Schooling the Estate Kids / by Carl Parsons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parsons, Carl.

Series:

Studies in Professional Life and Work ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Local Subjects:

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2012.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Schooling the Estate Kids chronicles the trajectory of one Kent secondary school which was twice dubbed ‘the worst school in England’ in the national press. Serving a high poverty neighbourhood, The Ramsgate School was challenged by national targets, low levels of attainment of the school intake at 11 and difficulties of recruitment and retention of quality staff. The local housing estates were amongst the most deprived in the country and shared the school’s negative reputation. The school became The Marlowe Academy in 2005 with new leadership and a new building (in 2006). Student numbers increased, attendance and attainment came close to the national average and the atmosphere in the school was transformed, though the characteristics of the pupils in terms of special needs (twice the national average) and deprivation (more than twice the national average entitled to free school meals) remained unchanged. This book questions the notion that school improvement and school leadership are key areas to focus on when the socio-economic circumstances of pupils, poverty, dwarf all the other factors which are related to the educational progress of students.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Carl Pasons

Introduction / Carl Pasons

An Estate of Mind / Carl Pasons

I Live on the Newington Estate / Carl Pasons

The Ecology of a School in Challenging Circumstances / Carl Pasons

The Worst School in England – Whose Fault? / Carl Pasons

School Improvement and Blood on the Tracks / Carl Pasons

The Academy – Vision, Principles, Structures and Ethos of a New Beginning / Carl Pasons

The Marlowe Academy – Action, Reaction and Impact / Carl Pasons

School Improvement Measures – Academic Research, Practical Interventions, Failing, Succeeding / Carl Pasons

A School to Serve: Young People and Parents with Views, Hopes and Aspirations / Carl Pasons

Making a Working Class School Work / Carl Pasons

The Story to August 2012 / Carl Pasons

Methodology / Carl Pasons

Notes / Carl Pasons

Index / Carl Pasons.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9789462090125

9462090122

9789462090132

9462090130

OCLC:

824132527