New Labour 1997-2010

Question 1

Education action zones

Answer 1

Providing additional resources to schools in deprived inner cities through the support of local businesses

Question 2

Aim higher

Answer 2

Unis given money to help raise aspirations of wc students

Question 3

Education maintenance allowance

Answer 3

payments to students from low-income backgrounds for attending post-
16 education. Students could be paid £30 a week for attending.

Question 4

National literacy strategy

Answer 4

More literacy taught, atleast an hour a week to ensure students make literacy requirements for their age group

Question 5

Sure start

Answer 5

• Giving wc young people and equal start in life.
• free nursery, toy libraries and parenting classes
• Form of compensatory education

Question 6

Vocationalism

Answer 6

focused on expanding vocational education (education which focuses on the skills required for a
particular job or trade) and ensuring it was on par with academic qualifications

Question 7

Specialist schools

Answer 7

Schools with a specialist focus on one subject

Question 8

Beacon schools

Answer 8

A successful school that shares strategies and practices with others

Question 9

Academy’s

Answer 9

chools which are not run by the Local Education Authority (LEA) and which have more
freedom in terms of curriculum provision

Question 10

Whitty- Eval

Answer 10

Labours polices are purely cosmetic + present a positive image without actually promoting equality

Question 11

Trowler

Answer 11

increased funding for state education, focus on raising standards and
a focus on a ‘learning society’ shows Labours commitment to reducing inequality in education