Add to ORKGWhat occurs within our primary schools does not (and has never) occurred within a vacuum. Education is not a neutral concept. Kelly (2009) suggests that it is not possible to discuss education without considering how it is influenced by other contexts. Within this chapter we will explore some of the drivers which impact on primary schools. As you read the chapter we’d like you to consider the following questions: What are the internal and external drivers that impact locally on your school? How do these factors impact on your role as a teacher and the choices and decisions you make? What research, values, beliefs and assumptions have both informed and shaped policy developments in your school? Who is best placed to inform and shape policy d...
This thesis addresses the issue of primary schools' abilities to implement educational change and fo...
Education systems across much of Europe (and indeed the world) are going through a period of challen...
For as long as education has been accepted as a public good, responding to the challenge of deprivat...
This paper explores how contextual factors function and shape leadership within a Primary School. Th...
Since the 1988 Education Reform Act and the introduction of the National Curriculum soon after, many...
Existing research demonstrates the impact of context on school organisation and management, curricul...
What can we learn from policy change? What can we learn about primary schools and primary teaching b...
The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final ...
This thesis investigates the multi-faceted approach to primary school improvement, the English Prima...
Existing research demonstrates the impact of context on school organisation and management, curricul...
About the book: Michael Fielding looks at what the Labour Government has achieved in the last four y...
The change of government in 2010 provoked a large structural change in the English education landsca...
The paper explores the current rationale for primary science in England with a focus on how competin...
This article reflects on the implications for practitioners, researchers and policy makers of the fu...
In England over 300,000 school governors serve some 23,000 schools, influence the lives of over 7 mi...
This thesis addresses the issue of primary schools' abilities to implement educational change and fo...
Education systems across much of Europe (and indeed the world) are going through a period of challen...
For as long as education has been accepted as a public good, responding to the challenge of deprivat...
This paper explores how contextual factors function and shape leadership within a Primary School. Th...
Since the 1988 Education Reform Act and the introduction of the National Curriculum soon after, many...
Existing research demonstrates the impact of context on school organisation and management, curricul...
What can we learn from policy change? What can we learn about primary schools and primary teaching b...
The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final ...
This thesis investigates the multi-faceted approach to primary school improvement, the English Prima...
Existing research demonstrates the impact of context on school organisation and management, curricul...
About the book: Michael Fielding looks at what the Labour Government has achieved in the last four y...
The change of government in 2010 provoked a large structural change in the English education landsca...
The paper explores the current rationale for primary science in England with a focus on how competin...
This article reflects on the implications for practitioners, researchers and policy makers of the fu...
In England over 300,000 school governors serve some 23,000 schools, influence the lives of over 7 mi...
This thesis addresses the issue of primary schools' abilities to implement educational change and fo...
Education systems across much of Europe (and indeed the world) are going through a period of challen...
For as long as education has been accepted as a public good, responding to the challenge of deprivat...