Policy - New Labour till 2010

Question 1

New Labour Policy Aims

Answer 1

to continue the process of marketisation, adding more education diversity, driving up bog-standard comprehensives with more funding, yet tackling inequalities at the same time

critcised as ‘New Labour Paradox’ (now looking at both sides to it)

Question 2

3 things, diversity, inspection, higher education

New Labour, marketisation revamped

Answer 2

-more diversity in schooling with specialist schools (focussing on one vocation e’g sports) and gifting vocational qualifications e’g VSCE A levels, more Faith schools too

-expanded role of Ofsted, tougher line of expection

-expanded higher education too, so universitity applicants hit record numbers, tuition fees introduced to compensate the expansion, these had trebled by the time labour left the government

Question 3

New Labour - compensatory education

Answer 3

do deal with inequality criticisms of marketisation

policy of compensatory education introduced EAZs (zones) of deprived areas, schools given extra funding and

-EMA (allowance), cash payment to low income studentst to stay in post-16 education

-failing schools taken out of LEA control and turned into City Academies 10% funded by the private or voluntary sector – extra money should help improve standards

Question 4

1 neg, 2 pos

effects

Answer 4

-Benn- created ‘New Labour’ paradox, how can EMA be beneficial if higher education, tuition fees intorduced, can’t tackle ineqaulities while committed to marketisation

+SAT and GCSE scores raised and greater diversity of schools, curriculum and qualification but issues that City Academy sponsers and Faith Schools can manipulate curriculum

+‘sink schools’ easier outlet to improve (by becoming academy)