EDUCATIONAL POLICIES V2 Flashcards
POLICIES TO IMPROVE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY: Tripartite system
- provided first free secondary education for all children
-thus removing barriers to attend secondary school as you didn’t have to pay
when was the tripartite system established
1944
what were the 3 schools that made up the triparted system
- secondary modern
- academy
-technical
what test determined which school a student would attend
-11+
- potentially disadvantaged WC pupils
comprehensive system
-established a single type of school
-accessbible to all without selection
when was the comphensive system established
1970
what is pupil premuim
- gave money to schools with pupils from. a low income background more money
-this money had to be spent explicitly on helping those students
-aimed at addressing the attainment gap
when was the pupil premuim introduced
-2010
what happened to schools with high number of fsm pupils
- they were given extra educational resources to spend on further support for disadvantaged children
what does privatisation refer to
- the drive to make schools operate more like independent businesses
- eg managing their own affairs and competing with other schools through league tables
what did ball and youdell say about privatisation IN education n
- schools operate like independent private businesses
-managing their own affairs
what did ball and youdell say about privatisation OF education
- opening up of state education to private businesses to design or deliver education
- EG apple providing iPads and online curriculums
positives about privatisation
- the business nature of the school leads to them being more efficient
- raised standards
- competitive nature will raise standards providing higher quality of teaching
negatives about privatisation
- privatisation may lead to more inequalities in education as it will want to discourage children from poorer and disadvantaged families who might threaten the schools league position
negative about privatisation: cherry picking
- private companies cherry pick the best schools to take over and improve further
-leading to the best schools continuing to improve and attract new pupils whilst the worst remain the same
examples of private provision of education
-supply teachers provided by agencies
- private finance initiative (PFI) which led to hundreds of poor quality schools being built to which many are closed today, payed by the tax payer)
-introduced by new labour for a short term benefit but cost the country millions long term
when did marketisation of education begin
- with the 1988 educational reform act
-influenced by the new right and includes 3 main features
what were the 3 main features of marketisation
-competition
-choice
-independance
independence function of marketisation
- refers to the way schools operate similarly to businesses
- having control over their own affairs
choice function of marketisation
- parent power (parentocracy) refers to the way in which parents are given a choice to decide which schools they attend
competition function of marketisation
- means that schools compete with other schools for customers (pupils)
-These league tables rankings influence parents’ choices when selecting a school for their children, as they are often used as a benchmark for quality.
what is funding formula
- more pupils you have more funding you get
GOVERNMENT POLICIES BY PARTY: Conservative gov policies 1979-97
- money is now allocated to schools based on the number of pupils the school has ( funding formula)
-introduction of leauge tables ( ranking schools based on the grades achieved by their students)
which gov established ofsted
- conservative gov 1979-97
- quality control
