occur at
Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 April 14#School Milk Act 1946 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
DuncanHill (
talk) 17:05, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
We are not told this vital information. 86.187.229.88 ( talk) 16:10, 2 June 2022 (UTC)