Introduction. 1 The Voluntary School Manager- I. 2 The Voluntary School Manager- II. 3 School Board Administration and Management. 4 The Operation of Local Management Under the School Boards. 5 Issues Effecting the Appointment of School Managers. 6 Innovation in Administration: The Volunary Schools Associations. 7 The 1902 Act and the Recasting of Management. 8 Conclusion.
Peter Gordon was educated in Hull and subsequently studied at the London School of Economics. He had wide experience of teaching in primary and secondary schools and was for eight years one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. Dr Gordon is at present a lecturer in Education at the University of London Institute for Education.