Marketisation

Question 1

marketisation

Answer 1

operating services run by the state into independently managed private businesses based on supply and demand

Question 2

marketisation - policies in education

Answer 2

• independence; schools control their own activities
• competition; schools compete with each other for customers
• choice; customers choose whatever education suits their needs

Question 3

marketisation - what helps parents identify best/worst schools?

Answer 3

quality control (ofsted)
national curriculum
Ebacc
performance tables

Question 4

marketisation - parentocracy

Answer 4

childs education is dependent on parents wishes than pupils ability
well-off parents are able to make more effective choices

Question 5

marketisation - school diversity

Answer 5

increase in different types of schools to satisfy consumer choice

Question 6

marketisation - raising standards

Answer 6

schools must improve standards to attract students and compete
those that perform well - grown/improve
poorly performing schools - lose money so forced to improve, close down or turned into an independently managed academy

Question 7

marketisation - local management of school

Answer 7

control of school budget transferred to school governors/headteachers to make schools more responsible to local needs/wishes

Question 8

criticisms of marketisation - myth of parentocracy (ball)

Answer 8

related to social class differences 
reproduces social class inequalities in education
middle-class parents make greater use of parental choice due to cultural/social capital

Question 9

criticisms of marketisation - myth of parentocracy (tough & brooks)

Answer 9

not all parents have same freedom of choice
middle-class choose based on schools performance
working-class choose schools near them

Question 10

criticisms of marketisation - myth of parentocracy (favour middle-class parents)

Answer 10

education system is socially selective
higher the parents social class = the better the school the pupils sent
high-performing schools carry out covert selection to deter poorer parents

Question 11

criticisms of marketisation - educational triage

Answer 11

competitiveness and school league tables means teachers allocate more resources to brighter students (middle-class)
schools allocate less time to non-Ebacc subjects on timetable
widening social division

Question 12

criticisms of marketisation - difficulties in improving schools/colleges

Answer 12

competition makes it harder for poor students to improve as rich students go to popular schools
pupil premium doesn’t encourage schools to enrol poor students, the money isn’t enough to provide extra help (difficult to teach)

Question 13

criticisms of marketisation - dumbing down of teaching/content

Answer 13

to keep students, schools don’t push students for fear of losing them to less demanding institution

Question 14

criticisms of marketisation - reduced quality control

Answer 14

school inspection vulnerable to manipulation by politicians (unreliable)
2014 - birmingham schools being part of islamic extremist plot made ousted change school rating from outstanding to inadequate

Question 15

criticisms of marketisation - chaos in the education system

Answer 15

lack of oversight on how schools spending tax payers money
parents unclear on who schools are accountable for
headteachers revealed pace of educational change, competition and lack of support from local authority makes schooling chaotic