How the system failed a school

Article Abstract:

The closure of Hackney Downs school in London, England, in Dec 1995 provides some valuable lessons about the challenges facing failing inner city schools. The Education Association recommended the closure of this school because of the poor state of its buildings, financial mismanagement and the low standard of education it provided. The school fell victim to market forces, with more and more of its pupils coming from poor families and often from ethnic minorities. This made teaching and learning increasingly difficult. It is now clear that improving inner city schools is much harder than was believed in 1995.

Secondary Schools, Public, London, England, Schools, High schools, Urban schools, School closings

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Group therapy: a solution to the numbers game?

Article Abstract:

The growing use of mixed-aged classes in UK primary schools as these schools seek to reach the government's targets for infant class sizes is not necessarily a cause for concern. Mixed age teaching has been in place for some time in the UK, and has become relatively common. Those in favour of this approach believe that it allows younger children to be intellectually challenged by older children in their class and that older children have the opportunity to consolidate their existing knowledge. However, mixed-aged classes are not beneficial if they are being used merely to ensure a balance of class sizes.

Elementary and secondary schools, Elementary Schools, Public, Analysis, Elementary schools, Class size

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The great school experiment is over

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The UK's grant-maintained schools believe that they could be forced to significantly reduce staffing levels as a result of a fall in their funding of as much as 6% or 7%. Large secondary schools with grant-maintained status could lose as much as 500,000 pounds sterling a year. Grant-maintained schools must now choose whether to become foundation schools, with 'fair funding' channelled through local education authorities, aided schools or community schools.

Government domestic functions, Elementary & Secondary Schools, Social policy, Education, Schools, British

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