education policies - Comprehensivisation - 1965

Question 1

what were the main aims of comprehensivisation

Answer 1

equality of opportunity -

numerous criticisms of grammar schools

labour government created mixed ability schools to replace grammar and secondary modern

local education authorities given control over schools

Question 2

what were the advantages of comprehensivisation

Answer 2

late developers can flourish in comprehensive schools instead of secondary moderns

large comprehensives teach a wider range of subjects providing a wider range of facilities

true mixed ability teaching means classrooms are full of children of all abilities meaning weaker ones can learn from the stronger ones

setting and streaming allows students to move between sets or streams depending on changing abilities making a tailored education

Question 3

what are the weakenesses of comprehensivisation

Answer 3

because classroom contains pupils of all abilities brighter students can be held back as the weaker learners catch up

setting and streaming with comprehensives means it is not different to the tripartite system where working class students are found in the bottom sets and streams