Policies on gender and ethnicity Current Policy: Pupil Premium Main aims
- Save money
↑ Privatisation; public sector assets such as The pupil premium grant is
- Make education a
schools into private sector - businesses. funding to improve educational
outcomes for disadvantaged more competitive scene
pupils in England. (impact was to benefit
- Gender Middle Class and Introduced: Removed:
Females largely excluded from higher education in the disadvantage the
19th century, also in tripartite system. Working Class) - Increased uni - EMA
Policies since the 1970s have been made to reduce - Promote tuition fees - Aim Higher
gender differences. ‘privatisation’ of - Pupil - Sure Start
education Premium - Resits /
- Make schools (2011) modular
- Ethnicity
even more - Expansion / exams
In the 1980s and 90s, ‘Multicultural education’ (MCE)
accountable increase
policies were made to promote the achievements of
children from minority ethnic group and valuing all cultures funding for - Curriculum
in the curriculum. Grammar wise;
schools - Coursework
However, MCE has been criticised on several grounds. - Ability to set mostly
- It was argued in 1981 that black pupils don’t fail for lack up free scrapped
of self-esteem, so MCE is misguided. schools -
- The New Right criticise MCE for continuous cultural parentocracy
divisions. Education - - Universal
2010 infant FSM
Coalition (Free school
2010 - (NEW) Academies meals)
policies - Leaving age
Academies are now any schools that raising to 18
are funded by government and free from
LEA (Local Education Authority). - Curriculum
wise;
Although despite being funded by the - Change from
government, they are able to pick their Strengths Weaknesses AS Levels
own things such as term dates. - Linear 2 year
● Increased the ● Increased inequality. courses - and
number of schools, Opportunities for made harder
increased choice for less academic - Expansion of
parents, and students and the privatised
because they can working class are state
control their own reduced. education
money they are able ● Low aspirations at e.g.
to target the money home, nobody academies,
were it is needed in promoting education free schools
the school. and so this does not etc.
● Suits some students have a large impact
(however mainly on the students.
middle class
students).
- Save money
↑ Privatisation; public sector assets such as The pupil premium grant is
- Make education a
schools into private sector - businesses. funding to improve educational
outcomes for disadvantaged more competitive scene
pupils in England. (impact was to benefit
- Gender Middle Class and Introduced: Removed:
Females largely excluded from higher education in the disadvantage the
19th century, also in tripartite system. Working Class) - Increased uni - EMA
Policies since the 1970s have been made to reduce - Promote tuition fees - Aim Higher
gender differences. ‘privatisation’ of - Pupil - Sure Start
education Premium - Resits /
- Make schools (2011) modular
- Ethnicity
even more - Expansion / exams
In the 1980s and 90s, ‘Multicultural education’ (MCE)
accountable increase
policies were made to promote the achievements of
children from minority ethnic group and valuing all cultures funding for - Curriculum
in the curriculum. Grammar wise;
schools - Coursework
However, MCE has been criticised on several grounds. - Ability to set mostly
- It was argued in 1981 that black pupils don’t fail for lack up free scrapped
of self-esteem, so MCE is misguided. schools -
- The New Right criticise MCE for continuous cultural parentocracy
divisions. Education - - Universal
2010 infant FSM
Coalition (Free school
2010 - (NEW) Academies meals)
policies - Leaving age
Academies are now any schools that raising to 18
are funded by government and free from
LEA (Local Education Authority). - Curriculum
wise;
Although despite being funded by the - Change from
government, they are able to pick their Strengths Weaknesses AS Levels
own things such as term dates. - Linear 2 year
● Increased the ● Increased inequality. courses - and
number of schools, Opportunities for made harder
increased choice for less academic - Expansion of
parents, and students and the privatised
because they can working class are state
control their own reduced. education
money they are able ● Low aspirations at e.g.
to target the money home, nobody academies,
were it is needed in promoting education free schools
the school. and so this does not etc.
● Suits some students have a large impact
(however mainly on the students.
middle class
students).
