marketisation

Question 1

what is marketisation?

Answer 1

making schools compete against each other

Question 2

what policies did the 1988 education reform act introduce?(acronym)

Answer 2

FLOOP:
Formula funding
League tables
Ofsted inspections
Open enrolment
Parentocracy

Question 3

explain each policy in the 1988 education reform act

Answer 3

Formula funding - schools receive the same amount of money per student
League tables - rank schools on exam results
Ofsted - rate schools on various areas
Open enrolment - parents can apply to several schools rather than them being allocated on catchment areas
Parentocracy - parents/students have more choice over schools

Question 4

evaluation of 1988 education reform act

Answer 4

Ball argues that marketisation only benefits middle class parent/kids.
League tables mean the best schools become more selective over which students they accept, they will pick high achieving, mainly middle class students to boost their league table position (Bartlett’s cream skimming)

Question 5

advantages of university tuition fees

Answer 5

These help promote marketisation by making students a consumer, and encouraging universities to improve as most of their funding will come from fees, meaning if they don’t recruit many students, they’ll lose funding

Question 6

disadvantages of university tuition fees

Answer 6

The increase in tuition fees to £9000 a year will put working class students off applying to uni, meaning they help to reproduce class inequalities in the education system.

Question 7

what are academies?

Answer 7

introduced by New Labour government: schools that receive funding from a sponsor (e.g a business) who help to run the school. They don’t have to follow the National Curriculum so they can offer a more diverse one.

Question 8

evaluation of academies

Answer 8

a report in 2013 found that some academies were asking parents to complete long admission forms: it concluded that this enabled schools to select pupils from middle class families who had the cultural capital to complete the forms in a way which would aid their child’s chance of gaining admission

Question 9

what are free schools?

Answer 9

free schools are funded directly by central government, but can be set up and run by parents, teachers faith organisations and businesses. They don’t have to follow the National Curriculum, and don’t have to employ qualified teachers. Because of this, people argue they can tailor the education to suit their students,

Question 9

evaluation of free schools