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Higham, Rob – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2014
The legal basis of free schools, provided for in the Academies Act 2010, allows the Secretary of State for Education "to enter into Academy arrangements with any person". A range of debate has ensued over who will govern free schools. This article develops an analysis of the individuals and organizations that have had free school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Free Schools, Privatization, Governance
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Higham, Rob; Earley, Peter – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2013
The Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition government elected in 2010 has argued contemporary reform will increase the autonomy of schools in England. Given the complexities that exist, however, in the balance between autonomy and control, we explore how school leaders view autonomy as it exists within the wider policy framework. The article…
Descriptors: Institutional Autonomy, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Change