Education Policies: Policies to achieve greater Equality of Opportunity Flashcards
Policies to achieve greater Equality of Opportunity
-Comprehensive Schools
-EMA
-Compensatory Education
-Excellence in Cities
-Academies
-Pupil Premium
Comprehensive Schools: When were they introduced?
1965
Comprehensive Schools: Aims
-To provide a school for all students no matter their background or ability
-Improve social mobility
Comprehensive Schools: What will improving social mobility enable?
Children from all backgrounds to improve their social standing in society so WC children have the same opportunities to succeed as MC
Comprehensive Schools: How are most schools today comprehensive in character?
They do not formally select students by ability
Comprehensive Schools AO3: Still a class divide
-Schools reflect the catchment area - schools in MC areas are full of MC pupils
-Comprehensive schools in MC areas tend to be more popular than those on WC which are usually underperforming
Comprehensive Schools AO3: Streaming and Setting
-Reproduces inequality
-WC students do not fit the ideal pupil so teachers assume they are less able and place them in bottom sets
EMA (Education Maintenance Allowance)(Labour Government): When was it introduced?
1999
EMA: Why was it introduced?
Introduced to encourage students from disadvantaged backgrounds to study post-16
EMA: Explain
Students from low income families were given money if they stayed in education post-16
EMA: How did this benefit WC
Overcame the barrier of material deprivation, helping them cover travel, dinner, books and encouraging equality of opportunity
EMA AO3: University tuition fees
-At the same time as introducing EMA, the government increased University fees
-WC were encouraged to stay in education but economically excluded from university due to material deprivation
Compensatory Education (Labour Government): When was it introduced
1990’s
Compensatory Education: Aim
Helping all children to achieve no matter their background
Compensatory Education: Define
Extra services and programmes to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds achieve in school