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School Leadership and Management in England: The Paradox of Simultaneous Centralisation and Decentralisation
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Bush, Tony – Research in Educational Administration & Leadership, 2016
Effective leadership and management are increasingly recognised as vital components of successful schooling. This paper examines how they are practiced in England, where there is a high degree of centralization, notably in respect of finance and staffing, but within a tightly constrained curriculum and inspection framework. The paper discusses…
Descriptors: Leadership Effectiveness, Instructional Leadership, Administrative Organization, Educational Improvement
A Comparison of the Governing of Primary and Secondary Schools in England
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James, Chris; Connolly, Michael; Brammer, Steve; Fertig, Mike; James, Jane; Jones, Jeff – School Leadership & Management, 2014
In England, governing bodies continue to be responsible for the conduct of publicly funded schools. This article compares the governing of publicly funded primary schools (for 5-11 year olds) and secondary schools (for 11-18 year olds). The research analysed policy documents and the governing of 16 primary and 14 secondary schools. The main…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Governance, Elementary Secondary Education, School Administration
Responding to the Consumer: Parental Choice and School Effectiveness.
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Woods, Philip – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1993
Reports on the PASCI (Parental Choice Interaction) Study that is investigating the interaction between school decision making and parental school choice in the United Kingdom. Discusses how schools in a pilot case study area are responding to parental choice and competition among schools. The market and participative education models may be…
Descriptors: Competition, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Quantitative Measures of Secondary School Performance Using School-Level Data.
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Richmond, Jeremy – Educational Management & Administration, 1996
Uses school performance criteria established by 1988 Education Reform Act legislation to examine school effectiveness in 50 British secondary schools in a large metropolitan area. Findings suggest that criteria chosen by government are not mutually exclusive measures of school performance, but are highly sensitive to socioeconomic influence. (24…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, Institutional Characteristics, Measurement
Tracking the Phoenix: The Fall and Rise of the Local Education Authority.
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Tipple, Christopher – Oxford Review of Education, 1998
Describes the difficulties facing local education authorities (LEA) during the revolutionary period in British education. Illustrates that the role of the LEA has changed by exploring various definitions of LEAs proposed by the Audit Commission, the Conservative Government's White Paper "Self Government for Schools," and the White Paper…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Closer by Degrees: The Past, Present and Future of Higher Education in Further Education Colleges.
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Parry, Gareth; Thompson, Anne – 2002
Before England's Education Reform Act of 1988, higher education (HE) provision in England's further education (FE) colleges was the responsibility of the local education authorities that owned, controlled, and funded the colleges and polytechnics for advanced and nonadvanced FE. In 1987-1997, HE in FE colleges was commonly considered a residual or…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, College Role, Delivery Systems, Educational Environment