Educational Policy

Tripartite System

• 11+ exam.
• Grammar, Technical, Secondary Modern.
• O Levels studied at Grammar schools.
• CSE's at Secondary Moderns.

Impact

• 2/3 Grammar school places went to m/c children.
• 11+ biased in favour of m/c.
• w/c children labelled as failures.
• Girls achieved higher so pass rate was higher.

Intention

• Abolish 11+.
• Educate in one type of school.
• Catchment areas.
• Reorganised to be all comprehensive schools.

Problems

• Little mixing of social classes.
• Tripartite system.
• Used setting or streaming.

New Vocationalism

• NVQ's= job specific qualifications studied while working.
• GNVQ's= studied as an alternative to academic qualifications.
• Apprenticeships= training at work and college.
• YTS= work experience with education.

Criticisms

• Real purpose to create good attitudes to working.
• Shortage of jobs.
• Lower ability students put on vocational courses.
• Training schemes gender stereotypes. 

Marketisation of Education

• Testing at SATs.
• League tables.
• Formula funding.
• National curriculum.
• Opting out.

Criticisms

• Damaging stressful effects on children.
• Lower achievers not being entered for exams.
• Popular schools get more funding.
• Parentocracy is a myth.

New Right Policies

• Specialist schools.
• Work-related learning.
• University fees.

Social Democratic Policies.

• Acadamies.
• Education Action Zones.
• Sure Start.
• EMA's.

Criticisms

• Cosmetic policies.
• Opposed to private school but still exist.
• M/C gained most.
• Increase in M/C uni entrants.

• EBacc.
• Pupil Premium.
• Reformed A Levels and GSCE's.
• EMA replaced with bursaries.
• Rise of uni fees to £9000

• Economy needs to be competitive in global industries like technology so add technology to curriculum.
• Increased immigration led to heavier focus on other cultures.
• Educational ideas shared between nations.