MARKETISATION

Question 1

Outline the idea of marketisation of education

Answer 1

The idea that education could run like a business and schools would compete with each other for costumers (parents and students)

Question 2

State 4 educational policies introduced by the ERA relating to marketisation

Answer 2

Ofsted
National curriculum
Admission policies
League tables

Question 3

What changes did the ERA make to the education system to make competition between schools attractive to competing schools.

Answer 3

Open enrolment was permitted whereby schools could exceed there capacity if successful.

The more students a school had, the more funding they would receive. This was called formula funding

Question 4

What are some criticisms of the marketisation of education?

Answer 4

Bartlett and Whitney claim the competition creates a two tier education system whereby a self fulfilling cycle of success and decline is created.

Ball pointed out that class differences in achievement have remained the same.