Tripartite System 1944

Question 1

What policies did the Tripartite System 1944 introduce?

Answer 1

Free education up to the age of 15
Created 3 different kinds of schools

Question 2

Which theoretical perspectives would like the Tripartite System 1944?

Answer 2

Functionalists - supports sifting and sorting and specialist skills

Postmodernists - avoids a ‘one size fits all’ education

New Right - all of the above

Question 3

Which theoretical perspectives would not like the Tripartite System 1944?

Answer 3

Marxists - provides top education, but only to the Middle Class

Feminists - 11+ entry requirements were higher for girls

Question 4

What are the 3 kinds of schools the Tripartite System 1944 introduced?

Answer 4

Grammar schools - 11+ to enter, curriculum would lead to university. Approx. 20% of students attended these schools

Secondary modern schools - No 11+, practical curriculum. Approx. 75% of students attended these schools

Technical schools - Vocational skills. Approx. 5% of students attended these schools

Question 5

What is positive about the Tripartite System?

Answer 5

Guaranteed social mobility for working class students at grammar schools

Question 6

What is negative about the Tripartite System?

Answer 6

Reproduced class inequality, advantaging middle class

Discriminated against girls, higher 11+ requirements