educational policies

• tripartite system

  • butlers act - 1944
  • three types of schools : grammar, secondary modern and technical
  • 11+ tests
• Education Act

  • 1988
  • introduction of league tables, OFSTED, formula funding and the national curriculum
  • marketisation
  • parentocracy
• New Labour

  • introduction of Academies
  • literary and numeracy hour
  • education maintance allowances were introduced
  • higher education tuition fees
  • sure start
• Comprehensive schools

  • the abolition of the 11+
  • one type of school for all
  • non-selective education
• Coalition Policies

  • 2010-2015
  • funding was cut and the eduaiton fell by 15% to 2015
  • huge increases in academies, and force academisation
  • free school introduced - michael Gove - Scandenavia
  • scrapped the educational mantenace alloweance and reduced funding to sure start centres
  • introduction of pupil premium
  • maintance HE grants for children from low income backgrounds
• Tories since 2015

  • introduction of T levels
  • Encouraging schools to shift to the EBacc
  • continuation of people premium
  • increase in the number of grammar school and also selective state education
  • continuing the rapid conversion of Lea schools to academic and introducing more free schools
• Covid Specific policies - 2020 onwards

  • 6 months of lockdown : home based leaning
  • the catch up premium : £650 paid directly to schools and £350 million for a national tutoring programme
  • funding increased of 7% per pupil by 2024/25