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Autor/inn/en | West, Anne; Hind, Audrey; Pennell, Hazel |
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Titel | School Admissions and 'Selection' in Comprehensive Schools: Policy and Practice |
Quelle | In: Oxford Review of Education, 30 (2004) 3, S.347-369 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0305-4985 |
Schlagwörter | Foreign Countries; Educational Needs; Admission Criteria; Secondary Schools; Academic Ability; Educational Change; Educational Policy; Special Education; Selective Admission |
Abstract | This article examines secondary school admissions criteria in England. The analysis revealed that in a significant minority of schools, notably those responsible for their own admissions--voluntary-aided and foundation schools--a variety of criteria were used which appear to be designed to select certain groups of pupils and so exclude others. Specialist schools were more likely than non-specialist schools to report selecting a proportion of pupils on the basis of aptitude/ability in a particular subject area but voluntary-aided/foundation schools were far more likely to select on this basis than community/voluntary-controlled schools. Criteria giving priority to children with medical/social needs were given for nearly three-quarters of schools; however, community/voluntary-controlled schools were more likely to include this as a criterion than were voluntary-aided/foundation schools. Nearly two-fifths of schools mentioned as an oversubscription criterion, pupils with special educational needs; these were predominantly community/voluntary-controlled schools as opposed to voluntary-aided/foundation schools. The evidence reported here reveals that despite attempts by the Labour Government to reform school admissions, considerable 'selection' takes place. Implications for policy are addressed. (Author). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |