Card 50 - Education Policy: Tripartite 2

Question 1

Give two strengths of the tripartite system.

Answer 1

• Attempted to solve the educational divide of class through meritocracy, increasing social mobility.
• Levelled the playing field for the classes.

Question 2

Why did the tripartite system become unpopular in the 1960s?

Answer 2

• Large numbers of middle class children were being sent to secondary modern schools as the middle class grew in number.
• Middle class parents complained their children were receiving a poor education.