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Barrance, Rhian – British Educational Research Journal, 2020
This article presents findings on students' views and experiences of tiering in Northern Ireland and Wales from a children's rights perspective. It considers the extent to which tiering fulfils the rights to education, best interests, non-discrimination, and participation under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. It emphasises that while…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Exit Examinations, Children, Childrens Rights
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Connolly, Mark; Milton, Emmajane; Davies, Andrew James; Barrance, Rhian – British Educational Research Journal, 2018
This article considers the professional work, identity and recruitment of head teachers (HTs) in Wales. Drawing on the sociology of professions, the article illustrates how intensive educational policy reform post-2011 has restricted HTs' professional agency and re-orientated the head teacher role towards organisational professionalism. Drawing on…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Persistence, Instructional Leadership