School governance : policy, politics and practices / Jacqueline Baxter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baxter, Jacqueline, author.

Series:

Policy Press shorts. Research.

Policy Press shorts. Research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School management and organization--England.

School management and organization.

Education and state--England.

Education and state.

Educational leadership--England.

Educational leadership.

Islam and civil society--Great Britain.

Islam and civil society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 204 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Informed by twenty years' experience as a school governor, Jacqueline Baxter considers what implications the 2014 'Trojan Horse' scandal has had for the future of a democratic system of education in England.

Contents:

The outlook for school governing: 2015 onwards

References

Index.

SCHOOL GOVERNANCE

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Aims and approach

Education as a public service

Governing, governance and school governing in a democratic system

Outline of the book

Research methodology and data

1. School governing: a moment in time

Volunteering in changing political contexts

School governing in a changing system

The Education Reform Act 1988, public services and the implications for the transformation of school governing, 1988-2010

Challenges for school governance

2. The Trojan Horse affair: media phenomenon and policy driver

Introduction: a media frenzy

An independent inspectorate

The final outcome? Aftermath

3. School governors in the media

The mediatisation of policy

Crafting the story: the journalist's tale

4. Framing the work of school governors, 2008-15

2008-09

2010-11

2012-15

5. Democratic accountability: governors in a changing system

Democratic accountability in the public services: an overview

The growth of accountability regimes

The role of the service user: parent, patient, public

Educational accountability and the role of school governance, 1990-2015: New Public Management, accountability and inspection

Governors and inspection

Inspection and accountability today

6. Governors making sense of their work

Making sense of it all

Developing a governor identity: a way of making sense of the role and its challenges

Framework for sense-making: commitment as a form of identity formation

Exploring sense-making

7. Post-Trojan Horse: changes to policy and practice since the Trojan Horse affair

Political fallout

'British values' and the policing of 'British values'

Policy changes.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Sep 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781447326045

1447326040

9781447326229

1447326229

9781447326038

1447326032

OCLC:

945445032