Education: Social Policy

Question 1

List 4 coalition policies

Answer 1

Academies
Free schools
Pupil Premium
Spending Cuts

Question 2

What are academies

Answer 2

In 2010 schools were encouraged to leave local authority control and become academies where they could run themselves. 1/2 of all secondary schools are academies by 2012. Some are now even part of academy chains.

Question 3

What are free schools

Answer 3

They are state funded schools set up by teachers, parents and faith leaders. Anyone can set one up but there are problems with quality.

Question 4

Give a problem with free schools

Answer 4

In 2011 only 6.5% of pupils at Bristol free schools had free school meals compared to 22.5% if the city. Shows they are not very inclusive

Question 5

Give a problem of academies

Answer 5

Ball 2011 said academies have fragmented provisions with a top heavy management system meaning money is not spent on pupils.

Question 6

What is pupil premium

Answer 6

This is additional money given to support children in care, children of forces parents and those whom are recipient of free school meals.

Question 7

What were the spending cuts introduced by coalition

Answer 7

Increased tuition fees
Scrapped sure start
Scrapped EMA

Question 8

What were the four New labour policies introduced 1997-2010

Answer 8

Education action zones
Education maintenance allowance
Aim higher
City academies

Question 9

What are education action zones?

Answer 9

Some deprived areas were given additional resources for example St Austell

Question 10

What was Educational maintenance allowance?

Answer 10

Payments to pupils from low income families to encourage them to stay in education

Question 11

What was the aim higher programme?

Answer 11

A programme that is designed to raise aspirations

Question 12

What were city academies?

Answer 12

Hey have a fresh start to struggling schools

Question 13

Give three negatives to new labour policies

Answer 13

They left private education untouched

Raising tuition fees from 1,000 to 3,000 was contradictory to EMA

The slogans choice and diversity just meant inequality

Question 14

What is meant by marketisation

Answer 14

The process of introducing a market force of consumer choice of competition between suppliers

Question 15

Give 3 examples of marketisation policies

Answer 15

League tables - this gives parents choice of where to send their child and therefore makes them more accountable

Funding formula - schools are funded in how many pupils they recruit so good schools get more and can improve and be more selective

Specialist schools - increases parentocracy

Question 16

What are the two disadvantage of league tables

Answer 16

Reinforces inequality in two ways

Cream skimming - good schools can be more selective they can therefore recruit the middle class

Soft shifting - they can avoid the working class because they damage reputation

Question 17

What does Gerwitz say about marketisation

Answer 17

Marketisation favours the middle class who have economic and cultural capital, he studied 14 London secondary schools

Privileged skilled choosers - professional middle class gain educational capital for their children

Disconnected local choosers - the working class who lack insight into the system

Semi skilled choosers

Question 18

What is meant by privatisation?

Answer 18

Where education becomes involved with a business who buy and sell them products eg school meals

Question 19

Give two privatisation policies

Answer 19

Cola isation of schools

Globalisation of policy

Question 20

What is meant by cola isation of schools

Answer 20

Where companies like to be seen to work with schools because it makes them look legitimate, the benefit is usually limited eg Sainsbury’s sports supplies

Question 21

What is meant by globalisation policy

Answer 21

Making educational companies globally owned, for example exam board Edexcel is owned by a USpublishing company called Pearson

Question 22

List social inclusion ethnic policies of the 1990s

Answer 22

Monitoring exam results
EAL programmes
Voluntary Saturday schools

Question 23

What do critics says about ethnic policies

Answer 23

They lack tackling genuine issues like poverty and institutional racism