Opting for Self-Management: The Early Experience of Grant-Maintained Schools

ISBN-13: 9781138545328 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 176 str.

Brent Davies; Lesley Anderson

Opis

Originally published in 1991. This book examines the early experiences of the first grant-maintained Schools and considers the challenges facing the self-managing school in the 1990s. A section of specially commissioned case studies written by headteachers offers accounts of how each school has coped with the move to grant-maintained status.

Spis treści

Preface  Part 1  1. The Context and the Rationale for Grant-Maintained Status 2. How Schools Achieve Grant-Maintained Status  Part 2  3. A Case Study of Opting Out: Small Heath School Cecil Knight 4. Managing a School and Developing a Grant-Maintained Ethos Roger Perks 5. Managing Finance in a Grant-Maintained School Keith Barker 6. Managing Capital Development: Contracts and Premises Brother Francis 7. Managing The School: The Role of Governors and Staff Management Structures Ray Page 8. Managing Staff Development in a Grant-Maintained School Jennifer Morris  Part 3  9. The Advantages of Grant-Maintained Status 10. The Disadvantages of Grant-Maintained Status 11. Managing Grant-Maintained Schools in the 1990s  Part 4: Appendices  A. A Review of Opting Out to Date - Number of Schools, B. A Review of Opting Out to Date - Analysis of Schools, C. Grant-Maintained Schools Quality Assurance: A Voluntary Code of Practice, D. The Experience of Going Grant-Maintained: The Perceptions of AMMA Teacher Representatives

O autorze

Brent Davies, Lesley Anderson