Marketisation

Question 1

Define marketisation

Answer 1

Application of market forces into education such as the promotion of competition between schools

Question 2

What did it aim to do?

Answer 2

Promote competition between schools and choice for parents to ensure that young people have the skills needed for work

Question 3

Features of marketisation under the Conservative gov

Answer 3

1988 Education reform Act
- national curriculum
- standardised testing e.g. GCSEs and A levels
League tables and OFSTED reports

Question 4

Features of marketisation under the Labour gov

Answer 4

City Academies- failing schools in inner cities that recieve funding from private enterprises e.g. Harris Crystal Palace

Expansion of faith schools to accomodate multiculturalism

Tuition fees and Education maintenance allowances

Question 5

Features of marketisation under the coalition gov

Answer 5

Pupil premium (for low income students)

Expansion of academies (any school could become one)

Increase in tuition fees

FSM until end of Y2

Question 6

Advantages of marketisiation

Answer 6

Increased choice for parents (improves quality of education according to Chubb and Moe)

Improvements in GCSE and A level pass rates

Question 7

Criticisms specific to the idea of promoting educational equality

Answer 7

Barltett- cream skimming and silt shifting

Ball- myth of parentocracy
- Gerwitz: MC parents are priviledged skilled choosers but WC parents are disconnected local choosers

Question 8

What do Leech and Campos note?

Answer 8

MC parents are able to move to better catchment areas, increasing the likelihood of their child getting into better schools