Education thinking shifted towards separate primary and secondary stages.
The Hadow reports helped shape thinking about primary and secondary education, including the idea that education should be organised around stages of development rather than simply age and attendance.
This matters because school structure affects the child's experience. The way the system divides childhood shapes transitions, expectations and what counts as progress.
Awareverse sees transitions as important. A child can struggle not because they cannot learn, but because the system moves them through stages without enough support.
A common mistake is seeing school stages as natural. They are designed structures, and designed structures can be changed.
Who had power here, who was left outside, and what would have changed if the human being was seen first?
These deep dives open out from this part of the timeline.