NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
McCrone, Tami; Hopwood, Vicky; Wade, Pauline; White, Richard – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2015
Study Programmes were introduced in 2013 so that every post-16 provider could offer their learners coherent study programmes with breadth and depth, enabling learners to progress successfully to employment, apprenticeships, or higher education. Study programmes should include: at least one substantial qualification; English and mathematics for…
Descriptors: Barriers, Delivery Systems, Educational Principles, Work Experience
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hatcher, Richard – Educational Review, 2011
Free schools are new state-funded but privately-run schools set up under the academies legislation. Free schools represent the most overtly market-oriented policy within the Conservative-led Coalition government's school reform programme in England and have provoked intense controversy, centering on issues of pupil attainment, social equality,…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Restructuring, Free Schools, Democracy