Social Policy

Question 1

What idea did the 1945 butler education act introduce?

Answer 1

Introduced idea that children should be treated equally and be given equality of opportunity

Question 2

What did the 1944 butler education act introduce?

Answer 2

Secondary education introduced for all but hit everybody attended same type of school- called tripartite system. Schools selecting pupils by ability.

Question 3

What were the 3 schools that were a part of the tripartite system?

Answer 3

Grammar schools
Technical schools
Secondary modern schools

Question 4

What did the 1965 comprehensive education act introduce?

Answer 4

All students regardless of academic ability would attend a school in an area served by that school- the catchment area.

Question 5

What did the government hope the 1965 comprehensive education act would enable?

Answer 5

Would enable children from all social classes to succeed

Question 6

Why did the 1965 comprehensive education not succeed at ensuring all social classes would succeed?

Answer 6

M/C pupils tended to be in higher sets and streams.
M/C and W/C still not mixing in school as lots of one class dominated certain catchment

Question 7

What did the 1979 vocational education act introduce?

Answer 7

Vocationalism
Vocational education
Vocational training

Question 8

What is vocationalism?

Answer 8

Preparing pupils for working life- training for work

Question 9

What is vocational education?

Answer 9

Qualifications completed in school- E.G BTEC

Question 10

What is vocational training?

Answer 10

Qualifications completed in a workplace- e.g a car garage

Question 11

How was the 1979 vocational education act criticised?

Answer 11

Seen to be less of a qualification- not as valuable
W/C children pushed into vocationalism

Question 12

What did the 1988 education reform act introduce?

Answer 12

Government introduced competition within schools.

Question 13

What did the 1988 education reform act change?

Answer 13

The way schools were funded. Amount of money schools get depends on the amount of students who attend

Question 14

What’s a parentocracy?

Answer 14

Power is now in the hands of the parents when choosing child’s education pathway

Question 15

What did the government introduce under the 1988 education reform act to help parents make an informed choice?

Answer 15

League tables and ofsted, national curriculum also introduced

Question 16

How do Ball and gerwitz criticise the idea of parentocracy?

Answer 16

It’s a myth- not all parents have freedom to choose what school child goes to

Question 17

What are examples of some 1997 new labour policies that reduced inequality?

Answer 17

Compensatory education scheme
Raising school leaving age to 18

Question 18

What are some examples of 1997 new labour polices that did not reduce inequality?

Answer 18

Specialist schools
Increased use of league tables

Question 19

Why were acedemies introduced into under the 2010 collation better than other schools?

Answer 19

They had more freedom than other schools over curriculum and finance etc

Question 20

What schools were labour hoping to change to academies?

Answer 20

Designed to improved struggling schools in struggling areas

Question 21

What schools were the conservatives encouraging to change to academies?

Answer 21

Encouraged outstanding schools to convert to academies

Question 22

How did Ball criticise academisation under the 2010 coalition?

Answer 22

To many different types of schools now and this is dismantling the education system, leaving it fragmented

Question 23

What did the 2015 conservative government try to encourage through schools?

Answer 23

Encourage excelllence competition by freeing schools from the “dead hand of the state” through polices like academies and free schools

Question 24

What are free schools?

Answer 24

Schools that are funded by the state but not run by the state but rather others like parents, orginizations etc

Question 25

What did the 2015 conservatives also introduce to help inequality?

Answer 25

Pupil premium and free schools meals