Marketisation under the coalition gov

Question 1

what did the The Academies Act (2010) do?

Answer 1

allowed all existing faith and state schools that had achieved an ‘outstanding’ grade in OFSTED inspections to become
‘academies’.

Question 2

What did the Academies Act also encourage?

Answer 2

The Act also encouraged further privatisation of the education system because it positively encouraged private enterprise to invest in and run academies. This eventually led to the appearance of academy chains –
enterprises that run a number of schools across specific regions.

Question 3

Michael Gove, the Secretary for State for Education made a number of reforms to the curriculum in 2013, which stressed the need for t

Answer 3

traditional ways of teaching. For example, primary school pupils are required to read
some Shakespeare plays in full. New and supposedly more rigorous A­levels and GCSE specifications and exams were introduced.

Question 4

Chancellor introduced austerity measures and in order to save money the

Answer 4

Educational Maintenance Allowance was scrapped, and more than 500Sure Start centres were closed
down.