Educational policies- Marketisation

Question 1

what is marketisation?

Answer 1

• services like education are pushed towards operating like a business based on supply and demand
• students= consumers

Question 2

what is privatisation in education?

Answer 2

• changing the internal processes of a school to be more like a business
• parents/ students= consumers
• target setting
• performance related pay
• league tables

Question 3

what is privatisation of education?

Answer 3

• opening up aspects of education to private businesses
• staff training
• school finances
• school management
• exams

Question 4

what is parentocracy?

Answer 4

• child’s educational achievement has more to do with parental wealth and wishes than student ability
• parents have more choice on where they send their children

Question 5

3 features of marketisation?

Answer 5

• independence: schools run themselves how they see fit
• competition: compete with each other over students
• choice: customers more choice over where they go

Question 6

3 elements of quality control?

Answer 6

• ofsted inspections
• published performance tables of results
• national curriculum= baseline of what is taught

Question 7

positive evaluations: privatisation of education

Answer 7

• more efficient
• more parent choice
• profit for companies means they want to help failing schools

Question 8

negative evaluations: privatisation of education

Answer 8

• takes money from the education system
• business go out of business= leaves schls stranded
• less equality

Question 9

Marketisation policies: conservative gov 1979-1997

Answer 9

• league tables
• local management of schools
• funding formula
• open enrolment

Question 10

Marketisation policies: Labour gov 1997-2010

Answer 10

-business sponsored academies
- specialist schools

Question 11

Marketisation policies: coalition gov 2010-2015

Answer 11

• free schools
• new style academies

Question 12

raising standards policies: conservative gov 1979-1997

Answer 12

• ofsted
• national curriculum
• national testing

Question 13

raising standards policies: labour gov 1997-2010

Answer 13

• max class sizes for 5-7 y/o
• building schools for the future program
• business sponsored academies

Question 14

raising standards policies: coalition gov 2010-2015

Answer 14

• pupil premium
• reform to national curriculum
• reform of exams system
• tougher performance targets for schools

Question 15

Evaluation of marketisation and raising standards: Myth of meritocracy

Answer 15

• parents dont have equal choice bc of catchment areas and covert selection process
• middle class parents have more choice bc of economic + cultural capital and higher educational achievement

Question 16

Evaluation of marketisation and raising standards: Ignore those who wont achieve A*- C

Answer 16

• teachers focus more on who will get 5 A*- C
• needed for the league tables
• ignore those unlikely to achieve this

Question 17

Evaluation of marketisation and raising standards: Dumbing down

Answer 17

• bc of funding formula, schools need to get more students to get more money
• worse teaching to keep students who might leave if the course gets too hard

Question 18

Evaluation of marketisation and raising standards: reduced quality control

Answer 18

• ofsted not as independent as it appears
• gov and politicians interfering by changing the standards and goal posts