comprehensive system

• The comprehensive system was introduced in 1965
• The comprehensive system


  End the social division of tripartite system and offer equal opportunity for all
• Comprehensive schools are local schools which don’t select pupils on the basis of academic abilities
• The labour government, after 1964, encouraged the development of these schools and through the 70s they took the place of grammar schools and secondary modern in most areas
• Questions about the effectiveness of comprehensive schools

  • Exam results improved
  • Friendship still reflected class
  • Even mixed classes middle still did better than lower
  • Less able to benefit more
  • Health – middle class parents know the system and how to exploit it
  • Streaming – divided children on academic ability
  • Scotland class gap closing
  • Postcode lottery – depend on where u live depends on the better schooling you get