In September 1999, the (British) New Labor government implemented three new categories of schools (foundation, voluntary, and community) replacing all previous classifications, including grant-maintained (self-governing) schools, no required to have local education authority representatives on their governing bodies. Future governance implications…

This paper reports on empirical research carried out during a two-year period in which the British government introduced a new framework for the reorganization of schools. The research assessed the views of the governors and managers of grant-maintained (GM) schools with regard to their interpretations about the future governance of their schools.…

In the light of central government rhetoric of partnerships in educational provision, and the recent redefinition of schools' relationships with local authorities, this article explores the perceptions of six chief education officers of the formal relationships that currently exist between them. The CEOs interviewed were drawn from different types…