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Direct linkTammy Campbell – Oxford Review of Education, 2024
Around 28 per cent of state primary school children attend 'faith' establishments in England, the majority in Catholic or Church of England schools. Research suggests 'faith' schools tend to educate proportionally fewer children from low-income families (proxied by eligibility for Free School Meals [FSM]). This paper examines whether they also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Schools, Elementary Schools, Special Needs Students
Burgess, Simon; Greaves, Ellen; Vignoles, Anna – Oxford Review of Education, 2019
We study school choice in England using a new dataset containing the choices of all parents seeking a school place in state secondary schools. We provide new empirical evidence to inform how the school choice market functions, including the number of choices made, whether the nearest school is the first choice and the probability of an offer from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Choice, Equal Education, Admission (School)
Goodman, Roger; Oka, Chinami – Oxford Review of Education, 2018
This paper explores the development of the "hensachi" system in Japanese education from the 1960s when it first appeared as a "de facto" measure for scholastic achievement. Unlike absolute scoring systems (such as A-level grades) "hensachi" gave an indication of the probability of getting a place on a particular…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scores, Achievement Rating, Educational History
Sebba, Judy; Berridge, David – Oxford Review of Education, 2019
In England, 'Virtual Schools' oversee and support the educational progress of children in care. This paper reports on the analysis of 16 interviews with Virtual School headteachers that were part of two mixed methods research projects on the educational progress of children in care. These interviews explored their role; the types of support they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foster Care, Principals, Virtual Classrooms
Courtney, Steven J. – Oxford Review of Education, 2015
The number and range of school types in England is increasing rapidly in response to a neoliberal policy agenda aiming to expand choice of provision as a mechanism for raising educational standards. In this paper, I seek to undertake a mapping of these school types in order to describe and explain what is happening. I capture this busy terrain…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Neoliberalism, Academic Standards, Foreign Countries
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)
Peer reviewedKang, Hee-Chun – Oxford Review of Education, 1983
The history of access to secondary education and movements toward sexual equality in education in Great Britain between World Wars I and II are covered. The major questions raised in this period were: "Who is capable of, or eligible for, secondary education?" and "What secondary education system is most desirable?" (IS)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission (School), Comparative Education, Educational Change
