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Peer reviewedWalford, Geoffrey – Educational Studies, 1998
Explains that the creation of the 1993 Education Act (England) introduced changes that enabled groups of parents or independent sponsors to establish their own grant-maintained schools. Argues that the requirements that have been developed since the Act make it almost impossible for new schools to be created and traces the attempts of potential…
Descriptors: Community Role, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
