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Primary schools and opting out: Some policy implications
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UNSPECIFIED (1996) Primary schools and opting out: Some policy implications. BRITISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES, 44 (3). pp. 246-259. ISSN 0007-1005.
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Abstract
Significant differences in perceptions between teachers in primary and secondary grant-maintained schools are reported and analysed. Parents were more frequently involved in promoting opting-out in primary schools, primary teachers had more favourable attitudes to the grant-maintained school policy and, in primary schools, grant-maintained status delivered improvements in classroom conditions, most notably reduced class size and increased para-professional support in classrooms. The finding are discussed in terms of the management of primary schools, of theorising about reputation management in grant-maintained schools, and of the explicit objectives of the grant-maintained policy. It is further suggested that the evidence provided about grant-maintained primary schools could be used to inject new life into a policy faltering in secondary schools.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | L Education | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | BRITISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES | ||||
Publisher: | BLACKWELL PUBL LTD | ||||
ISSN: | 0007-1005 | ||||
Official Date: | September 1996 | ||||
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Volume: | 44 | ||||
Number: | 3 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 14 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 246-259 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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