Raising Standards Flashcards
Conservative 1979-1997
National curriculum
SATS
New vocations
New Vocationalism (YTS, GNVQ, NVQ)
Conservative 1979-1997
Increased diversity of routes in education by offering alternative forms of qualifications to choose from with the aim of raising standards of those who do not achieve academically – This with the aim of upskilling workers to meet the needs of the economy.
National curriculum
Conservative 1979-1997
Offered a standardised education for all students with the aim of raising standards and ensuring a certain level of education was accessed.
SATs
Conservative 1979-1997
Aimed to raise standards for all students – Acted as a way of assessing quality of education delivered to students and also tracked their progress to ensure and test that they are working at a specific level.
New Labour 1997-2010
14-19 Diploma
Literacy and numeracy hours
City Academies
EAZs / EiC
14-19 Diploma
New Labour 1997-2010
A range of qualifications in different vocations or ‘lines of learning’ – Creative and Media, Travel and Tourism, Engineering etc. Helped qualify those who did not achieve ‘academically’ meaning standards could be raised for these students
Literacy and numeracy hours
New Labour 1997-2010
Time dedicated to literacy and numeracy within lessons – This focus aimed to raise standards for all and also aimed to create a more literate, numerate and therefore skilled workforce.
City Academies
New Labour 1997-2010
– ‘Failing’ schools could apply for academy status to gain more funding (government but also ‘local sponsors’) - With the aim of raising the quality and standards of education in urban/deprived areas
EAZs / EiC
New Labour 1997-2010
Aimed to ensure less successful schools were being supported and ‘good practice’ was being shared from ‘outstanding’ and ‘good’ (Ofsted rated) schools with the aim of raising the standards of the provision within these schools.
Coalition 2010-2015
Free school
expansion and adaption academies
free school
Coalition 2010-2015
Introduced in areas ‘where they are needed’ Gov.uk – Expanding provision for students and also raising standards for students in this area.
expansion and adaption academies
Coalition 2010-2015
Proposal to change Academies – Schools graded as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted could appeal to become an Academy – Meaning more freedom and potentially funding – Aim is to raise standards as institutions strived towards this.
Conservative 2015- present
Continuation of Academy Expansion
GCSEs and Linear A-Levels now introduced
Grammar Schools
Continuation of Academy Expansion
Conservative 2015- present
Proposal to change Academies – Schools or Colleges graded as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted could appeal to become an Academy – Meaning more freedom and potentially funding – Aim is to raise standards as institutions strived towards this.
GCSEs and Linear A-Levels now introduced
Conservative 2015- present
the aim of raising standards of pupils by assessing more “rigorously” – Focusing on application of knowledge in exams
