New Labour and Education Policy
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- Created on: 25-10-21 11:39
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- New Labour
- Raising standards – which essentially meant building on what the New Right had done previously
- Increasing diversity and choice within education
- Improving equality of opportunity
- New Labour Policies designed to Improve Standards
- Literacy and Numeracy Hour – one hour per day of reading and maths
- City Academies – 10% funded by the private or voluntary sector – extra money should help improve standards
- Extension of school career and the school day – children now start at 4, even younger in Sure Start nurseries and the leaving age is being raised to 18.
- Class sizes – were reduced to 30
- New Labour Policies designed to reduce inequality of opportunity
- Education Action Zones – Extra money for schools in deprived areas
- Sure Start – 12 hours a week free nursery provision for children aged 2-4
- Education Maintenance Allowance – £30 per week to encourage students from low income households to stay on in 16-18 education
- Polices designed to increase diversity
- Specialist schools – Specialise in various subjects, providing expertise in areas from sciences to the performing arts.
- Child centred learning (differentiation within schools) – Teachers are expected to focus more on each child’s individual learning needs and OFSTED focus on this more.
- Special Educational Needs Provision – there has been a massive expansion of study and support under New Labour to support those with Special needs.
- Positive Evaluations of New Labour Policies
- SATs and GCSE scores have improved significantly under New Labour
- There are now a greater diversity of schools (Specialist Schools, City Academies) and a greater variety of subjects one can study (AS and A levels, Vocational A levels, the mix and match curriculum), meaning there is more choice for parents and pupils.
- New Labour have established a ‘Learning Society’ in which learning is more highly valued and created opportunities in which adults are able to relearn new skills in order to adapt to an ever changing economy
- Criticisms of New Labour policies
- New Labour have not improved equality of educational opportunity
- The gap between middle classes and working classes achievement continues to grow because of selection of by mortgage, cream skimming etc.
- The Private school system still means that those with money can get their children a better education
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