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Direct linkWest, Anne; Roberts, Jonathan; Lewis, Jane; Noden, Philip – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2015
Responsibility for meeting the costs of higher education in England has moved inexorably away from the government toward the family with the introduction of tuition fee and maintenance loans. Although an important public policy issue, there is limited research on how the policy impinges on the private sphere of the family. This paper focuses on…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Foreign Countries, Tuition, Family Income
West, Anne; Mattei, Paola; Roberts, Jonathan – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2011
This paper focuses on accountability in school-based education in England. It explores notions of accountability and proposes a new framework for its analysis. It then identifies a number of types of accountability which are present in school-based education, and discusses each in terms of who is accountable to whom and for what. It goes on to…
Descriptors: Sanctions, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries, Accountability
West, Anne; Roberts, Jonathan; Noden, Philip – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2010
There has been a focus on policies relating to early years education and care across the developed world and particularly in Europe. In the UK, there has been a raft of policy changes alongside increased investment. However, this paper argues that these changes may not be sufficient to meet EU objectives in terms of quality or the government's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Early Childhood Education, Government School Relationship
West, Anne – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2006
This paper focuses on school choice and the extent to which admissions to publicly-funded secondary schools in England address issues of equity and social justice. It argues that schools with responsibility for their own admissions are more likely than others to act in their own self interest by "selecting in" or "creaming" particular pupils and…
Descriptors: School Choice, Equal Education, Justice, Foreign Countries
West, Anne – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2006
This paper focuses on school choice and the extent to which admissions to publicly-funded secondary schools in England address issues of equity and social justice. It argues that schools with responsibility for their own admissions are more likely than others to act in their own self interest by "selecting in" or "creaming" particular pupils and…
Descriptors: School Choice, Public Schools, Secondary Schools, Admission (School)
West, Anne – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2005
This paper focuses on the system of banding used in England by the former Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) in order to seek to obtain an intake to secondary schools that was balanced in terms of ability. The first part of the paper provides a brief history of the system of banding, how it was informed by verbal reasoning testing and how it…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Tests, School Districts, Admission (School)
