From HORSA huts to ROSLA blocks: the school leaving age and the school building programme in England, 1943–1972

Cowan, Steven B.; McCulloch, Gary; Woodin, Tom

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“…The minimum compulsory school leaving age of 16 came into force in 1972. 12 This was preceded by the Butler Education Act of 1944 which came into force in 1947 and the Fisher Education Act of 1918 which was enforced in 1921. 13 , 14 The 1944 Act raised the minimum school leaving age from 14 to 15 years 15 and the 1918 Act made it compulsory for children to be in full-time education from age 5 to 14 years.…”

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<p>Childhood Maternal School Leaving Age (Level of Education) and Risk Markers of Metabolic Syndrome in Mid-Adulthood: Results from the 1958 British Birth Cohort</p>

Iwundu

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Pappas

2020

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The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between childhood maternal level of education (CMLE) and changes in anthropometric and laboratory risk markers of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in mid-adulthood using results from the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study. Design: Cohort study. Participants: A total of 9376 study samples consisting of subjects that participated in the biomedical survey of the national child development study (NCDS) carried out between 2002 and 2004 were used for the analysis. Main Outcome Measures: Five risk markers of MetS: (i) HDL-cholesterol (ii) triglyceride (iii) blood pressure (BP) including systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) (iv) waist circumference (WC) and (v) glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c). Methods: The NCDS or the 1958 British birth cohort data deposited in the UK data service by the centre for longitudinal studies were used for analyses. Ordinary least squares regression was used to determine unit changes in the outcome variables given CMLE. Results: The estimates for unadjusted regression analysis of individual risk markers indicated a significant relationship between CMLE and alterations in the five risk markers of MetS (HDL-cholesterol, triglyceride, WC, HbA1c, and BP) in midlife. After adjustment for birth and lifestyle characteristics/health behaviours, the relationship between CMLE and the risk markers was attenuated for HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, and HbA1c but remained significant for WC 0.70 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.065-1.30, p<0.001) and SBP 1.48 (95% CI 0.48-2.47 p<0.001). Conclusion: There was a positive association between lower CMLE and the risk of MetS using the NCDS data. Lifestyle characteristics may be influential determinants of MetS risk in mid-adulthood.

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<p>Childhood Maternal School Leaving Age (Level of Education) and Risk Markers of Metabolic Syndrome in Mid-Adulthood: Results from the 1958 British Birth Cohort</p>

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2020

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“…Another period of legislative reform occurred in several countries in the three decades following the Second World War, with the aim of raising the school-leaving age further. In Britain, the 1944 Education Act raised the age to 15, achieved in 1947 despite postwar economic problems and a lack of suitable school buildings and teachers (Cowan et al 2012). It also recommended a further increase to 16 once this became practicable, which proved somewhat longer to achieve than was anticipated (Woodin et al 2013).…”

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Compulsory Educational Provision

McCulloch¹,

Woodin²

2019

Springer International Handbooks of Education

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“…Elucidating longer-term changes and continuities, as well pinpointing Raising the participation age in historical perspective 637 shifting discourses and their importance, can help to track the tensions and complications in which policies are bound up (Tosh, 2006). The attempts to compel successively older sections of the population to attend school also reveal some familiar arguments relating to the economy, the organisation of education, the curriculum and school building (Crook, 2005;Simmons, 2008;Cowan et al, 2012). The establishment of an 'education system' forged a framework within which contradictions and dilemmas have circulated over time.…”

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Raising the participation age in historical perspective: policy learning from the past?

Woodin¹,

McCulloch²,

Cowan³

2013

British Educational Res J

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The raising of the participation age (RPA) to 17 in 2013 and 18 in 2015 marks a historic expansion of compulsory education. Despite the tendency of New Labour governments to eschew historical understanding and explanation, RPA was conceived with the benefit of an analysis of previous attempts to extend compulsion in schooling. This paper assesses the value of a historical understanding of education policy. The period from inception to the projected implementation of RPA is an extended one which has crossed over the change of government, from Labour to Coalition, in 2010. The shifting emphases and meanings of RPA are not simply technical issues but connect to profound historical and social changes. An analysis of the history of the raising of the school leaving age reveals many points of comparison with the contemporary situation. In a number of key areas it is possible to gain insights into the ways in which the study of the past can help to comprehend the present: the role of human capital, the structures of education, in curriculum development and in terms of preparations for change.

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From HORSA huts to ROSLA blocks: the school leaving age and the school building programme in England, 1943–1972

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<p>Childhood Maternal School Leaving Age (Level of Education) and Risk Markers of Metabolic Syndrome in Mid-Adulthood: Results from the 1958 British Birth Cohort</p>

<p>Childhood Maternal School Leaving Age (Level of Education) and Risk Markers of Metabolic Syndrome in Mid-Adulthood: Results from the 1958 British Birth Cohort</p>

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