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Irvine, Paul; Brundrett, Mark – Management in Education, 2016
This article presents initial findings from a case study of the challenges facing newly appointed middle leaders in an independent school in the North West of England. The research approach has included interviews with twenty-five staff from within the school. It was observed that the skills set needed for middle leadership is different to that of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Middle Management, Barriers, Private Schools
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Suto, Irenka; Nadas, Rita; Bell, John – Research Papers in Education, 2011
Accurate marking is crucial to the reliability and validity of public examinations, in England and internationally. Factors contributing to accuracy have been conceptualised as affecting either marking task demands or markers' personal expertise. The aim of this empirical study was to develop this conceptualisation through investigating the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Examiners, Biology, Foreign Countries
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Turner, Richard; Matthews, Graham; Ashcroft, Linda; Farrow, Janet – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2007
This paper investigates aspects of the management of independent secondary school libraries in England and Wales. It is based on a survey of 150 independent school library managers, with a response rate of 68.7 percent, which was carried out as part of an ongoing PhD research project. The paper considers a range of issues important to school…
Descriptors: Private Schools, School Libraries, Foreign Countries, Librarian Attitudes