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Direct linkWest, Anne; Hind, Audrey; Pennell, Hazel – Oxford Review of Education, 2004
This article examines secondary school admissions criteria in England. The analysis revealed that in a significant minority of schools, notably those responsible for their own admissions--voluntary-aided and foundation schools--a variety of criteria were used which appear to be designed to select certain groups of pupils and so exclude others.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Needs, Admission Criteria, Secondary Schools
