RECAP 
   • List four reasons why 
    governments introduce 
    education policies.
   • How did the tripartite system 
    determine which secondary 
    school a pupil attended?
   • Why was comprehensivisation 
    introduced?
     WHAT IS MARKETISATION?
    • Seen in Topic 4 page 55 (Selection and 
     league tables) – linked to selection of girls 
     by schools.
    • Introducing the market to education:
     • Choice
     • Competition
     • Reduction of state control 
    • Choice for schools on who to take and for 
     parents on where to send  children.
       READING TIME 
        10 MINUTES
     Read pages 78-81 of your 
         textbook from 
     ‘Marketisation’, up to the 
       heading, ‘Coalition 
     government policies from 
           2010’.
     Now move on to complete 
     your workbook using the 
           slides.
        MARKETISATION
           Introduced 1988 – Education Reform Act (ERA)
           Conservative government – Thatcher (New Right)
           Market forces in education
             Competition (league tables)
             Consumer choice (who can choose?)
           Power to parents rather than teachers and schools - 
           parentocracy
           Continued by 1997 Labour government
           2010 further steps such as academies and free 
           schools
           Favoured by New Right as makes schools raise 
           standards to attract ‘customers’ in competition
                              Publication of exam results & Ofsted 
                              reports
                              Business sponsorship of schools 
                              Open enrolment – no catchment
                              Specialist schools – to widen parental 
           FEATURES OF        choice
          MARKETISATION       Funding per pupil – same for all
                              Can opt out of LEA – become academies
                              Schools compete to attract pupils
                              Tuition fees for HE
                              Parents can set up free schools