This is a quiz based on sociological data regarding the AQA A-Level Educational Policy topic in Sociology. Below are the words which need to be matched to their definitions:
50,000
20%
80.9%
7%
£15 million
2x
1%
33.3%
13th
14th
5th
1st
14th
13th
15th
£18 billion
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£18 billion
According to Hancock (2014), this was the estimated worth to the UK economy each year of educational exports from Britain to 'priority markets' such as Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Turkey and the Gulf States.
7%
This was the percentage of children being rejected from all of their top 3 choices for school in 2019.
13th
This was the place on the PISA League Table for Reading that the UK was at in 2022.
15th
This was the place on the PISA League Table for Science that the UK was at in 2022.
80.9%
This was the percentage of children being accepted into their first choice secondary school in 2019.
1st
This was the place on the PISA League Table that Singapore was at in 2022.
14th
This was the place on the PISA League Table that the UK was at in 2022.
£15 million
A TES Study found that this was the amount of money wasted on 2 University Technical Colleges (UTCs) that closed and 2 more which never opened.
2x
As academies can decide how much to pay their staff, this is how many times more their heads/bosses can earn compared to what a standard headteacher would earn.
14th
This was the place on the PISA League Table for Mathematics that the UK was at in 2022.
1%
This is the percentage of the UK's wealth the poorest 10% own.
33.3%
This is the percentage of the UK's wealth the richest 10% own.
13th
This was the place on the PISA League Table that Finland was at in 2022.
5th
This was the place on the PISA League Table that South Korea was at in 2022.
50,000
In England from 2013-14, this was the number of appeals by parents against being refused places at their chosen primary and secondary schools for their children.
20%
In England from 2013-14, this was the percentage of successful appeals by parents against being refused places at their chosen primary and secondary schools for their children.