Marketisation

Question 1

What is marketisation

Answer 1

• Application of market forces to the education system
• promoting more choice in the type of education students receive
• promoting competition between institutions for students- raising standards

Question 2

How has marketisation been achieved

Conservative

Answer 2

Education Reform Act 1988
-open enrolment (parents greater choice)
-national curriculum 
-standardised testing 
Formula funding (per pupil) 
League tables and OFSTED
New universities

Question 3

How has marketisation been achieved

New labour

Answer 3

Expanded through policies

• city academies
• growth of specialist schools
• faith schools
• introduction of tuition fees

Question 4

How marketisation was achieved

Coalition

Answer 4

Expanded academies (increased the market) 
Pupil premium 
Reforms to curriculum 
Progress 8 
Free schools 
Increased tuition fees

Question 5

What has been the impact of marketisation

Answer 5

Increased choice of schools
More private investment in education
Increased university attendance
Improvement in GCSE and A level passes

Question 6

Criticisms of marketisation

Answer 6

BALL- ‘myth of parentocracy’ education market only serves them with cultural capital
Selection rather than open -enrolment (example uniform, catchment areas)
-teaching the test
-education triage