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The Elementary Education Act 1870 [4] (33 & 34 Vict. c. 75), commonly known as Forster's Education Act, set the framework for schooling of all children between the ages of 5 and 12 in England and Wales. [5]
Elementary Education Act 1870 or Forster's Education Act. 33 & 34 Vict. c. 75. 9 August 1870. An Act to provide for public Elementary Education in England and Wales.
The history of education in Wales from 1870 to 1939 covers the various types of education available in Wales from the Elementary Education Act 1870 until the start of the Second World War. Compulsory primary education was established early in the period and access to secondary and higher education was significantly expanded.
The Elementary Education Act 1870 (commonly known as 'Forster's Education Act' after its drafter William Edward Forster) applied only to England and Wales. It introduced the concept of compulsory education for children under thirteen, although the decision to do so was at the discretion of school boards; education was compulsory in ...
The Elementary Education Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 75) was the first to provide for education for the whole population of England and Wales. It created elected school boards , which had power to build and run elementary schools where there were insufficient voluntary school places; they could also compel attendance.
The Elementary Education Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 75), which became law on 9 August, while making provision for the education of all children aged between 5 and 13 years-old, did not make education free of charge, except where a school board found that a parent would be unable to pay the weekly fee.
Gladstone's government also passed the Elementary Education Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 75), which provided England with an adequate system of elementary schools for the first time. It established a system of elective school boards which were founded to provide education where there were no voluntary schools.
The three decades before the passing of the Elementary Education Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 75) saw a national education campaign in the United Kingdom, carried out by a wide range of activist groups.