The New Right Influence on Policy

Ofsted is a government funded system for measuring the success of schools and other educational settings.

• True

• False

Grant Maintained Schools encouraged comprehensive schools to 'opt out' of local educational authority control and manage their own finances.

• True

• False

Open Enrolment allowed parents to send their child to a school of their choice, not just their local catchment school.

• True

• False

Expansion of Academies allowed any school to convert to an academy, not just those in deprived areas or with a bad Ofsted rating.

• True

• False

What policy forces all 'struggling' schools to become academies according to the Conservative Government (2015-Present)?

• The Prevent Strategy

• Education Bill (2015)

• Further Privatisation of Education

• The Re-introduction of Grammar Schools

Which Conservative Government policy involves more private companies being used in education for software and services, such as teacher training and registering data?

• The Prevent Strategy

• Further Privatisation of Education

• The Expansion of Free Schools

• Education Bill (2015)

The Conservative Government has continued to increase parental choice by expanding different types of schools. This is known as:

• The Prevent Strategy

• The Expansion of Free Schools, Faith Schools, and Academies

• The Re-introduction of Grammar Schools

• Further Privatisation of Education

In 2016, which policy was announced to reintroduce a certain type of school back into Britain's educational landscape?

• The Prevent Strategy

• The Re-introduction of Grammar Schools

• Education Bill (2015)

• Further Privatisation of Education

What is the main aim of the Prevent Strategy in schools according to the Conservative Government?

• To increase tuition fees

• To report students at risk of radicalisation

• To privatise education

• To expand grammar schools

Some sociologists argue that Marxists are economically deterministic, arguing that all institutions in society reflect and reinforce the capitalist economy.

• True

• False