marketisation and economic efficiency

before the education reform act (1988)

no data for this period, as marketisation policies brought in by the new right in the 1988 education reform act

conservatives, 1979-1997

no more comprehensive schools, schools should compete for customers as they are in a market

1. league tables

2. local management schools

3. formula funding

4. open enrolment

new labour, 1997-2010

the new labour government brought in:

1. business sponsored schools

2. specialist schools

coalition, 2010-2015

establishment of university fees, minimises the cost of sending students to university. the coalition also introduced:

1. new style academies

2. free schools

privatisation in education

changing the internal processes of a school to be more like a business, for example treating parents and students as consumers, target setting, performance related at and league tables

privatisation of education

opening up aspects of education to private businesses rather than through the government or local council, such as staff training, school management (academy chains), food catering and exams

parentocracy

when a child’s educational achievement has more todo with parental wealth and wishes than student ability. parents are able to have more choice over where to send their children

3 features of marketisation

1. independence- allowing schools to run themselves how they see fit

2. competition- making schools compete with each other for students

3. choice-giving customers (parents and students) more choice in where they go to school

three elements of quality control

1. ofsted inspections

2. publication of performance tables

3. national curriculum

evaluations of marketisation

1. myth of parentocracy

2. reduced quality control

3. less equality