Education - Marketisation and Selection Policies
The Educational Reform Act- suggested schools partake in marketisation and selection.
Funding Formula= schools aquired an equal amount of money for every student they take on.
Exam League Tables= the rank a school gets for their percentage of students who achieve A-C GCSE's.
Competition= schools compete for students
A-C Economy:
Pressure placed on schools to achieve high places on league tables, subsequently attracting more pupils and gaining more funding. Schools focus on pupils who can attain A-C.
Educational Triage:
3 types of pupils :
Those who will do well anyway
Borderline C/Ds
Hopeless cases
Polarisation present between those schools high in league tables and those lower down.
Higher = more popular and can select better students
Lower = less popular and thus less able to select
Cream-skimming = selecting higher ability students. These students attain higher grades to maintain high places within league tables and cost less to teach.