2010 coalition policies Flashcards
what years
2010-2015
what was the coalition government
a hung parliament between the conservative party and the liberal democrat party
so not party received a majority in 2010 election, these parties teamed together
spending cuts
cutting public spending is part of the new right approach to government - done so they can cut taxes
spending on education in the UK will fall by 14.4% between 2010-11 and 2014-15
the government argues it needs to do this to pay the country’s debt
cutting the EMA
the EMA scheme, which got £550 million a year was scrapped and replaced by a £180 million bursary scheme, targeted at those in the very lowest income households and given directly to schools and colleges, rather than paid to individual students
this means that poor students no receive less money than money than they would have under the new labour government
increasing number of academies
made it possible for any school to covert in an academy and seek up to 10% additional funding through sponsorship
some schools were forced to convert did even when the majority of parents did not want the school to convert to an academy
3304 academies in England compared to 2010 when there was 203
Free schools were introduced which operate in exactly the same way as academies, but they are just new. Many academy chains have created free schools
introducing the pupil premium
since 2011 - schools have received additional funding for pupils on FSM and those who had been registered for free school means in the past six years
a quarter of pupils could quality, up the the age of 16 - 1.8 million pupils
schools receive £900 per pupil - this money is supposed to be spent on supporting deprived pupils
strengths
introduced policies aimed to reduce inequalities in education system - pupil premium and FSM for all students years 1+2
free schools and academies mean parents have more choice - parentocracy
the coalition claims cuts to education mean ‘better value for money’ and schools will become more efficient with their funding
standards have continued to rise - more students than ever achieving GCSEs
limitations
pupil premium - OFSTED found that many cases in 2012 - pupil premium is not spent on those who it is supposed to help
only 1 in 10 headteachers said it changed how they supported disadvantaged pupils
austerity measures - 60% cuts on school buildings, sure start centres closed, EMA abolished, tripled tuition frees to £9k a year - reduced opportunity for working class pupils
