Education

Question 1

What percentage of the population are in some form of education?

Answer 1

20%

Question 2

How many tiers of education are there?

Answer 2

4

Question 3

What percentage of 11-18 year olds attend a private school?

Answer 3

9

Question 4

What body are state schools regulated by?

Answer 4

OfSTED

Question 5

The number of children of primary school age will rise by what percentage by 2020?

Answer 5

18% (700,000 pupils)

Question 6

Demographic projections suggest regional/local variations - what is the growth in the North East & London?

Answer 6

8% growth in North East, 20% growth in London

Question 7

Who controls community schools?

Answer 7

Local education authority

Question 8

Who controls voluntarily Controlled schools?

Answer 8

Faith groups

Question 9

Who are academies funded & monitored by?

Answer 9

Department of Education (may receive some private funding)

Question 10

Foundation Schools are owned by who?

Answer 10

A Board of Governors or a charity

Question 11

Forster Act of 1870

Answer 11

• required partially state funded schools to be set up
• children had to attend between ages of 5-10
• extended to 11 and 13 in 1893

Question 12

Fisher Act of 1918

Answer 12

• made secondary education compulsory up to age 14

Question 13

Butler Act 1944

Answer 13

• separated primary & secondary schools
• raised leaving aged to 15
• introduced the 11+ to grammar schools, secondary modern schools

Question 14

What was introduced in 1956?

Answer 14

Comprehensive schools

Question 15

What rule was introduced in 1973?

Answer 15

Leaving age raised to 16

Question 16

Education Reform Act 1988

Answer 16

• introduction of local competition between schools competing for pupils
• bad schools would lose pupils to good schools & either have to improve or close
• introduction of National Curriculum, Ofsted, Key Stage tests

Question 17

1997 Labour Government: education, education, education:

Answer 17

• School building programme

- Sure Start programme for early years

Question 18

What has been focused upon greatly over the last 2 decades?

Answer 18

PERFORMANCE

Question 19

What was introduced in 2003?

Answer 19

HE student fees

Question 20

What happened in 2012 to HE student fees?

Answer 20

‘Variable fees’ were introduced & capped at 9k

Question 21

What is the market for higher education places & why?

Answer 21

Highly imperfect ‘market’ for places

Cost of purchase bears no relation to cost of production