Patrick L. J. Bailey and Stephen J. Ball
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781447324560
- eISBN:
- 9781447324584
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447324560.003.0006
- Subject:
- Education, Educational Policy and Politics
This chapter provides an overview of coalition government education policy, focusing on compulsory education in England. It also highlights the relationships between coalition policy and that of the ...
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This chapter provides an overview of coalition government education policy, focusing on compulsory education in England. It also highlights the relationships between coalition policy and that of the Conservative government elected in 2015.
The chapter notes areas of both continuity and change with the direction set under new Labour, with the coalition both building on Labour’s policies but also shifting the rhetorical and discursive problem-space of policy. It examines education policy in relation to areas such as the curriculum, academisation and free schools, and the Pupil Premium, as well as performance management, and concludes that Conservative education policy rests on a ‘messy’ combination of regulation, competition and performance management.Less
This chapter provides an overview of coalition government education policy, focusing on compulsory education in England. It also highlights the relationships between coalition policy and that of the Conservative government elected in 2015.
The chapter notes areas of both continuity and change with the direction set under new Labour, with the coalition both building on Labour’s policies but also shifting the rhetorical and discursive problem-space of policy. It examines education policy in relation to areas such as the curriculum, academisation and free schools, and the Pupil Premium, as well as performance management, and concludes that Conservative education policy rests on a ‘messy’ combination of regulation, competition and performance management.
