Education Policy: 1988 Education Reform Act Flashcards
When did Thatcher implement the Education Reform Act?
1988
How many main features did the 1988 Education Reform Act have?
6
What 3 subjects are in the National Curriculum?
English, Maths, Science
What exams would all secondary students have to take at the end of secondary school?
GCSE’s
What would League Tables show?
Show all school’s exam results
What did schools have to do to appeal to more students?
Market themselves
Name a thing that schools do to attract more pupils
Open evenings
How would schools now be structured like beginning with a b?
Businesses
What now affected school budgets?
The amount of pupils they had in them
What youth training schemes was implemented in to Education?
Work experience
What does Ball believe has been created due to the marketisation of Education?
Parentocracy
What does Parentocracy say?
The decision that your parents make for what school you go to will either positively or negatively impact your educational outcomes depending on the quality of the school
What inspections were now introduced for schools?
OFSTED Inspections
Name 4 ways that parents can research what school to send their child to
Brochures, Open Evenings, OFSTED Inspections, League Tables
Why might parentocracy have impacted middle class families more positively than working class families?
Because they would be more likely to spend time researching good schools for their children
How would working class families be at a disadvantage with parentocracy?
They would be less likely to spend time on looking for a good school for their child
How could League Tables and OFSTED Inspections have benefitted schools?
It meant that they would have a heavier focus on improving their exam results and school quality
How could schools becoming like businesses have disadvantaged schools?
Make them focus more on getting as many pupils in as possible and not focussing on other aspects of education
How could parentocracy have disadvantaged schools?
If parents did not research good schools for their children then they would go to a bad school and have a worse time in education
How would schools get more funding?
If they had more pupils
What happened to house prices in catchment areas of good state schools? Why?
Because more people wanted to live closer to the good quality schools to get their children in to them
What was the result of house prices increasing in areas where good quality state schools were?
It drove out the working class individuals who were more likely to misbehave
Why did Middle Class students have more choice of what school they could go to?
Their parents were more likely to spend time researching multiple schools and finding the best one for their child
