equality of opportunity

Question 1

**national curriculum **

Answer 1

• Offered a standardised education for all students with the aim of raising standards and ensuring a certain level of education was accessed

this was through:

• Universal Access to Key Subjects
• Assessment and Accountability:

Question 2

universal access to key subjects

Answer 2

Core subjects like English, math, and science, along with foundation subjects like history, geography, and the arts (ensured students from different regions and socioeconomic backgrounds had access to the same education)

Question 3

assessment and accountability

Answer 3

The curriculum was aligned with standardized assessments, such as national tests at key stages. This helped to monitor students’ progress on an equal basis and ensure that educational standards were upheld across all schools, giving every student a fair chance to demonstrate their abilities.

Question 4

Compensatory educational policies

Answer 4

- Sure Start
- Education Maintenance Allowance

Question 5

**sure start **

Answer 5

• Labour government
• social democratic
• t 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’
• This consisted of ‘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

Question 6

EMA

Answer 6

• labour
• social democratic
• EMA is a 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 7

city academies

Answer 7

• labour
• social democratic
• City academies were originally intended to only apply to Ofsted judged “failing schools”. These would often be in cities, and were designed to help improve lower-income and ethnic minority student performance. This is because Academies have a degree of autonomy which allows them to teach a curriculum which is more relevant to their learners