Education policy

• the Bulter Act ?


  • introduced the tripartite system
  • Where if students fail/pass 11+ students
  • They go to 3 schools
  • Grammer school: students with high grades
  • Secondary modern schools : where the get a normal pass / about to pass
  • Technical schools : where student failed badly , only do vocational education ( education for maual workplace)
  • Believe its created equality = everyone do the same test at 11+
• The compressive schools?

  • Took away 11+ tested
  • Made it all students go to local comprehensive school = avoid class divide ( catchment area )
  • Functionalist believe give students time to develop social integration from mixing classes
  • This took pupils to catchment area ( from going schools in there area )
• new labour gov?

  Aimed to reduce class inequality

  • Introduced higher programme = education tuition to better students grades
  • Intro EMA = give money to those who are still in higher/further education
  • Think these would make inequality less and a chance for w/c or do better
• 1988 education reform act ?

  • new rights introduced market principles in schools in education to improve the standards in it ( eg competition)
  • intro national curriculum = set subject for all students to learn the same thing
  • publishing league & Ofsted reports = promotes competition & interests = made parents go to the school with the best grades
  • open enrolment = go beyond their catchment area and go any school like that
  • formula funding = funding determinate by the Amount of students there
  • parental choice increases
• 2010 ( Coalition Gov )?


  • Schools changed to academies
  • Academics act encouraged all schools to have more control= no control from LEAS
  • Free Schools have more control = funding comes for goverment
• globalisation polices?

  • Global league tables = PISA = lead to competition for the best
  • British universities = get a good reputation = forgetters wants to go there
  • globalising and technological workplace increased = need for more it skills computer
• ctrictsism of Bulter Act?

  • believe it reproduced class inequality between middle/working class= middle class students move to the beast areas = go grammar schools , positive labelling
  • reproduced gender inequality as girls have to score way higher in grammar entry school
• ctrictsism of Comprehensive system?

  • Middle class have ecomnic capital to move from higher performing areas
  • Streaming & labelling in ethnic groups still divide socials classes
• Privatisations ?


  • Mock Ofsted
  • Coal-isation
  • Agency supply staff
  • ESI
  • Public private partnership