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Educational Policies Flashcards

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Tripartite system

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1944

Equality of opportunity

Different types of schools
↳ grammar, technical and modern secondary
Parity of esteem

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The Comprehensive system (comprehensivisation)

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1965

Equality of opportunity

Replaced the more selective systems

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1988 Education Reform Act (ERA)

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1988

Increased choice Competition
Marketisation

National curriculum
League tables
School choice
Private education

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Vocational education and training

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1979-1997

Off-set the skills crisis

Skills based courses such as NVQs

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New Labour policies

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1997-2010

Choice
Marketisation
Privatisation
Compensatory education
Tuition fees

Specialist schools
Academies
vocational education
Sure Start (free nursery tuition 2-4)
Education Action Zones
Education Maintenance Allowance
Higher focus on higher education

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New Right/Coalition policies 2010

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2010 - 2015

Diversity
Choice

Pupil premium
Focus on higher education
Free schools (run by parents and other charities)
Academies
Bursaries

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Conservative policies
2015+

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2015 +

Raising standards
Economic efficiency
Equality of opportunity

Progress 8
Multi-academy trusts (MATs)
EBacc (English Baccalaureate)
Grammar schools

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What are 3 policies that aimed to tackle deprivation

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sure start
education action zones
pupil premium
Education Maintenance Allowance
bursaries

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How does raising the school leaving age to 18 help to reduce inequality?

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leads to more qualifications and better life chances

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Sure start

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Free nursery tuition fees for children aged 2-4 years old

Helped to reduce the gap between students at the beginning of school

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Pupil premium/FSM

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Better opportunities to access cultural and material capital to support educational achievement

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Education Maintenance Allowance

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Support disadvantaged students to stay in education to get more qualifications

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Education Action Zones

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Low income background schools targeted with best resources and teachers

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Dads and Lads literacy scheme

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Helped to reduce the gap in literacy between boys and girls

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English as Additional Language programmes

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Help to support the achievement of ethnic minority groups

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