Opting for Self-Management - The Early Experience of Grant-Maintained Schools

Informationen zum Autor Brent Davies, Lesley Anderson Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1991. This book examines the early experiences of the first grant-maintained Schools and considers the challenges facing the self-managing school in the 1990s. A section of specially commissioned case studies written by headteachers offers accounts of how each school has coped with the move to grant-maintained status. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Part 1 1. The Context and the Rationale for Grant-Maintained Status 2. How Schools Achieve Grant-Maintained Status Part 2 3. A Case Study of Opting Out: Small Heath School Cecil Knight 4. Managing a School and Developing a Grant-Maintained Ethos Roger Perks 5. Managing Finance in a Grant-Maintained School Keith Barker 6. Managing Capital Development: Contracts and Premises Brother Francis 7. Managing The School: The Role of Governors and Staff Management Structures Ray Page 8. Managing Staff Development in a Grant-Maintained School Jennifer Morris Part 3 9. The Advantages of Grant-Maintained Status 10. The Disadvantages of Grant-Maintained Status 11. Managing Grant-Maintained Schools in the 1990s Part 4: Appendices A. A Review of Opting Out to Date - Number of Schools, B. A Review of Opting Out to Date - Analysis of Schools, C. Grant-Maintained Schools Quality Assurance: A Voluntary Code of Practice, D. The Experience of Going Grant-Maintained: The Perceptions of AMMA Teacher Representatives

Product details

• Authors: Lesley Anderson, Anderson Lesley, Brent Davies, Brent Anderson Davies, Davies Brent
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.05.2018
• EAN: 9781138487840
• ISBN: 978-1-138-48784-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education Management
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / General, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Educational strategies and policy