education policies

Question 1

What is a policy?

Answer 1

A rule or action set out by government

Question 2

When was the tripartite system introduced?

Answer 2

1944

Question 3

What was the Education Act of 1944?

Answer 3

Introduction of free secondary education for all up to the age of 15

Question 4

What did the tripartite system consist of?

Answer 4

Grammar schools
Secondary Modern Schools
Technical schools

Question 5

What were grammar schools in the Tripartite system?

Answer 5

-For people who passed 11+ (mainly MC)
-access to academic curriculum
-access to higher education (university)
-20% attended

Question 6

What were secondary modern schools in the Tripartite system?

Answer 6

-Practical curriculum
-for those who didn’t pass 11+ (Usually WC)
-access to manual work
-75% attended

Question 7

What were technical schools in the Tripartite system?

Answer 7

-vocational education
-failed 11+, but showed specific talent
-5% attended

Question 8

Strength of Tripartite system?

Answer 8

-grammar schools provided guaranteed social mobility for WC students who attended

Question 9

Criticism of Tripartite system?

Answer 9

-reproduced class inequality
as 11+ was culturally biased
-system discriminated against girls as they needed higher marks than boys

Question 10

Which party brought in the Tripartite system?

Answer 10

Conservative

Question 11

When was the comprehensive system introduced?

Answer 11

1965

Question 12

What did the comprehensive system introduce?

Answer 12

Everybody would attend the same school (comprehensive schools)

Question 13

What type of system was the comprehensive system?

Answer 13

One size fits all

Question 14

Which party brought in the comprehensive system?

Answer 14

Labour

Question 15

Why was the comprehensive system introduced?

Answer 15

Labour governments wanted to support the disadvantaged in society (WC)

Question 16

What is a strength of the comprehensive system?

Answer 16

Produced mixing of social class, equal opportunities for all

Question 17

What is a criticism of the comprehensive system?

Answer 17

Still reproduced class inequality :

Streaming: streamed into ability groups, MC in higher streams, WC in lower streams which lowered self esteem

Labelling: WC pupils labelled negatively and restrict their opportunities

Question 18

When was the education reform act introduced?

Answer 18

1988

Question 19

Which party/prime minister introduced the education reform act?

Answer 19

Conservatives, led by Margaret Thatcher

Question 20

What did her party argue about the education system?

Answer 20

That it had become lax (lenient) and standards are low

Question 21

What is marketisation?

Answer 21

The introduction of competition and choice

Question 22

Why was marketisation introduced?

Answer 22

To raise standards in schools

Question 23

What were the aims of the education reform act

Answer 23

-Reduce direct state control
-Raise standards through marketisation
-Give parents more choice

Question 24

What is Parentocracy?

Answer 24

Power to parents (more choice)

Question 25

What marketisation policies were brought in? (ERA)

Answer 25

-OFSTED
-League tables
-Open enrolment
-Formula funding