In 2013 the UK government introduced the primary physical education and sport premium (PPESP) to improve Physical Education (PE) provision in eligible schools. In 2017 this was doubled, and further funding was committed until 2020. There is currently a lack of information regarding the comprehension and implementation of the PPESP amongst staff…

This article contends that the implementation of government policies is mediated principally by the state, the economy and social class but that these have all changed so markedly since 1945 that education can no longer be seen as having the reforming role attributed to it in the postwar years. The continued assumption that it does means that,…

This article demonstrates that while the more obvious and visible forms of citizenship education (such as introducing it as a new subject on the timetable and a public examination option) are being endorsed and promoted in official discourse, less visible forms (such as attending to ethics and values across the curriculum or the impact of…

Reports on LEA appraisal coordinators' implementation of teacher appraisal based on 1991 Regulations. As coordinators' work is being shaped and increasingly marginalized through legal requirements and state restructuring, incumbents have sought opportunities to promote educational values. Values-based professionalism is being replaced by…