Education- Coalition Goverment

Question 1

Which two governments created the coalition government?

Answer 1

Conservative and libdem

Question 2

When did the coalition government govern?

Answer 2

2010-2015

Question 3

What policies did the government introduce?

Answer 3

-Academies
-Reforms to the curriculum
-Reforms to vocational education
-Tuition fees in education
-Pupil premium

Question 4

What did Michael gove introduce?

Answer 4

-Academy status was given to outstanding schools

Question 5

What did academies create?

Answer 5

-Privatisation of education

Question 6

Why were some academies separated from the local authority?

Answer 6

-Some are run by businesses

Question 7

What are free schools?

Answer 7

-Parents and students can set up schools

Question 8

What were the reforms to the curriculum?

Answer 8

-Removed opportunities to retake exams (scrapped AS exams)
-Linear exams
-New national cirriculum introduced in 2013 with strong emphasis on traditional learning styles
-League tables were reformed to be based of the EBAC
-EBAC included % of students of A-C grades in English,maths, 2 sciences, MFL and a humanities

Question 9

What were the reforms to vocational education?

Answer 9

-EMAs scrapped
-Only 125 vocational qualification would be counted as equivalents compared to 3175

Question 10

What were the changes to tuition fees in higher education?

Answer 10

-From a max of £3225 to £9000
-Students could take out loans
-These loans had to be paid back once they started paying over £21000