Educational Policy Flashcards by Samantha Pike

1944 Butler Education Act

11+ tests- selected for type of state school-

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tripartite system schools

Secondary moderns, grammars, technical schools

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1980s comprehensives

Replaced the tripartite system

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Faith schools

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

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Grammar schools

Entrance exams, state run+funded

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Specialist schools

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

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Comprehensive schools

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

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Academies

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

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Free schools

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

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Private/ independent schools

Not funded by state, mixed sex schools

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Public schools

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

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UK political parties

Left wing

Labour

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View on how to run society

Left wing

Progressive, interfere

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Economy

Left wing

Regulates economy- tax+spend

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Society and culture

Left wing

Community based on ethics, focus on society

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Family

Left wing

Nurturing love, trust and respect

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Beliefs

Left wing

Equality for all

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Views on equality

Left wing

Support gay equal rights, gender

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UK political parties

Right wing

Conservative

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View on how to run society

Right wing

Traditional

Economy

Right wing

Don’t tax and pay, encourage competition

Society and culture

Right wing

Community based on morals, focus on individual

Family

Right wing

Tough love, respect building, fear

Beliefs

Right wing

Freedom for what individuals want to do

Views on equality | Right wing

Traditional views

Left wing- approach

Social Democrat approach

Right wing- approach

New Right approach

New vocationalism | Conservative- new right (1979-1997)

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

Education Reform Act- specialist schools | Conservative- new right (1979-1997)

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

Education Reform Act- open enrolment | Conservative- new right (1979-1997)

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

Education Reform Act- SATs | Conservative- new right (1979-1997)

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

Education Reform Act- national curriculum | Conservative- new right (1979-1997)

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

Education Reform Act- league tables | Conservative- new right (1979-1997)

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

Education Reform Act- OFSTED | Conservative- new right (1979-1997)

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

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

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

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

Additional funding for failing schools- money from state

Education Maintenance Act | New Labour- social democratic+new right influence (1979-2010)

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

Curriculum 2000 | New Labour- social democratic+new right influence (1979-2010)

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

Academies expansion | Coalition (2010-2015)- liberal+conservatives

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

Expansion of apprenticeships | Conservative- new right (2015-present day)

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

Further expansion of academies | Conservative- new right (2015-present day)

Aim for all schools to be academies by 2022

Expansion of free schools | Conservative- new right (2015-present day)

Parents have more choice about where their children go to school

Evans | Marxist

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

Competition | Diversity and choice

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

Parentocracy | Diversity and choice

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

Marketisation | Diversity and choice

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

Compensatory education | Equality of opportunity

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

Equality of opportunity

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