education - social policy

Question 1

1944 education act

Answer 1

• introduced post-war to rebuild the county
• compulsory state school up to age 14
• tripartite system ; grammar, secondary modern, technical

Question 2

strengths of education act

Answer 2

social mobility for working-class children

Question 3

limitations of education act

Answer 3

• 11+ used elaborated code which benefitted middle-class children
• less grammar schools for girls

Question 4

1965 comprehensive education act

Answer 4

abolished tripartite system to educate all children regardless of class, ethnicity etc

Question 5

strengths of comprehensive education act

Answer 5

recognised that children develop at different rates

Question 6

limitations of comprehensive education act

Answer 6

private and grammar schools are still in use

Question 7

1988 education reform act

Answer 7

introduced gcse’s & a level’s, national curriculum, league tables, ofsted and open enrolement

Question 8

strengths of education reform act

Answer 8

results improved

Question 9

limitation of education reform act

Answer 9

• still inequalities shown in results
• increased stress
• better schools receive more funding / creates ‘sink schools’

Question 10

new labour policy - specialist schools

Answer 10

• expert in a subject area
• gave parents more choice
• lots of schools used this to receive more funding for certain departments

Question 11

new labour policy - city academies

Answer 11

• introduced to improve standards in deprived areas
• behaviour policies turned these schools into the most successful (e.g. mossbourne community academy, in 5 years 85% of students got A-C)

Question 12

new labour policy - sure start

Answer 12

• introduced to boost life chances of disadvantaged children
• middle-class parents often abused these facilities

Question 13

new labour policy - education maintenance allowance (EMA)

Answer 13

• paid students between £10-£30 a week for attending college
• aimed to increase high edcuation participation to 50%

Question 14

conservatives policies - trebling tuition fees

Answer 14

• hoped that raising tuition fees would increase university standards

Question 15

conservative policies - pupil premium

Answer 15

• additional funding given to schools to help disadvantaged students
• most schools used the funding for everyday school expensives

Question 16

conservative policies - gcse and a-level reform

Answer 16

• decreased the amount of coursework involved in subjects