Publication Date
In 2024 | 1 |
Since 2023 | 1 |
Since 2020 (last 5 years) | 2 |
Since 2015 (last 10 years) | 5 |
Since 2005 (last 20 years) | 7 |
Descriptor
Source
British Educational Research… | 7 |
Author
Abbas, Tahir | 1 |
Basran, Jaskaran | 1 |
Brown, Anna | 1 |
Filik, Ruth | 1 |
Fong, Sarah | 1 |
Hall, Sophie S. | 1 |
Henderson, Leanne | 1 |
Jerrim, John | 1 |
Kowalski, Rebecca | 1 |
Levacic, Rosalind | 1 |
Maltby, John | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 7 |
Reports - Research | 5 |
Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
Education Level
Secondary Education | 7 |
Elementary Education | 1 |
Higher Education | 1 |
Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Education Act 1944 (England) | 1 |
United Nations Convention on… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Queralt Capsada-Munsech; Vikki Boliver – British Educational Research Journal, 2024
In 2018 the UK government launched a £50 million scheme to fund the expansion of existing grammar schools provided that they increase efforts to attract more pupils from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. This initiative assumed that grammar school attendance boosts the educational attainment and the higher education progression rates of…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Educational Attainment
Jerrim, John; Sims, Sam – British Educational Research Journal, 2019
Proponents argue that grammar schools enhance social mobility by allowing high-attaining pupils to attend elite schools, no matter what their social background. However, disadvantaged pupils cannot benefit from grammar schools unless they gain access to them. In this article, we use rich cohort data to investigate the strength of, and reasons for,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Low Income Groups, Secondary Education, Differences
Brown, Anna; Fong, Sarah – British Educational Research Journal, 2019
Despite profound influence of selection-by-ability on children's educational opportunities, empirical evidence for the validity of 11-plus tests is scarce. This study focused on secondary selection in Kent, the largest grammar school area in England. We analysed scores from the 'Kent Test' (the 11-plus test used in Kent), Cognitive Assessment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Elementary Schools, Scores
Henderson, Leanne – British Educational Research Journal, 2020
The principles of school choice and diverse provision underpin transition to secondary education in a majority of countries. This article focuses on the potential for structural diversity to constrain rather than promote choice. Although intended to improve equity in access and quality of provision, choice-based systems serve to homogenise school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childrens Rights, School Choice, Secondary Education
Levacic, Rosalind; Marsh, Alan J. – British Educational Research Journal, 2007
There are still 10 English local educational authorities (LEAs) that are wholly selective and a further 10 with some grammar and secondary modern schools. This article examines the academic performance of pupils in secondary modern schools and the funding of these schools using national data sets matching pupils' performance at Key Stage 2 and…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Educationally Disadvantaged, Secondary School Students, Selective Admission
Abbas, Tahir – British Educational Research Journal, 2007
This article is a theoretical and empirical study of the ways in which different South Asian groups, Bangladeshi, Indian, and Pakistani, achieve entry into the selective education system, taking into consideration the factors of social class, ethnicity and culture. In-depth interviews with 42 South Asian school pupils from three single-sex…
Descriptors: Social Class, Social Capital, Ethnicity, Educational Experience
Hall, Sophie S.; Kowalski, Rebecca; Paterson, Kevin B.; Basran, Jaskaran; Filik, Ruth; Maltby, John – British Educational Research Journal, 2015
In response to the concern of the need to improve the scientific skills of school children, this study investigated the influence of text design (in terms of text cohesion) and individual differences, with the aim of identifying pathways to improving science education in early secondary school (Key Stage 3). One hundred and four secondary school…
Descriptors: Science Education, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Students, Early Adolescents