Policies Flashcards
Pupil premium
Funding to improve education outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in schools in England
When and which government introduced pupil premium
Introduced in 2011
Brought in my Liberal Democrat government
What does Pupil premium do
An ongoing system with aims to improve outcome of pupils who are at a educational disadvantage
Criticism of pupil premium
It cannot be ensured that the money is being spent effectively
Sure start
An area based programme to deliver services and support young children and families
When and who introduced sure start
Flagship labour policy
Announced in parliament in 1988 launched in 1999
Criticisms of sure start
Spendings have been cut by 2/3rds and 500 centres have closed the programme is still running
Education maintenance allowance
Education maintainance allowance (EMA) gives financial support to eligible 16 to 19 year olds who want to continue learning
When and who introduced education maintenance allowance
Introduced by the Labour Party in 1988 and nationally rolled out in September 2004
Now closed in England
Education action zones
Aims to develop and raise education standards in disadvantaged areas
Who introduced education action zones
Introduced by the 1998 labour government
Free school meals
Schools receive £1345 for every primary aged pupil and £995 for every secondary age pupil who claim free school meals
Policies of equality of gender of opportunity gender
Girls into science and technology
Introduced in the early 1980s to try and address gender differences in subject choice and encourage more girls to choose sciences at school
Women in science and engineering (WISE)
Established in 1984
Introduced by Margaret Thatcher
Aimed to reduce the tendency for girls and women to avoid stem subjects
A criticism of this programme could be positive discrimination
Reduction of coursework in GCSE and Alevel exams
Promoted to remove coursework as a concern of plagiarism
Significant impact on the gender gap in education and could end up disadvantaging girls
Education policies 1979 - 1997
1988 education reform act
Introduced a national curriculum in England and Wales
Brought in a system of national assessment
Schools could opt out
Open enrolment
Formula funding
Vocational education initiatives
Introduction of the national curriculum
There were no way of comparing schools performances except my external exams
Left pupils who moved schools at a disadvantage
Political desire to define the key subject areas and knowledge that a student should study
Central government wanted to take control of the school curriculum
How has local authority control over schools been weakened
Schools could opt out of local authority control and could be funded directly by the government (abolished in 1999)
Local management of schools gave schools greater control over their budget And reduced local authority control of individual support
Reducing the proportion of school governors appointed by the LEAs
1992 education act
Further education colleges were made independent of LEA control
School curriculum and assessment authority established to oversee the examination system
The government could take over the running of failing schools
Schools required to publish their league tables
Regular OFSTED visits
Schools allowed to specialise
Open enrolment
Schools had to compete with each other for pupils
Parents became customers who could ‘buy education’
Before these changes schools had catchment areas and it was difficult for parents to send their children elsewhere
National testing
Every pupil is externally examined several times in his or her school career allowing for the schools too be compared
Before national testing there was a lack of any common form of measurement meaning there was no way to compare performance of different schools
The creation of new types of schools
Grants maintained,CTCs, technology college status
Open enrolment
Gave parents the right to send their children to the school of their choice (although this is limited in reality by availability of places)
