Educational Policy and Social Class Inequality

What is the educational policy?

It is the term given to a government initiative or social policy that has the direct purpose of changing education

• Education Reform Act

What are the indirect social policies?

Indirect social policies that impact on education are those that do not have a direct aim to change education

• Equal Pay Act

• Sex Discrimination Act

• Divorce Reform Act

What is the tripartite System?

1. System sits 11+

2. Student passes

   • Grammar School (Academic)

   • Technical School (Technical skills

3. Student fails

   • Secondary Modern (Vocational based)

What is comprehensive education?

• Banned selection by ability

• Student education on a ‘one size fits all’ basis

• Setting, Streaming and banding

What did the conservatives do from 1979-1997?

• Creation of new universities to improve access

• Education Reform Access led to increasing standards in schools- more working-class students