Educational policy

Question 1

Social/ political influence

Answer 1

1880 increased the need for an educated workforce and from the 19th century the state began to become more influenced in education

Question 2

1870 education act

Answer 2

• aimed to fill the gaps left by church and charity schools
• provided state run elementary schools for five to eleven years old
• charged a fee and it was made free in 1891

Question 3

1902 education act

Answer 3

• state secondary education
• new Local Education Authorities (LEAs) were given power to establish new secondary and technical schools

Question 4

The tripartite system 1945 to 1965

Answer 4

• Five giants led to this
• changed the secondary school system and consisted of 3 secondary schools
  -grammar school ( for bright students )
  -secondary modern ( less academic students )
  -technical college
  what school you went to were determined by your 11+ exams

Question 5

Evaluation points

Answer 5

• 11+ exams were unreliable as it was biased towards the middle class as they had more cultural capital
• No parity of esteem - no equality between schools as grammar schools had a higher status and secondary modern was seen as second rate
• social class divisions - there was no social mixing as m/c still went to grammar schools compared to a quarter of the w/c