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Compensatory Policies (Education) - Coggle Diagram
Compensatory Policies (Education)
Core Idea: Policies designed to reduce inequality by providing extra support to disadvantaged pupils
Purpose
Provide resources lacking at home
Support working‑class, ethnic minority, and deprived students
Close attainment gap
Purpose
Close attainment gap
Support working‑class, ethnic minority, and deprived students
Provide resources lacking at home
Major Policies
Sure Start (1999)
Early years support
Parenting classes, childcare, health services
Education Action Zones (EAZs)
Extra funding for deprived areas
Partnerships with businesses
Excellence in Cities (EiC)
Learning mentors
Gifted & Talented programmes
Pupil Premium (2011‑present)
Extra funding for disadvantaged pupils
Schools must show how money is used
Free School Meals
Nutritional support → better concentration
EMA (Education Maintenance Allowance)
Payments to encourage post‑16 attendance (scrapped 2010
Key Sociological Arguments
New Labour (1997–2010)
Focus on equality of opportunity
Critics
Funding often insufficient
Middle‑class still benefit more
Pupil Premium sometimes misused
Material Deprivation Theorists
Policies help reduce effects of poverty (Douglas, Flaherty)
Impact on Inequality
Helps narrow attainment gap
But structural inequalities remain
Often short‑term or underfunded