Education Policy - New Labour Policy

Question 1

What was New Labour’s main objective?

Answer 1

• To raise standards to create a skilled labour
• Compete in the global economy

Question 2

What do New Labour try to achieve for everyone?

Answer 2

• Achieve greater equality of opportunity
• More inclusive
• Improve the experience of school for all

Question 3

How did New Labour want to appeal to more?

Answer 3

• Change image and perspective of their party
• Appeal to the middle and working class

Question 4

What did New Labour want to emphasise?

Answer 4

• Schools to be made more competitive
• Giving parents more choice

Question 5

What is Marketisation?

Answer 5

• Introduction of competition and to act more like businesses

Question 6

What did New Labour want their policies to help?

Answer 6

• Improving equality of opportunity
• Tackling social disadvantages in state education

Question 7

What policies did New Labour introduce?

Answer 7

• Academies
• Sure start
• Education Maintenance Allowance

Question 8

What are Academies?

Answer 8

• They were aimed at failing schools and tried to raise standards
• Receive funding from government for staff, services and admission
• Have a sponsor for the school

Question 9

What is Sure start?

Answer 9

• Deliver services for children under 5
• High quality early years education
• Improve child health through health services
• Raise parents aspirations
• Building social cohesion

Question 10

What is Education Maintenance Allowance?

Answer 10

• A set amount of money given to students in sixth form if they were from a lower income family
• Helps hidden costs of education
• If they attend all their lessons and achieve their grades

Question 11

How did the curriculum change under New Labour?

Answer 11

• Taught the essential skills, Maths and English
• Help individual learning of students
• Vocational elements added to curriculum

Question 12

What policies did New Labour expand on?

Answer 12

• Specialist schools
• League Tables

Question 13

How did New Labour expand on League Tables?

Answer 13

• Focus on assessments
• Increase the info found in league tables
  -Assess schools through Ofsted, GSCE’s and behaviour rates
• Failing schools taken over by multi-academies

Question 14

How did New Labour expand on Specialist schools?

Answer 14

• Raise money from private sector sponsors
• 10% of their students are passionate about their specialist schools
• Provide diversity and offer more parental choice

Question 15

What is ‘ Every Child Matters’

Answer 15

1. Being healthy
2. Staying safe
3. Enjoying and achieving
4. Making a positive contribution
5. Economic well being

Question 16

How did they improve standards?

Answer 16

• Literacy curriculum
• Higher education
• Role of Ofsted
• Leaving age of 18

Question 17

How did they reduce inequality of oppurtuinity

Answer 17

• Education action zones
• Sure start
• Education Maintenance Allowance

Question 18

How did they aim to increase diversity

Answer 18

• Specialist Schools
• Child centred learning
• Faith Schools

Question 19

Strengths of New Labour

Answer 19

• Greater choice of diversity
• GSCES have improved
• Greater variety of subjects
• Learning is more valued

Question 20

Critics of New Labour

Answer 20

• Not improved equality of educational opportunity
• Private schools still allow it to be unfair advantage
• Tuition fees put people off going to university
• Too test focused
• Taught to the test

Question 21

Summary of New Labour

Answer 21

Aim:
1. Raising standards
2. Increasing diversity
3. Improving equality of opportunity
Policies Introduced:
1. EAZ
2. Excellence in city
3. Sure start
4. Academies
5. Education Maintenance Allowance
6. National Literacy Strategy
7. Tuition fees
8. Specialist schools
9. League Tables