Free Schools in England: ‘Not Unlike other Schools’?

Residential Schools for Epileptic Children in England

At the Lingfield Colony for Epileptics in Surrey, England, we have 255 children between the ages of five and sixteen attending our Residential Special School. They are sent here by Local Education Authorities from all parts of England, who pay a weekly fee to cover education, maintenance, medical treatment and clothing. Only " educable" children are admitted, or retained, an intelligence quotie...

Social Segregation in Secondary Schools: How Does England Compare With Other Countries?

We provide new evidence about the degree of social segregation in England’s secondary schools, employing a cross-national perspective. Analysis is based on data for 27 rich industrialised countries from the 2000 and 2003 rounds of the Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA), using a number of different measures of social background and of segregation, and allowing for sampling vari...

Introducing ICT in schools in England: Rationale and consequences

This paper provides a critical perspective on the attempts to promote the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in teaching and learning in England. It describes the rationale given for the introduction of ICT in terms of its potential to impact on educational standards to contribute to developing a curriculum which has more vocational/social significance and, more generally, to...

Competition and the Efficiency of Secondary Schools in England

Specialist schools in England: track record and future prospect

The specialist schools programme is seen as a key way of transforming the ‘bog standard’ comprehensive education system. This has been portrayed as meeting the local needs of parents. However, there is little evidence that such a programme can make such an impact. This paper examines the impact of the specialist school programme in England on secondary school admissions and, instead, suggests t...