1.8 Conservative government policies

• What were the problems with these policies to reduce inequality?

  OFSTED found that only 1 in 10 teachers said that PP funding changed how they supported PP students

  Spending in other areas of education has been cut e.g. 60% decrease for school buildings

  University fees tripled from 3,000-9,250
• What policies were implemented to reduce inequality?


  Free school meals for KS1

  Pupil Premium
• Removal of Centralisation

  Removal of state intervention within schools
• Fragmentation

  Comprehensive system is being replaced by private providers that leads to greater inequalities
• What are the consequences of academisation?

  Has led to greater fragmented centralisation
• What are the criticisms of free schools?

  Free schools take fewer disadvantaged children than other schools e.g. in a school in year 1, 12% of students are low income compared to 24% of the catchment area
• What are the criticisms of academies?


  When the coalition government allowed any school to become an academy, rather than disadvantaged schools which removed the focus on inequality
• What ddi free schools have control over?

  Had control over their curriculum & ethos
• Who can open free schools?

  Teachers, parents and religious groups could set up their own schools
• What happened to academies?

  The academy status was opened up to all schools with an 'outstanding' grading

  Academies opened the opportunity to be run like a business
• What was caused by the Liberal Democrat influence?

  Compensating for disadvantage in schools

  Compensating for disadvantage in higher education
• What was caused by the Conservative influence?

  Academies/free schools

  Reforms to the curriculum

  Reforms to vocational education

  Tuition fees in higher education

  Cuts to education budget to reduce state spending
• Who was in the 2010-2015 coalition government?


  Conservatives & Liberal Democrats (new right thinkers)