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Titcombe, Roger – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2011
In October 2010 Perry Beeches school, an 11-16 Local Authority controlled community comprehensive in Birmingham, was widely featured in the national media as the "most improved school in the UK"--Ever. Some of the ways in which this was achieved are explored. Whether the changes undergone by this school reflect a pattern that has become…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
Titcombe, Roger – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2008
The Freedom of Information Act (FOI) was used over a three-year period to investigate the curriculum of state schools and academies. The resulting data has shown that spectacular apparent school improvement, in terms of five or more A*-C GCSE /GNVQ passes has been largely brought about by the substitution of mainstream curriculum subjects by much…
Descriptors: State Schools, Democracy, Academic Achievement, Educational Change