KEY SOCIAL POILICIES TO REMEMBER Flashcards
1944 tripartite system:
WHAT WAS IT?
- introduced 3 types of schools
- grammar, secondary modern and technical
- aimed to provide separate but equal types of schooling
- determined by the 11+
- 75% secondary modern, 20% grammar and 5% technical
1944 tripartite system:
WAS THE POLICY SUCCESSFUL?
- no as 75% of children were being failed at 11
- no parity of esteem as grammar school seen as superior
- increased social class divisions
- labelling & self-fulfilling prophecy
comprehensive act 1965:
WHAT WAS IT?
- combined secondary modern, grammar and technical schools
- mixed ability
comprehensive act 1965:
WAS THE POLICY SUCCESSFUL?
- WC students started to do better
- 80% schools comps by 1979
- class divisions remained
- streaming & setting - WC children in lower sets
- catchment areas meant that different areas produced different results
education action zones 1998 new labour:
WHAT WAS IT?
deprived areas given more funding
education action zones 1998 new labour:
WAS THE POLICY SUCCESSFUL?
- attracted limited sponsorship
- disappointing improvements
- not continued after its initial 5 year term
EMA payments 2004 new labour:
WHAT WAS IT?
- education matienence allowance
- college students from lower income families given £30 a week to spend on whatever they like
- money reduced if unknown absence
- £100 bonus if full attendance
EMA payments 2004 new labour:
WAS THE POLICY SUCCESSFUL?
- increased post 16 education and reduced youth crime
- not known if it increased grades and achievement
- too expensive
- made teenagers under 18 legally stay in education so government don’t have to pay them anymore
sure start programme 1998 new labour:
WHAT WAS IT?
under 5 interventions to help younger families
sure start programme 1998 new labour:
WAS THE POLICY SUCCESSFUL?
- helped lower young peoples hospital admissions
- wasn’t given long enough to run
aim higher programme 2004:
WHAT WAS IT?
for pupils whose parents had not been to uni
aim higher programme 2004:
WAS THE POLICY SUCCESSFUL?
- met its target in helping with costs and getting their target groups into higher education
- raised uni aspirations
- if your parent has gone to uni you are 70% more likely to go yourself so some people needed extra support