Covert Selection

Question 1

Definition

Answer 1

Schools use hidden selection to cherry pick students that seem promising- social class/ability

Question 2

Tough and Brooks

Answer 2

Backdoor social selection to pick pupils likely to be higher ability and/or from higher social classes, with well-off or well-educated parents

Question 3

Green, Allen, and Jenkins

Answer 3

Free schools socially selective- picked bright + wealthy pupils, even schools in deprived areas failed to admit neediest children
Discouraged parents from poorer backgrounds from applying- more suited to m/c (uniform expensive, literature hard to understand, not promoted in deprived areas)

Question 4

Academies Commission

Answer 4

Some academies holding ‘social’ events for prospective parents, or asking them to complete complicated admissions forms

Question 5

Academies Commission- Quote

Answer 5

‘such practices enable schools to select pupil from more privileged families where parents have the requisite cultural capital to complete the [forms] in ways that will increase their child’s chances’

Question 6

Faith Schools

Answer 6

Gained information about family circumstances from letters from spiritual leaders about religious background/commitment, so covertly select by ability/social class

Question 7

London Oratory School

Answer 7

Forced to change admissions policy- criticised by Office of School Adjudication for complex admissions criteria- discriminated against w/c ethnic minorities, lone parents + non-religious