Means the process of where services like education are pushed towards operating like a business based on supply and demand. Students are considered consumers rather than pupils.
Privatisation in education
Means changing the internal processes of a school to be more like a business, for example treating Parents and students as consumers, target setting, performance related pay and league tables
Privatisation of education
Means opening up aspects of education to Private businesses such as staff training, school finances, school Management (academy chains) and Exams
3 features of marketisation
Independence –allowing schools to run themselves how they see fit.
Competition – Making schools compete with each other for students.
Choice – Giving customers (parents and students) more choice in where they go to
Conservative Government 1979-1997
Marketisation Policies:
League tables
Local Management schools
Formula Funding
Open Environment
Raising standards Policies:
Ofsted
National Curriculum
National Testing
Labour Government 1997-2010
Marketisation Policies:
Business sponsored Academies
Specialist schools
Raising standards Policies:
Maximum class sizes for 5-7 yr old
Building schools for the future programme
Education Action Zones
Business sponsored Academies
Coalition Government 2010-2015
Marketisation Policies:
New style academies
Free schools
Raising standards Policies:
Pupil Premium
English Baccalaureate
Reform of the National Curriculum
Reform of the Exams system
Tougher performance targets for schools
Evaluation of Marketisation policies and raising standards - Myth of Parentocracy
Parents do not have equal freedom to choose the schools which their child attends due to covert selection process, postcode lotteries in catchment areas.
But middle-class parents have much more freedom in choice due to their cultural capital, higher education and income.
Evaluation of Marketisation policies and raising standards - Educational Triage
Teachers tend to allocate more resources to the students who are on the C/D boarder line in order to achieve the 5 A* - C needed for the league tables thus ignoring those who are unlikely to achieve this.
Evaluation of Marketisation policies and raising standards - Dumbing Down
Due to the funding formula, schools need to retain and attract students in order to receive funding. Schools will therefore lead to the dumbing down of teaching and standards in order to retain students who might leave if they are pushed too hard or if the courses are too difficult.
Evaluation of Marketisation policies and raising standards - Reduced quality control
Ofsted is not as independent as it appears with government and politicians interfering with the process by changing the standards and goal posts.
Evaluation of Privatisation of Education
Positives:
More efficient.
More choice for parents.
Profit making might induce companies to support failing schools.
Negatives:
Takes money from the education system.
Business go out of business –leave schools stranded.