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Policies through the years
Policies through the years
New Labour policies 1997 - 2010
The tripartite system - Introduced in 1944, had two main types of
secondary school (grammar and secondary modern) with selection by New Labour aimed to reduce inequality in education by
the 11+ exam. Most middle-class pupils attended the grammar
introducing:
school, whereas most working-class pupils attended the secondary
modern. ● Education Action Zones
● Aim Higher programmes
The comprehensive system - Introduced in 1965, abolished the 11+ ● Education Maintenance Allowance for poorer 16-18-
and all pupils attended the same local comprehensive school. year-olds
● Increased funding for state education
Marketisation policies -
League tables - schools with good results encourage the best (usually Conservative policies 2010
middle-class pupils). Less successful schools end up with less-able Conservative policies since 2010 have reflected neo-liberal
pupils. thinking about reducing the role of the state, and therefore
moving away from the comprehensive system.
The funding formula - schools are funded on how many pupils they
Topic 6 educational policy ● Academies - all schools encouraged to become
recruit, so good schools get more money, and can improve academies, some funded by privately-owned chains,
staffing/resources. some funded by central government.
● Free schools - state-funded but set up and run by
In short
parents, teachers, religious groups or businesses
Educational policy has had an impact on
society. There has been a shift in policy ● Spending cuts - there have been cuts in government
from the 1940’s where the tripartite spending on education (Eg. in areas such as Sure
system existed, legitimising inequality Start, EMA, school building).
in education, to the new system of ● Grammar schools - parliament have discussed the
comprehensive schooling introduced in reintroduction of grammar schools.
1965. Although the New Labour
policies sought to reduce inequality, the
conservative policies have reintroduced
a system of inequality by encouraging
privatisation and marketisation.
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