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Direct linkWest, Anne; Wolfe, David – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2021
The school system in England has undergone significant change following the introduction of the academies policy and the subsequent mass conversion of secondary schools to academies. In this article we address two issues arising from this process of academisation, namely equality of opportunity and local democratic accountability, both of which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Equal Education
West, Anne – Research Papers in Education, 2014
Academies (and free schools) in England and independent grant-aided schools, "fristående skolor" (or "friskolor"), in Sweden have been the subject of much academic debate, but there is a paucity of comparative research relating to policy development or outcomes. This paper adopts a comparative perspective, outlining the…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Outcomes of Education
West, Anne; Barham, Eleanor; Hind, Audrey – Oxford Review of Education, 2011
The distribution of pupils amongst schools is fundamental to concerns about equality of educational opportunity and it is for this reason that the process by which pupils are admitted to schools is of significance. This paper focuses on admissions criteria and practices used by English secondary schools in 2001 and 2008 in light of changes to…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Opportunities, Admission (School)
