Clyde Chitty is professor of education at Goldsmiths College, London Pat Collings is an education management consultant and an assessor for the National Professional Qualification for Headteachers Peter Downes is an educational consultant John Dunford is general secretary of the Secondary Heads Association. He is an honorary research fellow at Durham University Heather Du Quesnay is executive director of education for the London Borough of Lambeth Robert Godber is head of Wath-upon-Dearne Comprehensive School, Rotherham Dame Tamsyn Imison is head of Hampstead School in the London Borough of Camden Martin Lawn is reader in education at Westhill College, Birmingham, and visiting professor of education at Umea University, Sweden Roger Seckington was a principal of three Leicestershire Community Colleges during 1970-93 and is now retired and living in Dorset Eric Spear is head of Staplehurst County Primary School, Tonbridge, Kent. He is a member of the Council of the National Association of Headteachers
Abbreviations
p. vii
Introduction
p. 1
The Changing Pressures on Primary Schools
p. 9
The Comprehensive Ideal
p. 19
Changing Pressures in the Secondary School
p. 33
Towards Rationalisation? The 14-19 Curriculum
p. 46
Schools in Deprived Areas
p. 60
Community Schools
p. 73
A View from London
p. 85
Following the Third Way? Teachers and New Labour
p. 100
Inspection: From HMI to Ofsted
p. 111
The Rise of Parent Power
p. 124
Challenging Partners: Central Government, Local Government and Schools
p. 137
Conclusion
p. 150
Notes on Contributors
p. 157
Bibliography
p. 159
Index
p. 164
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