MARKETISATION Flashcards
What is marketisation?
Process of introducing market forces of consumer choice and competition between suppliers into areas run by the state.
How has M created an education market?
Reducing direct state control over education.
Increasing both competition between schools and parental choice of school.
How do the publication of league tables and Ofsted inspection reports promote marketisation.
Rank each school according to exam performance.
Gives parents information to choose the right school
What other policies promote marketisation? (7) (try and get 2)
Business scholarships of schools
Open enrolment
Specialist schools, specialising in one area
Formula funding
Having to compete to attract pupils
Introduction of tuition fees
Free schools
Explain cream-skimming
Where ‘good’ schools can be more selective.
Choose their own customers
Recruit high achieving middle-class pupils
What is silt-shifting
Good schools can avoid taking less able pupils who are likely to get poor results and damage the schools league table positions
What is the funding formula
Popular schools get more funds so can afford better-qualified teachers.
Unpopular schools- lose income and find it difficult to match teachers and facilities
What is parentocracy
The ed system seems as if it is based on parents having a free choice of school.
Explain the musty of parentocracy
Middle-class parents are better able to take advantage of the choices available.
E.g they can afford to move into the catchment area of more desirable schools
