Compensatory education policies

Question 1

What are compensatory education policies?

Answer 1

Government policies to support educational achievement

Question 2

What is Magic Breakfast?

Answer 2

provides children in deprived areas with a free, healthy breakfast
> WC, lower social classes, children

Question 3

What is the Dads and Sons campaign?

Answer 3

• national awareness campaign
• dads encourage sons to boost their interest in learning
  > aimed at fathers and sons aged 11-14

Question 4

What is playing for success?

Answer 4

• raise literacy, numeracy, ICT standards amongst demotivated KS2 and KS3 pupils
• out of school hour study support centres at football clubs and sports grounds
  > young children

Question 5

What is the National Literacy Strategy?

Answer 5

• raise standards of literacy in English primary schools
  (5-10yr period), second language, ethnic minority groups
• children aged 4-10

Question 6

What is the recruitment campaign?

Answer 6

• recruit more male teachers in primary schools
• more ethnic minority teachers into education
  > minority groups/males

Question 7

What is sure start?

Answer 7

• support parents with children aged U4 living in disadvantaged areas
• help parents from pregnancy until child starts school
• free voucher, food, books

Question 8

What are Education Action Zones?

Answer 8

• based on a cluster of primary, secondary and special schools, usually in a local area
• charity run by a forum
• low income, inner city areas
• raise educational attainment

Question 9

What are free school meals/pupil premium?

Answer 9

• WC low income families
• improve education outcomes for disadvantaged pupils
• extra funding to schools to help pupils to achieve their full potential

Question 10

All schools must have an equal opportunities policy

Answer 10

• counter institutional racism
• all adults and children have equality of opportunity in terms of access/outcome throughout all aspects of school
• all age, gender, ethnic groups

Question 11

The Equal Pay Act 1970

Answer 11

• female and male
• everyone paid equally in their job department

Question 12

The Sex Discrimination Act 1975

Answer 12

Prohibited sex discrimination in the workplace
- female

Question 13

GIST
Girls into Science and Technology

Answer 13

Project in early 1980s to try and address gender differences in subject choice and encourage more girls to choose sciences at school

Question 14

WISE
Women in Science and Engineering

Answer 14

• campaign that encourages women/girls to value/pursue science, technology, engineering and maths
• related courses in school/college and to move into related careers and progress

Question 15

What is the Education Maintenance Allowance?

Answer 15

Financial scheme applicable to students aged between 16-19
- those undertaking unpaid vocational or non-university academic learning in the UK

Question 16

What is the Aim Higher Porgramme?

Answer 16

Government funded project that covered initiatives elating to widening participation in higher education
- students with good grades but no family history of uni study
- from non-traditional backgrounds
- minority groups and disabled people