Education Policy: Compensatory Education Flashcards
What does the term Compensatory Education refer to?
Programmes designed to help obstructions which less privileged children may face
What obstructions might children face in Education?
Material and Cultural Deprivation
When was Compensatory Education introduced?
1997
Which government did Compensatory Education?
Labour
How many programmes did Compensatory Education set up?
6
Which programme helped children under 4 years old living in disadvantaged areas?
Sure Start Programme
What did the Sure Start Programme offer?
Services to help childrens’ learning and health
What did Aim Higher do?
It was an initiative to help get more students in to higher level education
What did the Education Maintenance Allowance do? What ages did it help?
It helped students between 16 and 19 years old get money to encourage them to stay in education
What does EAZ Stand for?
Education Action Zones
What were EAZ’s?
Zones which were given £1 million extra in funds to help try and raise educational standards
What new vocational qualifications were introduced? (Name 2)
BTEC’s and NVQ’s
What does NVQ stand for?
National Vocational Qualification
Why did the Labour government want there to be more education diversity?
So that students had more of a choice and a better ability to succeed
What type of schools were introduced beginning with “A”?
Academies
