Privatisation

Question 1

What is privatisation

Answer 1

A process where institutions are no longer owned by the state but by private companies/bodies.
Example include free schools and academies where private companies run them, even though they’re mostly funded by taxpayer money from the Govt.

Question 2

What is endogenous privatisation

Answer 2

Suggested by Ball & Youdell (2007); means the schools are privatised from within.
Examples include: advertise against competitors, parents are consumers, parentocracy (open enrolment), linking school funding to success rates (formula funding), performance related pay for teachers to increase standards

Question 3

what is exogenous privatisation

Answer 3

Privatisation from outside the school.