Conservative education policy (2010 onwards)
Since 2010 there’s been an increased emphasis on the marketization of education with:
- Academies Bill – traditional Academies and Academy Converters now have the same status in law
- Free Schools
- Bursary Scheme (replaced EMA)
- Vocational GCSEs axed from league tables
- ‘Toughening-up’ of A-levels and GCSES
- A greater emphasis on the English Baccalaureate (Ebacc) – more traditional GCSEs
- 2018 school league tables Schools are judged by two new measures, Progress 8 and Attainment 8.
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