Educational Policy & Class

Question 1

sure start

Answer 1

• labour
• social democrat
• compensatory education.
• It was set up ‘to work with parents-to-be, parents and children to provide for the physical, intellectual and social development of babies and young children’
• ‘Sure Start’ centres targeting families from lower class backgrounds. The idea was to compensate for children who may find themselves academically behind already by the time they reach school. By giving them opportunities to be more school-ready, these children may be able to harness their potential and do better in school
• working class backgrounds

Question 2

EMA

Answer 2

• labour
• social democrat
• financial scheme applicable to students aged between sixteen and nineteen whose parents had a certain lower level of taxable income. It applied to those doing, at least 12 hours weekly of guided learning on further education courses in colleges such as A-levels
• Students would receive a maximum of £30 a week if they met their guided learning hours. This was designed to encourage students to stay in education and get higher qualifications than GCSEs

Question 3

**pupil premium **

Answer 3

• coalition
• increased funding to help improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in state-funded schools in England pupils.
• students who are recorded as eligible for free school meals including children looked after by local authorities, referred to as looked-after children
• £1000 - £1500
• two main purposes:
  1. To give schools extra funding that can be allocated to the PP students by the way of bursaries to give them better access to educational resources
  2. To financially incentivise schools enrolling students from poorer backgrounds