EDUCATIONAL POLICIES V2 Flashcards
(31 cards)
POLICIES TO IMPROVE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY: Tripartite system
- provided first free secondary education for all children
-thus removing barriers to attend secondary school as you didn’t have to pay
when was the tripartite system established
1944
what were the 3 schools that made up the triparted system
- secondary modern
- academy
-technical
what test determined which school a student would attend
-11+
- potentially disadvantaged WC pupils
comprehensive system
-established a single type of school
-accessbible to all without selection
when was the comphensive system established
1970
what is pupil premuim
- gave money to schools with pupils from. a low income background more money
-this money had to be spent explicitly on helping those students
-aimed at addressing the attainment gap
when was the pupil premuim introduced
-2010
what happened to schools with high number of fsm pupils
- they were given extra educational resources to spend on further support for disadvantaged children
what does privatisation refer to
- the drive to make schools operate more like independent businesses
- eg managing their own affairs and competing with other schools through league tables
what did ball and youdell say about privatisation IN education n
- schools operate like independent private businesses
-managing their own affairs
what did ball and youdell say about privatisation OF education
- opening up of state education to private businesses to design or deliver education
- EG apple providing iPads and online curriculums
positives about privatisation
- the business nature of the school leads to them being more efficient
- raised standards
- competitive nature will raise standards providing higher quality of teaching
negatives about privatisation
- privatisation may lead to more inequalities in education as it will want to discourage children from poorer and disadvantaged families who might threaten the schools league position
negative about privatisation: cherry picking
- private companies cherry pick the best schools to take over and improve further
-leading to the best schools continuing to improve and attract new pupils whilst the worst remain the same
examples of private provision of education
-supply teachers provided by agencies
- private finance initiative (PFI) which led to hundreds of poor quality schools being built to which many are closed today, payed by the tax payer)
-introduced by new labour for a short term benefit but cost the country millions long term
EG in 2017 17 schools were closed in edinboroguh which were bult under pfi were closed due to saftey issues
when did marketisation of education begin
- with the 1988 educational reform act
-influenced by the new right and includes 3 main features
what were the 3 main features of marketisation
-competition
-choice
-independance
independence function of marketisation
- refers to the way schools operate similarly to businesses
- having control over their own affairs
choice function of marketisation
- parent power (parentocracy) refers to the way in which parents are given a choice to decide which schools they attend
competition function of marketisation
- means that schools compete with other schools for customers (pupils)
-These league tables rankings influence parents’ choices when selecting a school for their children, as they are often used as a benchmark for quality.
what is funding formula
- more pupils you have more funding you get
GOVERNMENT POLICIES BY PARTY: Conservative gov policies 1979-97
- money is now allocated to schools based on the number of pupils the school has ( funding formula)
-introduction of leauge tables ( ranking schools based on the grades achieved by their students)
which gov established ofsted
- conservative gov 1979-97
- quality control
