Conservative-led Coalition 2010

Question 1

What are the 4 policies of conservative-led coalition?

Answer 1

• Academies
• Increased tuition fees
• Free schools
• Coalition inequality policies

Question 2

What is Academies?

Answer 2

• all public schools in England could become academies
• Gove invited all schools to become an Academy - freeing them from local authority control
• no longer targeted at only failing schools

Question 3

A03 of Academies

Answer 3

• more like businesses as they operate in their own interests and rarely have to answer to government
• only checked by OFSTED - once every 5 years
• restrict choices WC pupils have in subjects they can study

Question 4

What is Increased Tuition Fees?

Answer 4

• due to wider cuts in public spending
• September 2012 universities were allowed to charge up to £9000 per year
• government will lend students the money for fees

Question 5

A03 of Increased Tuition Fees?

Answer 5

• many WC students are put off
• those with no parents in work - only 55% were prepared to pay fees of £5000

Question 6

What are Free Schools?

Answer 6

• set up and run by parents, teachers, faith organisations or businesses - funded by the state
• non-profit making and independent
• greater control of how they operate - can rewrite national curriculum
• improve education standards by taking control away from the state

Question 7

A03 of Free Schools

Answer 7

Allen (2010)
- research from Sweden where 20% are free schools show that they only benefit children from high education backgrounds
- parents who have cultural capital and earning power to take the time to create their own schools

Question 8

What are Coalition Inequality Policies?

Answer 8

• Free school meals - for all children in reception, year one and two
• Pupil Premium - money that the school receives for each pupil from a disadvantaged background

Question 9

A03 of Coalition Inequality Policies

Answer 9

OFSTED found many schools weren’t spending Pupil Premium on those it is supposed to help