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national curriculum

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what every pupil in a state school must learn, which is decided by the government

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New vocationalism

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A series of measures that showed the importance of work related education

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NVQ

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national vocational qualification

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parity of esteem

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equal status, equally valued

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private schools

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fee paying schools

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public schools

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the top fee paying private schools

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public subcultures

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formation of 2 distinct subcultures: pro school or anti-school

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role allocation

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sifting and sorting pupils in order to get them into their future roles

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self-fulfilling prophecy

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phenomenon of someone predicting something and then that event or action then happens or the labelled correspond to the label, either in terms of delinquent behaviour of educational achievement

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setting

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divides pupils into groups (sets) for particular subjects based on their ability on that subject

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streaming

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pupils are divided into different streams according to their ability, the pupil will remain in the same stream across all areas of the curriculum

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specialist schools

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schools which have a certain/particular focus within their curriculum

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secondary modern school

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school for people that did not achieve scores in the top 25% of the 11+ exams (SATS)

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SATS

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standard assessment tests given at the end of y2, y6 and y9, used to show childs progress,

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sure start

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uk government initiative with the aim of giving children the best possible start in life
this might be through:
improvement in childcare, early education, health and family support etc

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technical schools

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designed to train students to pursue mechanical and scientific subjects

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tripartism

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a system of selective education in which 3 types of schools were created: grammer, secondary technical and secondary modern. this system was seen as biased since it was in favor of the middle class

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vocational

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work related