marketisation policies

• introduced competition and parental choice which encouraged schools to act like private businesses
• ball, bowe, gerwirtz - studied 15 neighbouring LEAs in england in 90s by attending school meetings, interviewing teachers and parents


  found that m/c parents had more effective choice of school because higher levels of cultural, social and material capital
• publication of league tables - schools keen to attract more able students who could boost their position in the table


  more focus on what prospective students could do for the school rather than what the school can do for the student