education policy 1997 to the present day - key words

Question 1

social democratic policies

Answer 1

polices labour put into place to try to reduce the inequality in society

Question 2

marketisation

Answer 2

Making schools compete against each other in an educational market

Question 3

cream skimming

Answer 3

selecting higher ability students who gain the best results and cost less to teach.

Question 4

fragmentation

Answer 4

the comprehensive system is being replaced by a patchwork of diverse precision much of it involving private providers that leads to greater inequality of opportunity’s

Question 5

centralisation

Answer 5

central government has the power to allow schools to become academies or free schools as they are funded directly by central government