Educational Policy in Britain before 1988

Question 1

Describe the two aims of education policies

Answer 1

• Equality: try and make things more equal
• Marketisation: to create competition to improve standards and give parents more choice

Question 2

Describe education before the 1870 Education Act

Answer 2

• Only a small number received a formal education, it was clearly class-stratified both in provision and access
• Public and grammar educated the children of the rich and powerful
• Church and charity schools provided a short and very basic education for a minority of the poor. But most people received no formal education at all

Question 3

Describe the 1870 Education Act