Education policies

Question 1

when was the tripartite system introduced

Answer 1

1944

Question 2

what were the 2 aims of the tripartite system (1944)

Answer 2

1.selective educations:
your school was dependent on your ability.

2.equal opportunity:
all students sat the 11+, regardless of class.

Question 3

what was the 11+ ?

Answer 3

IQ test taken to determine your school (1 of 3)

Question 4

what were the three types of school 11+ students were divided into

Answer 4

top 20% = grammar schools (studied academics)
top 80% = secondary moderns (studied basic education)
minority = technical schools (labour focused)

Question 5

what were 2 evaluations of the 1944 tripartite system?

Answer 5

• class inequality
• gender inequality(women needed higher score for same opportunity)
• success determined by IQ at developing age
• labelled 80% of students as failures
• secondary moderns = low standards

Question 6

when were comprehensive schools introduced?

Answer 6

1965

Question 7

what was the aim of comprehensives (1965)

Answer 7

equality in pupils through one school.

Question 8

How was the comprehensives (1965) goal reached?
- (3 ways)

Answer 8

comprehensive schools established
tripartite systems abolished
local education authorities controlled schools

Question 9

what are 2 evaluations of the comprehensives(1965)

Answer 9

parents lacked choice over child’s education
poor schools standards in some areas.

Question 10

when was the education act established

Answer 10

1988

Question 11

what were the 3 aims of the education act (1988)

Answer 11

parentocracy
improve education standards
free market education (competition)

Question 12

how are 3 ways the education act (1988) met their aims?

Answer 12

marketisation
local education authority
league tables
ofsted
formula funding
national curriculum

Question 13

what are the evaluations of the education act(1988)

Answer 13

competitions increased standards
cream skimming teaching to the test
selection by mortgage

Question 14

when was the new Labour Party introduced

Answer 14

1997 - Tony Blair

Question 15

what was the 4 aims of the new labour (1997)

Answer 15

increased choice and diversity
raise standards
more equality in opportunity
control increased competition (due to globalisation)

Question 16

in what 4 ways did the new labour (1997) achieve these aims

Answer 16

increased funding
reduced class size
introduced academies
sure start
education maintenance allowance

Question 17

what are 3 evaluations of new rights(1997)

Answer 17

pupil premium not old enough to tell
free schools benefits middle class
improves standards more than local government authority schools

Question 18

when was the coalition government established

Answer 18

2010 - Cameron / Clegg

Question 19

what were the 2 aims of the coalition government (2010)

Answer 19

continue new rights ideas
reduce public spending on school (financial crisis)

Question 20

how did the coalition(2010) meet these aims?
(4 ways)

Answer 20

cut education maintenance allowances
forced academicization for underperforming schools
free schools (controlled by parents)
pupil premium (money provided per disadvantaged child)

Question 21

what were the 3 evaluations of the coalition (2010) aims?

Answer 21

pupil premium not been around long enough to determine
free schools benefitted middle class
improved standards more than local education authority schools

Question 22

when was the conservatives re-established?

Answer 22

2015 - may johnson

Question 23

what were the 2 aims of the conservatives(2015)

Answer 23

continue marketisation
keep spending on education low

Question 24

how were the aims of the conservatives(2015) met?

Answer 24

funding cuts
continuation of pupil premium
t-levels
more free schools and academies

Question 25

what are the 2 evaluations on the conservatives(2015)?

Answer 25

t-levels increase choice
educational inequality from academies