privatisation

Question 1

what are indpendant schools?

Answer 1

-fee paying schools
-free from gov control

Question 2

what are public schools?

Answer 2

-expensive elite independent schools
-huge advantage
-high status
-best unis

Question 3

advantages of private ED?

Answer 3

-good at keeping children in school
-better resources
-smaller class sizes
- get to top unis
-high standards

Question 4

disadvantages of private ED?

Answer 4

-increase inequality (rich kids will go to the better schools)
-drain good teachers from state system
- quality of teachers isn’t always best

Question 5

what is privatisation?

Answer 5

-services that were once owned and provided by the state are transferred to private companies e.g prisons , railway

Question 6

what is endogenous privatisation?

Answer 6

privatisation w the ED system where school, colleges and unis begin to operate more like a priv business.

Question 7

examples of endogenous privatisation?

Answer 7

e.g ofsted and league tables
-same as marketisation
-schools free from local authority control like free schools, academies
-competition between schools
-performance related pay for teachers
- formula funding = schools given more money the more pupils they attract

Question 8

what is exogenous privatisation?

Answer 8

-privitisation from outside school system - opening up state ED to private profit making business

Question 9

examples of exogenous privatisation?

Answer 9

-external companies in schools
-academy chains
-branding of schools e.g company designing logos and websites
- school services providdd by external contractors e.g ICT, catering
-private companies for examination e.g AQA

Question 10

advantages of privatisation?

Answer 10

-new right say privatisation is good as services from gov are not efficient and wasteful
-private companies raise standards
-and more cost effective

Question 11

disadvantages of privatisation?

Answer 11

-inequalities as u need the money to be able to access this advancement
-marxists say it’s example of capitalisation seeping into all places of life and public services

Question 12

examples of exogenous privatisation

Answer 12

-academy chains run by business
-external catering companies providing food
-companies such as tutor 2U providing teacher resources

Question 13

examples of endogenous privatisation

Answer 13

-league tables
-formula funding
-performance related pay for teachers (more money if you get better exam results)