Where Did the Tripartite System Come from?

The Tripartite System was the arrangement of state-funded secondary education between 1945 and the 1970s in England and Wales, and from 1947 to 2009 in Northern Ireland. It was an administrative implementation of the Education Act 1944 and the Education Act (Northern Ireland) 1947.

Who introduced tripartite system?

The Education Act 1944, relating to England and Wales, was authored by Conservative Rab Butler and known as "the Butler Act", defined the modern split between primary education and secondary education at age 11; it also established the Tripartite System, consisting of grammar schools, secondary modern schools and ...

Why was the tripartite system created?

In 1944 the tripartite system was introduced to the education system of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... Burt believed that educational ability was usually inherited by children and was that this ability could be proved exams.

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