raising standard policies

• conservative government 1979-1997

  • Ofsted
  • national testing
  • national curriculum
• labour government 1997-2010

  • business sponsored academies
  • max class sizes for 5-7 year olds
  • education action zones
  • building schools for the future programme
• coalition government 2010-2015

  • pupil premium
  • reform of national curriculum
  • reform of exam system
  • tougher performance target for schools