Marketisation

Question 1

What is marketisation

Answer 1

It is used to refer to a trend in education policy from the 1980s where schools were encouraged to compete against each other and act more like private businesses rather than institutions under the control of local government

Question 2

Education reform act 1988

Answer 2

Introduced
Open enrolment- parents have greater choice of where to send there child
National curriculum- a framework of educational standards
Standardised testing- allows schools to be compared with others based on their results
league tables and ofsted

Question 3

Formula funding

Answer 3

Schools receive a share of the local education authority budget- schools received a specific amount per pupil, meaning that schools could compete with one another to gain additional funding based upon the number of enrolments they had

Question 4

League tables and ofsted

Answer 4

Comparison between schools was made more accessible. Allows parents to see consequence of standardised exams and judgments on the quality of provision at a school

Question 5

new universities

Answer 5

increased choice in higher education

Question 6

new labour 1997-2010

Answer 6

marketisation was expanded through a range of educational policies
introduction of academies
growth of specialist schools
faith schools
introduction of tuition fees

Question 7

coalition 2010-2015

Answer 7

expansion of academies- increased the market
pupil premium
reforms to curriculum
progress 8
free schools
increased tuition fees

Question 8

pupil premium

Answer 8

additional funds allocated to schools for students of low income families further expanded competition between schools for funding

Question 9

impacts of marketisation

Answer 9

increased choice of schools
more private investment in education
increased university attendance
improved in GCSE grades and A levels

Question 10

criticisms of marketisation

Answer 10

myth of pantocracy
selective rather than open enrolment
teaching the test
educational triage

Question 11

Myth of parentocracy

Answer 11

Ball suggests that parentocracy is a myth, not a reality. It makes it appear that all parents have the same freedom to choose which school to send their child to.

Question 12

Benefit of the national curriculum

Answer 12

Girls are doing better now because if the national curriculum.
Making them study the same subjects
Brings in equality

Question 13

Gerwitz

Answer 13

Gerwitz who differentiates between privileged skill choosers, who are middle class parents who have the cultural and financial capital to fully utilize the opportunities given by schools, and disconnected local choosers, who are working class parents who are inhibited by educational policy.