1.8 Conservative government policies

Cards (13)

  • 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)