Tag: policies
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Covid-19 and Disadvantage Gaps in England 2022
A recent report published by the Education Policy Institute examined the trend in the education disadvantage gap in England over the last decade. It found that the gap for ‘disadvantaged’ pupils (pupils who had been eligible for Free School Meals for one out of the last six years) had decreased over the last decade –…
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The Covid Catch Up Premium – Woefully Inadequate…?
The UK government’s main policy to help students catch up on missed schooling during the Pandemic has been to provide extra funding to schools on a per pupil basis. The extra funding amounts to around £600 million, which sounds like a lot, but this is only equivalent to £80 per pupil, but with more being…
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Advanced Information for the AQA A-level Sociology exam 2022: Education Paper 1
The [pre-release information](https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/content/summer-2022/AQA-7192-AI-22.PDF) for Paper 1 has selected the broad topic of education policies as the one which students will DEFINITELY be tested on… the significance of educational policies, including problems of selection, marketisation and privatisation, and policies to achieve greater equality of opportunity or outcome, for an understanding of the structure, role, impact and…
