Education Policies Raising standards

Privatisation in education- changing the internal processes of the education system to mirror a business model. This can involve making the system more efficient and effective. EG. External inspectorate of school OFSTED. Neutral agency that assesses schools on their performance, data , curriculum. Schools may change method to meet OFSTED requirements, rather than students needs.

Privatisation of education- Bringing private businesses into schools to support daily running. Catering, finance, teacher training, external agency to deliver parts of currciulum

Quality control policies- ensure all schools provide best possible education for students

OFSTED introduced Edu Reform Act 1988

National curriculum 1988- subjects and topics schools must cover at each stage of childs education, ensuring quality control in edu and provide min standard of edu across country

National testing 1988- end of key stage tests SATS y6 and y9. Monitor performance of school rather than indiv performance. Y9 SATs discontinued. SATs no longer effective as secondary schools do own baseline testing in Y7.

OFTSED + National testing= outdated

National curriculum is important part of edu system, equal opp to learn important subjects and topics, regardless school

Successful in some respects (policies 1977-2010) expensive and not sustainable long term.