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1944 Butler Education Act

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11+ tests- selected for type of state school-

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tripartite system schools

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Secondary moderns, grammars, technical schools

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1980s comprehensives

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Replaced the tripartite system

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Faith schools

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Determined by faith eg Catholic schools require evidence of particular faith to be provided

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Grammar schools

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Entrance exams, state run+funded

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Specialist schools

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Allow selection based on ability of certain area of syllabus eg sport or music

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Comprehensive schools

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1970s+, children from all social backgrounds, not based on ability

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Academies

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Labour 2000, replaced failing comprehensives, public ally funded (parents/state), no national curriculum to follow

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Free schools

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State funded, developed by MC parents, no national curriculum to follow

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Private/ independent schools

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Not funded by state, mixed sex schools

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Public schools

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Eton/ Harrow- traditional all boys schools £13,000+ per term

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UK political parties

Left wing

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Labour

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View on how to run society

Left wing

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Progressive, interfere

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Economy

Left wing

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Regulates economy- tax+spend

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Society and culture

Left wing

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Community based on ethics, focus on society

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Family

Left wing

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Nurturing love, trust and respect

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Beliefs

Left wing

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Equality for all

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Views on equality

Left wing

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Support gay equal rights, gender

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UK political parties

Right wing

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Conservative

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View on how to run society

Right wing

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Traditional

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Economy

Right wing

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Don’t tax and pay, encourage competition

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Society and culture

Right wing

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Community based on morals, focus on individual

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Family

Right wing

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Tough love, respect building, fear

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Beliefs

Right wing

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Freedom for what individuals want to do

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Views on equality

Right wing

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Traditional views

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Left wing- approach

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Social Democrat approach

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Right wing- approach

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New Right approach

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New vocationalism

Conservative- new right (1979-1997)

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1 yr scheme for unemployed school leavers- Youth Training Scheme- trained w/ employer, did not guarantee permanent job

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Education Reform Act- specialist schools

Conservative- new right (1979-1997)

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Move away from comprehensive idea that ‘one size fits all’, more diverse+specialist secondary schools- City Technology College

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Education Reform Act- open enrolment

Conservative- new right (1979-1997)

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Parents had the right to chose their child’s school . Schools are like businesses- compete for customers- raise standards of school

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Education Reform Act- SATs

Conservative- new right (1979-1997)

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Divided national curriculum into 4 key stages- Standard Assessment Tests at the end of each one tested children’s progress

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Education Reform Act- national curriculum

Conservative- new right (1979-1997)

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All schools, central gov dictated to all teachers exactly what they should teach

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Education Reform Act- league tables

Conservative- new right (1979-1997)

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Ranking schools in terms of performance- encourage competition and raise standards- high performing schools more likely to attract more pupils, thus increase budgets

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Education Reform Act- OFSTED

Conservative- new right (1979-1997)

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Rigorous inspections to each school every 4 yrs, further information on the progress of the schools

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Sure start

New Labour- social democratic+new right influence (1979-2010)

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Young children got educational funding and support- deprived backgrounds/ care/ adopted

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City academies

New Labour- social democratic+new right influence (1979-2010)

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Additional funding for failing schools- money from state

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Education Maintenance Act

New Labour- social democratic+new right influence (1979-2010)

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£30 a week for students from deprived backgrounds- quality of opportunity

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Curriculum 2000

New Labour- social democratic+new right influence (1979-2010)

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Split A level into AS+A2- encouraged more WC to stay in education, more subject choice

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Academies expansion

Coalition (2010-2015)- liberal+conservatives

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All schools had the right to convert into academies- improvement+financially better off

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Expansion of apprenticeships

Conservative- new right (2015-present day)

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Gov double funding to £2.45bn by 2020- more opportunities in future

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Further expansion of academies

Conservative- new right (2015-present day)

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Aim for all schools to be academies by 2022

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Expansion of free schools

Conservative- new right (2015-present day)

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Parents have more choice about where their children go to school

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Evans

Marxist

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New vocationalism- quality of training offered in vocational education was poor

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Competition

Diversity and choice

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Schools should compete with each other for customers- eg league tables

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Parentocracy

Diversity and choice

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parents are given the power to choose where their child goes to school

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Marketisation

Diversity and choice

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Schools compete for customers (pupils)- raising standards due to competition

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Compensatory education

Equality of opportunity

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Additional funding helps children at risk of low educational achievement to reach full potential

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Equality of opportunity

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Fair choice in public sphere+equal chance of achieving in education system

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