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merketisation and privatisation/ policy
evaluations of the act : .
strongest piece of supporting evidence for the New Right’s policies on education is that they have worked to improve GCSE results nearly every year for the last 30 years
no successive govt has changed the fundamentals of it
the principle is now being used on an international scale with the PISA tables
due to league tables focusing on English and Maths there's a disregard for creative subjects such as the Arts
because of the importance of schools performing well in league tables some schools may simle 'teach to the test In order to look good in league tables which may stifle children’s ability to think critically
all league tables show is how good exam results are - they show nothing about pupil attitudes etc
it advantages the wealthy - selection by mortgage - houses in the catchment areas of the best schools are more expensive, meaning those with money are more likely to get into the best schools and MC families will have more money for transport and therefore will be more accepting of their child travelling far for a good school, WC may not be able to afford train costs wtc
Ball (03) MC parents as skilled choosers- are aware of the several factors which can affect education and effectively pick which school, have connections w people in top schols and can find out more about the schools, used to dealing w teachers and can bargain if entry is limited , would probably be aware of phoning schools about entry for their students etc
cream skimming - best schools pick the best pupils to ride up the tables creating inequality as the best schools (tend to be MC) get better and the bad schools get worse - bad schools end up w bad students and get worse and turn into sink sksls
FEATURES OF MARKETISATION: ICC Independence including allowing skls to run themselves, Competition making skls compete w each other through league tables etc. to encourage improvements amongst all schools. Choice - giving parents more choice with where they go to skl (free schools, academies,private, grammar etc)
ways to control the quality of marketisation : OFSTED, publicly releasing exam performance in league tables and providing a National curriculum which gives a baseline for teaching
effectively good schools will thrive and bad schools will either go out of business and close or will be taken over and run more efficiently
The New Right introduced school league tables in which schools were ranked based on their exam performance in SATs, GCSES, and A levels. The tables are published in many newspapers and online. The idea behind league tables was to allow parents to easily assess which schools in their local areas are the best. A bit like “What car?” magazine, but for schools. Giving them more parent choice and also forcing schools to perform so students attend
From 1988 all schools were required to teach the core subjects English, Maths, Science etc at GCSE level. GCSE’s and SAT’s were also introduced as part of the National Curriculum.
Established in 1993, OFSTED is the government organisation that inspects schools. OFSTED reports are published and underachieving school are shut if they consistently receive bad reports. The aim of OFSTED is to drive up standards. The aim of this policy is to raise standards
OFSTED Raised standard because a poor inspection could result in new management being imposed on underperforming schools
From 1988 funding to individual schools was based on how many pupils enrolled in that school. Thus an undersubscribed school where fewer parents chose to send their children would decrease in size and possibly close, while an oversubscribed school could, if properly managed, expand - essentially favouring well performing schools
Prior to 1988 Local Education Authorities still had control over the education budgets for counties and they did not necessarily allocated funding to schools based on pupil numbers. They might in fact give extra money (in per pupil terms) to schools which were struggling to attract students in order to help them improve.
From a Neoliberal and New Right perspective the above is fundamentally flawed logic as it means that successful schools which are attracting more pupils are subsidising worse performing schools and so the 1988 Act required that LEASs hand over their money directly to schools based on pupil numbers (formula funding) which removed the power of LEAs to control local budgets
marketisation students are treated more like consumers than pupils and skl operates like a business. Privatisation in education is changing processes so skl is more like a business e.g. parents as consumers, league tables etc. Privatisation of education opens schools up to business aspects such as teacher training skl finances, exams etc.