educational policies

Question 1

conservative lib dem coalition

Answer 1

conservative lib dems

-sure start - closed these down to cut governments spending and replaced these with burcarys

-higher education - raised uni prices to 9000 a year - caused less people to go to uni due to too much debt

pupil premium - schools were given extra funding for deprived children

academies - schools given right to change - if academy - more funding

Question 2

conservative policies

Answer 2

vocationalism - set to improve the skills young people need for when they leave school

1988 educational reform act increases parental choice when came to choosing schools

league tables-1997 schools had to publish results ranked based on these

ofsted - MT - inspections in schools every 4 years

national curriculum - government told schools what to teach

Question 3

new labour

Answer 3

introduced sure start - pre school children in disadvantaged areas given support

higher education - funding more uni places, didnt work because 1/10 of people didnt go to uni because they increased the fees

specialist schools - 75% of secondary schools are specialist by 2007, specialise in stem,humanities,sport etc

Question 4

gewirtz

Answer 4

under-subscribed schools were under increasing pressure to give parents what they wanted

Question 5

Francis, Hutchins and De Vries

Answer 5

the improvement in GCSE results for disadvantaged pupils in sponsored academic were greater than the average for mainstream schools between 2011-2013.

Question 6

lawson et al

Answer 6

in education, individuals have many conflicting educational needs, the attempt to impose a national curriculum on everyone is unlikely to meet those needs.