Card 52 - Education Policy: Marketisation

Question 1

Give 3 ways that the 1988 Education Reform Act marketised education?

Answer 1

• Publication of exam league tables and OFSTED reports.
• Schools having to compete to attract pupils.
• Formula funding, per pupil funding.

Question 2

What was the aim of markestisation?

Answer 2

• To ensure schools were providing what parents wanted through the use of competition, as successful schools would succeed and unsuccessful schools would ‘go out of business’.