Select at Least Two Current Debates/Reforms in the Field of Education Today. These May Include Issues Such as Apprenticeships, the Increase in Academies, Free Schools, Safeguarding, the Role of Ofsted or Offender Education, for Example.
In this essay I will be looking at two recent developments in the educational arena. The first area I will be examining is the increase in faith schools, I will be looking at differing opinions on the importance on faith schools. The second area I will be scrunitising is recent developments in providing criminal offenders with educational oppurtinities.
One recent reform in education is the increase in the number of schools classed as ‘Faith Schools’; this term was first introduced in Britain in the early 1990’s, this was due to demands made by the Muslim community for institutions comparable to existing Christian schools.
A faith school is a British school that teaches a general curriculum but with an emphasis on religious education, they may also have a formal link with a religious organisation, these schools are usually funded by the state and are within their rights to prioritise applications from people who follow the faith of the school, however, they must admit other applicants if they are unable to fill all available places, they are also required to ensure that their admission arrangements compy with the School Admissions Code. An analysis of 2010 English school data by The Guardian newspaper found that state faith schools were not admitting a fair share of the deprived pupils in their local areas, as indicated by free school meal entitlement, this analysis suggests that selection by religion in England is leading to selection of children from more well-off families.
In 2002, Frank Dobson, in an effort to increase inclusivity and lessening social division, proposed an amendment to the Education Bill; this ammendment sought to limit the selection rights of faith schools by requiring them to offer at least a quarter of places to children whose parents followed another religion. Tthis proposal was defeated in Parliament, but, in late 2006, speaking on behalf of the Church of England, Bishop Kenneth Stevenson stated “I want to make a specific
One recent reform in education is the increase in the number of schools classed as ‘Faith Schools’; this term was first introduced in Britain in the early 1990’s, this was due to demands made by the Muslim community for institutions comparable to existing Christian schools.
A faith school is a British school that teaches a general curriculum but with an emphasis on religious education, they may also have a formal link with a religious organisation, these schools are usually funded by the state and are within their rights to prioritise applications from people who follow the faith of the school, however, they must admit other applicants if they are unable to fill all available places, they are also required to ensure that their admission arrangements compy with the School Admissions Code. An analysis of 2010 English school data by The Guardian newspaper found that state faith schools were not admitting a fair share of the deprived pupils in their local areas, as indicated by free school meal entitlement, this analysis suggests that selection by religion in England is leading to selection of children from more well-off families.
In 2002, Frank Dobson, in an effort to increase inclusivity and lessening social division, proposed an amendment to the Education Bill; this ammendment sought to limit the selection rights of faith schools by requiring them to offer at least a quarter of places to children whose parents followed another religion. Tthis proposal was defeated in Parliament, but, in late 2006, speaking on behalf of the Church of England, Bishop Kenneth Stevenson stated “I want to make a specific
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