marketisation

Question 1

what is marketisation?

Answer 1

refers to a process of introducing competitors between suppliers which attract pupils and parents to their school

Question 2

what is parentocracy?

Answer 2

‘rule of parents’ which promotes marketisation (league tables, ofsted visitors, businesses, sponsorships etc)

Question 3

what is the myth of parentocracy? (ball)

Answer 3

weaker students from working-class backgrounds are not selected by the best schools because of the risk of them getting poor results and undermining the school’s position in the league table

Question 4

what are free schools?

Answer 4

funded by state, organised and run by parents, teachers or businesses rather than local authority

Question 5

criticisms of marketisation

Answer 5

Ball argues myth of parentocracy as it serves ruling class
leads to teaching the test rather than knowledge needed in wider society