Education Policies

Question 1

Tripartite system 1944-1965

Answer 1

Three schools

1. Grammar (11+)
2. Secondary modern
3. Technical school

Question 2

Comprehensive system

1965-1988

Answer 2

• went to school in your catchment area
• streaming= as mix range of ability
• mc top sets wc bottom
• government assumed all areas of towns are equally distributed, however mc and wc areas
• better schools in MC areas, prices of houses went up in these areas

Question 3

Marketisation

1988 - present

Answer 3

• national curriculum= all schools must teach certain subjects
• national tests= published in league tables,
• ofsted introduced= schools rated based on their production every 6 yrs
• choice= parents could choose we’re there child went
• funding formula= amount of children school attracts depends how much money school gets. Leads to competition

Question 4

Marketisation

1997-2010

Answer 4

• education maintenance allowance= paid for attending collage £30 a week
• national literacy strategy= 1hr maths 1hr English in primary schools
• academies= funded by government don’t have to follow national curriculum. Teachers do not need to be qualified
• specialist school= state schools specify in certain subject

Question 5

Marketisation

Coalition government from 2010 (conservative & Liberal Democrat’s)

Answer 5

• in 2016 schools forced to become academies, later scraped due to unpopularity, failing schools forced to become
• increased tuition fees from £3k a year in 1999-2010 to 9k a year in 2010 to present
• compulsory under 18’s in some form of education
• free school meals
• reforms to a levels and GCSE’s