social policies Flashcards
1880
state makes school compulsory from ages 5 - 13
1944
11+ exams introduced as part of the tripartite system. grammar schools and secondary modern and technical schools were results were dependant on progress in 11+ exams.
1965
comprehensives introduced to help fight class inequality Aswell as the 11+ and tripartite system being abolished
1988
marletisation introduced by thatchers government, introducing market forces of consumer choice and competition between suppliers and areas run by the state e.g education
1977 - 2010
‘new labour government’ . Blair and brown emphasised ‘standards, diversity and choice’
introduced policies aiming to decrease inequality including:
designing areas as ‘education action zones’ and giving them more resources
the ‘aim higher’ initiative aid lesser representatives to do Bette in their education
increased funding of state education
city accademies created to give a fresh start to struggling schools that a re largely populated by working class pupils
ben 2012
saw these policies as contradictory as marketisation and tackling of inequality juxtaposed one another
‘new labour paradox’
1997 - 2012
new labour neither abolished free paying private schools nor removed their ‘charitable status’
from 2010
all schools encouraged to become academies, funding was taken from local authorities and given directly to academies by the central government
by 2012
over half of all secondaries had converted to academies
2011
only 6.4% of pupils at Bristol free school were eligible for ism, compared with 22.5% of pupils across the city
2010 - 2014
comp system is being replaced by a patchwork of diverse provision, much of it involving private business increasing inequality
2010 - 2014
centralisation of control
central government along has the power to allow or require schools to become academies or allow free schools to be set up. these schools are funded directly by the government.
their growth has disallowed local authority controll
2011
pupil premium introduced
1906
free school meals introduced
2012 - evaluation for pupil premium
ofsted
found that pupil premium isn’t being spent on those it can help
1/10 head teachers claimed that it significantly changed how they supported disadvantaged kids
