Privatisation

4. the term used for branding of schools, through sponsorship or vending machines.
6. Money that schools receive for each pupil from a disadvantaged background
8. The coalition's main policy, to cut costs, which has had an impact on money schools receive from the government
9. The trend witnessed in recent years in the UK and globally.
13. One group of people who may benefit from education becoming privatised
15. Something useful or valuable that can be sold or traded, such as education
17. Funded by the state, but set up by parents, teachers, faith organisations or businesses
18. The process of introducing market forces into areas run by the state

1. 'Good' schools can avoid taking less able pupils who are likely to get poor results, thereby damaging the schools position in league tables.
2. A Marxist sociologist who stated that it is a myth to assert that competition is driving up standards in education
3. One of the key tenets of Conservative policy on education...the reason for marketisation
5. From 2010 all schools were encouraged to change...
7. Roughly two thirds of academies are known as this
10. This government have largely continued marketisation policies
11. Ball has argued that this is one of the two results of marketisation policies within education, where provision is varied...
12. Good schools become selective, choosing their own 'customers' and recruiting high achievers
14. The term used to describe the system where parents have a free choice of school.
16. One example of where privatisation can be seen within education. They regulate and assess standards within schools.