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Origins Of Recognisable Schools
- Early British grammar schools from the 5th century are the first recognisable schools with classrooms and teachers.
- They served very few, were male-only, and differed widely from modern universal schooling.
Mass Schooling Arrives In The 1800s
- Widespread attendance didn't occur until the nineteenth century when schooling spread across social groups.
- Before then many children were educated at home by tutors or governesses.
What Grammar Schools Taught
- Early grammar school curricula focused on scripture and the classics linked to religious foundations.
- Scientific subjects only began to appear more widely by the nineteenth century.