Schools

• 1944-1965
• Students allocated schools based on 11+ Entry Exam
• Grammar, Secondary Modern and Secondary Technical
• Criticised for 'Labelling'

• 1965-Present Day
• No entrance exam
• Comprehensive Schools accept all students.
• Achievement still effected by background however

Comprehensive - Run by local council with no entry requrements.

Academy - Not controlled by local council, but by trusts funded by the government

Special School/SEN - Caters for students with additional learning needs.

Free School - Funded by the governments but can be set up and run by any group.

Independent/Fee Paying - Private schools are not run by the government and they charge fees. 7% of the population attend one. Better facilities.

Aternative Provision - Some parents are home-schooled with home-tuition. Illich argures for deschooling = abolishing schools and education.

General Trends - Middle Class students are more likely to do better in education than working class students.

Hasely, Heath and Ridge (1980) - (RM: Face-to-face survey) - Divided social class into service (upper), intermediate and working class. Evidence of social class inequalities in eduaction. Boys from service class are 11x more likely to go to university.