Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 405 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 405 g
Reihe: Studies in Professional Life and Work
ISBN: 978-94-6209-012-5
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers
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.