Structure and organisation of education
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- Created on: 26-03-16 13:20
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- Structure and organisation of education
- Education pre-1988
- free state-run secondary education available for all
- tripartite system introduced
- if 11+ is passed, child can attend a grammar school
- if 11+ is failed, child can attend a secondary modern or technical college
- system deemed unfair as a test taken at the age of 11 shouldn't decide what education children should have
- comprehensive schools introduced to serve a local area + cater for students of all abilities
- conservatives opposed the comprehensive programme and allowed continuation of grammar schools
- 1988 Education Reform Act
- 1. National curriculum introduced
- 2. Standard Attainment Tests (SATs) + league tables introduced
- check attainment targets had been reached and publish the results to encourage schools' effectiveness and allow parents enough information to make an informed choice of school
- 3. Grant-maintained schools
- state schools allowed to opt out of local authority control if enough parents voted to support it
- 4. City Technology colleges
- aimed to bring more IT and links with business into their curricula
- 5. Local Management of Schools
- more power was given to head teachers + governors
- 6. Open enrolment
- parents were given the right to send their children to the school of their choice. Created sense of parentocracy
- 7. Formula funding
- financing of schools largely based on number of students on roll
- Changes to post-16 education
- Curriculum 2000 - introduced broader range of A levels and new AS qualifications
- reduction of A level units (6 to 4)
- elimination of coursework and introduction of extended project plus introduction of A* grade
- EAZs and EiC
- additional funding given to disadvantaged areas to set up breakfast clubs, homework clubs, summer literacy and numeracy schemes + extra curricular activities
- aimed to improve attainment levels of pupils from low-income backgrounds
- Types of schools
- Private schools
- attended largely by wealthy upper-middle and upper-class children
- around 7% of school population educated at independent schools
- Faith schools
- publicly funded
- must teach national curriculum
- Specialist schools + City academies
- city academies are publicly funded schools to which private sponsors contribute financially in exchange for a say in the curriculum, ethos and staffing
- sometimes replace 'failing' comprehensive schools
- concern about influence of sponsors
- Private schools
- Education pre-1988
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