Marketisation

• Marketisation

  schools acting as businesses
• Parentocracy

  parents are considered consumers
• Conservative govt. policies (1979-1997)

  Marketisation policies-

  -league tables

  -Funding formula

  -Open enrolment

  Raising standards policies-

  -OFSTED

  -National curriculum
• Labour govt policies (1997-2010)

  Marketisation policies-

  -Business sponsored academies and specialist schools

  Raising standards policies-

  -Maximum class sizes

  -Education action zones
• Coalitition govt. policies (2010-2015)

  Marketisation policies-

  -New style academies and free schools

  Raising standards policies-

  -Pupil premium

  -Reform of exam system and NC
• Evaluation-

  Myth of parentocracy- M/C have more freedom of choice due to their cultural capital e.g. postcode lottery

  Educational Triage- teachers tend to allocate more recourses to the students who are on the C/D border to improve league tables, so ignore those who are unlikely to achieve this