Why Do Faith Secondary Schools Have Advantaged Intakes? The Relative Importance of Neighbourhood Characteristics, Social Background and Religious Identification amongst Parents

Autor/inn/en	Allen, Rebecca; West, Anne
Titel	Why Do Faith Secondary Schools Have Advantaged Intakes? The Relative Importance of Neighbourhood Characteristics, Social Background and Religious Identification amongst Parents
Quelle	In: British Educational Research Journal, 37 (2011) 4, S.691-712 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-1926
Schlagwörter	Advantaged; Secondary Schools; Income; Foreign Countries; Socioeconomic Background; Religious Education; Neighborhoods; Community Characteristics; Longitudinal Studies; Educational Attainment; Parent Background; Employment Level; Family Income; Religion; Religious Factors; Educational Finance; Educational Policy; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sekundarschule; Einkommen; Ausland; Sozioökonomische Lage; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Elternhaus; Beschäftigungsgrad; Familieneinkommen; Bildungsfonds; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik
Abstract	This paper explores reasons why secondary schools with a religious character have pupil intakes that are of a higher social background and ability than their secular counterparts. We show that this is especially true across all regions in England once the characteristics of the pupils living in the local neighbourhoods are taken into account. Data from the National Pupil Database and the Longitudinal Survey of Young People in England are combined to show that likely reasons for this are complex. Parents reporting a religious affiliation are more likely to be better educated, have a higher occupational class and a higher household income. We also show that higher-income religious families are more likely to have a child at a faith school than lower-income religious families. Policy implications regarding the state-funding of faith schools are discussed. (Contains 7 notes, 8 tables, and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10