state schools were introduced in the uk in 1870.
state schools were introduced in the uk in 1870.
when were state schools introduced in the uk?
1870
the queensland system of state school schools grew out of the national schools program, the first of which in queensland was established in 1850 in warwick, funded by the new south wales government. other national schools such as that at drayton soon followed. after queensland was declared independent of new south wales in 1859, it assumed responsibility for schools. in 1870, state schools became free, and with the education act of 1875, provided for free and compulsory education in state schools for all queenslanders.









































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queensland state schools
public debate in the united kingdom continues over whether admissions processes at oxford and cambridge are entirely merit based and fair; whether enough students from state schools are encouraged to apply to cambridge; and whether these students succeed in gaining entry. in 2007–08, 57% of all successful applicants were from state schools (roughly 93 percent of all students in the uk attend state schools). critics have argued that the lack of state school applicants with the required grades applying to cambridge and oxford has had a negative impact on oxbridge's reputation for many years, and the university has encouraged pupils from state schools to apply for cambridge to help redress the imbalance. others counter that government pressure to increase state school admissions constitutes inappropriate social engineering. the proportion of undergraduates drawn from independent schools has dropped over the years, and such applicants now form a (very large) minority (43%) of the intake. in 2005, 32% of the 3599 applicants from independent schools were admitted to cambridge, as opposed to 24% of the 6674 applications from state schools. in 2008 the university of cambridge received a gift of £4m to improve its accessibility to candidates from maintained schools. cambridge, together with oxford and durham, is among those universities that have adopted formulae that gives a rating to the gcse performance of every school in the country to "weight" the scores of university applicants.
university of cambridge