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Davies, Peter, Diamond, Colin and Perry, Thomas (2021) Implications of autonomy and networks for costs and inclusion : comparing patterns of school spending under different governance systems. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 49 (1). pp. 128-144. doi:10.1177/1741143219888738 ISSN 1741-1432.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1741143219888738
Abstract
Policy reform around the globe has increased the autonomy that schools enjoy in spending on resources. This reform assumes that schools face strong incentives to use their resources to maximise pupil attainment and that they know best how to spend their money to achieve this aim. This study provides evidence of the relationship between governance and how schools choose to spend their money. It uses data for all state-funded secondary schools in England for the academic years 2009/10, 2011/12 and 2015/16. This enables a comparison of schools operating under three forms of governance: local authority maintained schools (LAMs); schools operated as a single ‘academy’ trust outside local authority control (SATs); or those in a network of academy schools governed by a multi-academy trust (MATs). The data provide no support for claims that academy schools will spend less on administration or that networks of schools will enjoy economies of scale. The data do show that academy schools spent proportionately less on teacher salaries and educational support, and more on back office costs, after taking account of pupil characteristics.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | School management and organization -- Great Britain, Education -- Costs, School autonomy, School-based management | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Educational Management Administration & Leadership | ||||||
| Publisher: | Sage | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1741-1432 | ||||||
| Official Date: | January 2021 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 49 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 128-144 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/1741143219888738 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | Davies, P., Diamond, C., & Perry, T. (2021). Implications of autonomy and networks for costs and inclusion: Comparing patterns of school spending under different governance systems. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 49(1), 128–144. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741143219888738. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. Additionally, please provide a link to the appropriate DOI for the published version of the Contribution on the SAGE Journals website (http://journals.sagepub.com). | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Free Access (unspecified licence, 'bronze OA') | ||||||
| Copyright Holders: | © The Author(s) 2019 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 14 February 2023 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 14 February 2023 |
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