School Admissions and Accountability: Planning, Choice or Chance?

by Mike Feintuck and Roz Stevens

Book Overview

The processes for allocating places at secondary schools in England are always controversial. School Admissions and Accountability addresses issues relevant to school admissions over the past sixty years, exploring three primary ways it has been done: planning via local authorities, quasi-market mechanisms, and random allocation. Each approach is assessed on its own terms, but also examined via constitutional and legal analysis. The book shows...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447306228
• ISBN13: 9781447306221
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"