Marketisation

Question 1

Marketisation

Answer 1

Rooted in ideas of New Right e.g Chubb and Moe
Process where services run by the state have gov. or local authority control + support removed or reduced and operate like independently managed private businesses

Question 2

Three Main Features

Answer 2

Independence
Competition
Choice
(+quality control)

Question 3

Independence

Answer 3

Allowing schools (+ sixth form or further education colleges) to control own affairs- like a private business

Question 4

Competition

Answer 4

Schools + colleges compete with each other for customers (students)

Question 5

Choice

Answer 5

Giving customers (parents + students) a choice of schools, enables them to choose education that best suits their needs

Question 6

Parentocracy

Answer 6

‘Parent-power’- Brown describes a parentocracy, a child’s education is dependent on wealth + wishes of parents, not ability/effort of pupils
(Parents choose private ed + better at making choices in state-funded ed)

Question 7

School Diversity

Answer 7

Growing range of types of state-funded schools (specialist, grammar, free, foundation + trust, faith, academies etc)
Promotion of school diversity + encouraging partners to be more involved

Question 8

Raising Standards

Answer 8

Designed to raise educational standards- parents can reject schools, competition
Schools + colleges that perform well improve more, poor performing lose money so forced to improve or close
In theory, leads to improvement of all schools, efficiency + satisfied customers